Greetings Listers On a relatives 1867 Death Certificate, his occupation is given as 'Horse Manager LCD Raily Comp (Railway Company?)'. Firstly, is Railway Company the correct interpretation of 'Raily Comp'. Secondly, would someone know what LCD stands for please? Searching the Internet brings up modern uses of LCD - not what I want at all!! Thirdly, what would horses be used for? Many thanks. Cheers Pam Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia

Hi, Not sure where he died but at that time LCD Railway Co would be the London, Chatham and Dover Railway which was the 1859 renaming of the East Kent Railway Company founded the year previous. Horses were used to bring materials to site where they were building lines, stations and Motive Power Depots. Regards, Paul

Hi Pam, Two websites that might be useful http://www.railwayancestors.org.uk/ http://www.southeasternandchathamrailway.org.uk/page6.html hth, Anne > From: cliveden@iinet.net.au > To: SUSSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2013 11:19:19 +1000 > Subject: [SXP] LCD Railway Company > > Greetings Listers > > On a relatives 1867 Death Certificate, his occupation is given > as 'Horse Manager LCD Raily Comp (Railway Company?)'. > > Firstly, is Railway Company the correct interpretation of 'Raily > Comp'. > > Secondly, would someone know what LCD stands for please? > Searching the Internet brings up modern uses of LCD - not what I want at > all!! > > Thirdly, what would horses be used for? > > Many thanks. > > Cheers > > Pam > Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUSSEX-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message