labourers

[mykin]

I am looking for the old name of a person who would move someone and their goods from one place to another. I presume they used a wagon or cart and horses. The word Carter comes to mind but when I looked it up on this site I got Pres. Carter etc.

[suedent]

Names that spring immediately to mind are Carrier (people & goods) and Waggoner (mainly goods).

[margarita]

From the Old Occupations site

http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/c.html

Carman/Charman/Carrier/
Carter/Cartman

Driver of (horse-drawn) vehicles for transporting goods. Carmen were often employed by railway companies for local deliveries and collections of goods and parcels. Modern day van driver. Also sometimes someone who drove horse-drawn trams was called a Carman.

Maggie

[mykin]

Thanks for your help, I think that I'll use Carter. That is a good site you put on your answer.

[margarita]

That is a good site you put on your answer.

I think I got it from a posting on this forum - together with tons of other useful information.

Maggie