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"Carm" meaning "Carman" (or more probably "Carmen...") sounds perfectly plausible to me. These notes were purely for the benefit of the statistical clerk extracting the necessary figures and refer to whatever classifications were in use at the time.
A carman is a goods vehicle carrier. The Old Occupations website says this: "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. A Carter typically drove a light two wheeled carriage.
Jun 10, 2008 · A carman was often someone who drove a horse and cart for delivering goods. In census records, I have found many references to a "Railway carman". One of those probably delivered goods for the rail companies, ie supplies etc. Ben
I can't give you an informed answer on this. Having been shown as a carman in the 1851, 1861 and 1871 censuses, my great grandfather, George Woodcock aka Smith is shown as a librarian at ther carmans' club in 1881. I can only assume that it is a professional association and his body needed a less strenuous job. He would have been 62 in 1881.
Is it much of a leap to see a Carman in 1871 cenus show up as a Contractor on future census or birth/marriage cerificates?
Am pleased to know that a carman is an honourable occupation. I did actually use the search facility prior to making this enquiry. This is where I came up with the thieves and robbers senario
[quote=AnnB;116366] - our ancestors equivalent to 'white van man' quote] Oh Ann, that made me laugh. I have visions of carts careering hell-for-leather round corners and cutting up sedate carriages, causing a lot of swearing and general mayhem (....only joking, any white van drivers on this forum )
Also sometimes someone who drove horse-drawn trams was called a Carman." margarita. Ladkyis. 14-05-2008, 8 ...
这是一个关于英文名字的问题，有三个回答，分别解释了Carman和Carmen的意思、来源和用法。Carman是一个男性名，Carmen是一个女性名，都来自拉丁语，但Carmen更常用于女孩。
Dec 19, 2009 · As Jan says a Dray is a type of cart so Railway Drayman is directly analogous to Railway Carman. 20-12 ...
