Pages: [1]

Author Topic: What does "Countryman" mean ...?  (Read 1441 times)

Offline Emma-Jane

  • RootsChat Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 166
    • View Profile
What does "Countryman" mean ...?
« on: Sunday 02 October 05 16:18 BST (UK) »
Hello

I have just recieved my latest batch of certificates from the GRO and one, for a Robert Addison, states as occupation 'countryman' ... is this as obvious as it sounds ... ie was he a farmer, or is there another meaning to this that anyone has come across  ???

Any help much appreciated!

Thanks
Emma-Jane

Offline SooCatt

  • RootsChat Aristocrat
  • ******
  • Posts: 1,058
  • Norman
    • View Profile
Re: What does "Countryman" mean ...?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 04 October 05 16:19 BST (UK) »
Hi Emma Jane

You don't give dates at all but I wonder if you have him on any cencuses (cenci?  ???).  Perhaps there'll be a clue there. 

Susan
Crampton, Cook,  Bell, Pinkney, Curry, Duffey, Marshall, Smurthwaite, Urwin - Durham/North Yorks
Harrison - Northumberland
Rowland, Nicholson, Sneaton - Whitby
Athey, Ball, Lamb, Handley, Rymer, Duffey, Pool, Stringer, Wilkinson, Varley - West Yorks
Fisher - Essex

Cencus information is Crown Copyright, from "http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk"

Offline Guy Etchells

  • Deceased † Rest In Peace
  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • ********
  • Posts: 4,632
    • View Profile
Re: What does "Countryman" mean ...?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 04 October 05 16:42 BST (UK) »
Are you sure he is a Countryman and not a Counterman - a counterman is the person who responsible for the making up and packing of mixed orders of chemicals etc. a type of warehouseman or packer.
cheers
Guy
http://anguline.co.uk/Framland/index.htm   The site that gives you facts not promises!
http://burial-inscriptions.co.uk Tombstones & Monumental Inscriptions.

As we have gained from the past, we owe the future a debt, which we pay by sharing today.

Offline lyz

  • I am sorry but my emails no longer work
  • RootsChat Extra
  • **
  • Posts: 21
  • Me and David
    • View Profile
Re: What does "Countryman" mean ...?
« Reply #3 on: Friday 28 October 05 14:00 BST (UK) »
Hi,
Maybe he was a gamekeeper, or worked in the forests. Good luck searching, Lyz
Amer, Ball, Beldam, Beswick,  Curtis, Chipperfield, Carter, Orchard
Pages: [1]