Thread: Hawking

Flood · 17-11-2006, 05:51 PM

I had an ancestor who was a Hawker. That means he was basically a door to door saleman! Apparently he tramped for miles and miles with the tools of his trade.

petal · 18-11-2006, 07:32 PM

I've for a rellie who's down as a Hawker/Pedlar. I never could find out what he actually peddled. Is there any way of finding out ?

Flood · 19-11-2006, 06:52 PM

I found out about my rellie at our local museum. Theres a very old picture of him on the wall there. I could just make out his brushes of all shapes and sizes that he used to sell. Try your local museum, also the library will have index's about everything in your area. And also it wil be on Census reports. Good Luck with it.

petal · 21-11-2006, 01:14 PM

I don't live in the area anymore flood but I could try the local history society there. I joined at the beginning of the year. Trouble is this chappie moved around a bit so it might be Bedfordshire or Northamptonshire. But I'll give it a go. It's always intrigued me.

Flood · 21-11-2006, 06:48 PM

Good luck with it. It's a good job my great grandfather settled here, or I'd never have found him.

CaledonC · 22-11-2006, 07:20 AM

My ancestor Thomas Tulloch c 1675 was a chapman in the Royal Burgh of Stirling . In the days prior to shops , the chapman seemed to be an important aspect of rural society . Thomas was elected a Burgess of the Burgh ( a member of a particular trade Guild ) which would be a sign of social acceptibility . Sometimes referred to as packmen - they would visit the outlying villages especially at Fair time ( eg Michaelmas in October ) . They travelled with as many as a dozen pack horses in a line and bridled together . You can still find " pack bridges " in many of the outlying villages in rural Stirlingshire and Perthshire . These were beautifully constructed in random rubble with a small single arch and only about a metre to a metre and a half wide .

17-11-2006, 05:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Flood AA SUPPORTER Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: A great place in Devon called Tiverton. Posts: 4,268 Total Awards: 4	Hawking I had an ancestor who was a Hawker. That means he was basically a door to door saleman! Apparently he tramped for miles and miles with the tools of his trade.

18-11-2006, 07:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,295 Total Awards: 3	Re: Hawking I've for a rellie who's down as a Hawker/Pedlar. I never could find out what he actually peddled. Is there any way of finding out ?
	(AKA Mary) How beautiful it is to do nothing and rest afterwards...

19-11-2006, 06:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
Flood AA SUPPORTER Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: A great place in Devon called Tiverton. Posts: 4,268 Total Awards: 4	Re: Hawking I found out about my rellie at our local museum. Theres a very old picture of him on the wall there. I could just make out his brushes of all shapes and sizes that he used to sell. Try your local museum, also the library will have index's about everything in your area. And also it wil be on Census reports. Good Luck with it.

21-11-2006, 01:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,295 Total Awards: 3	Re: Hawking I don't live in the area anymore flood but I could try the local history society there. I joined at the beginning of the year. Trouble is this chappie moved around a bit so it might be Bedfordshire or Northamptonshire. But I'll give it a go. It's always intrigued me.
	(AKA Mary) How beautiful it is to do nothing and rest afterwards...

21-11-2006, 06:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
Flood AA SUPPORTER Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: A great place in Devon called Tiverton. Posts: 4,268 Total Awards: 4	Re: Hawking Good luck with it. It's a good job my great grandfather settled here, or I'd never have found him.

22-11-2006, 07:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
CaledonC New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Crieff Perthshire Posts: 22	Re: Hawking My ancestor Thomas Tulloch c 1675 was a chapman in the Royal Burgh of Stirling . In the days prior to shops , the chapman seemed to be an important aspect of rural society . Thomas was elected a Burgess of the Burgh ( a member of a particular trade Guild ) which would be a sign of social acceptibility . Sometimes referred to as packmen - they would visit the outlying villages especially at Fair time ( eg Michaelmas in October ) . They travelled with as many as a dozen pack horses in a line and bridled together . You can still find " pack bridges " in many of the outlying villages in rural Stirlingshire and Perthshire . These were beautifully constructed in random rubble with a small single arch and only about a metre to a metre and a half wide .