Daily AncestorThomas Ware, Teamster
1850 U.S. Census, Christiana Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, page 327
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Catharine | 40 | F | | -
Wm | 28 | M | Tailor | -
Catharine Muller | [illegible] | F | | Del
Thomas Ware | 23 | M | Teamster | Pa
Rebecca A. | 25 | F | | -
Mary A. | 3 | - | | Del
James | 8/12 | M | | [illegible]
What kind of work did Thomas Ware, 23, do?
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In 1850 a teamster drove a wagon pulled by a team of animals, hauling freight, timber or farm goods; the word only later passed to truck drivers. His birthplace "Pa" is the usual abbreviation for Pennsylvania, and "Del" on the line above is Delaware.
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