Anyone know what Job discription this is, ( Carter Pathhead ) ??

[JAD58]

I was told by someone that they thought the word ( Carter ) ment he was a cart maker or a cart driver, and that the word ( Pathhead ) ment that he was a foreman or something like that.

The reason Im asking is that this is the job title my GGgrandfather had in 1822 when he married my GGgrandmother.

[Polwarth]

Hello
Are you saying that your ancestor was named 'Carter'... because the origins of the name are as you have been told - but by the 1800s - it would have been his family's name for sometime, ie he was not John the Carter, who then became John Carter - that happened generations before...

Pathhead -is a place name of a village in Midlothian and also, I believe Ayrshire... so, could he be Mr Carter who resides/works in Pathhead, rather than a job title?

[DameWallace]

I've come across a similar entry on a census.It read..Carter/Pathlead...The clerk from the archives told me it was his job...carter being a wagon driver..pathlead being he was an overseer(foreman)The time period for this entry was 1860.
Hope it helps

EJ

[JAD58]

I would like to thank both of you for your response. I would also like to say that Im sorry to Polwarth. I should have posted my GGgrandfather's name, which is, James Dickson.

I would also like to tell DameWallace that I agree with his statement. I to belive that it ment ( Carter ) Driver or builder of Carts or wagons, and ( Pathhead // Pathlead ) ment Forman, Leader or Overseer of some type.

Thanks to both of you.

John A Dickson