tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241776127905508391.post6527125655699753330..comments2024-01-30T16:30:12.738-05:00Comments on Raeburn Family Odyssey: Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Ancestors-Where were they in 1909?Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16389718449956273241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241776127905508391.post-3757572214411737832009-06-26T00:30:25.130-04:002009-06-26T00:30:25.130-04:00Thanks...My grandmother's father's family ...Thanks...My grandmother's father's family was from Jackson county in Michigan.FranEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00727917499152200255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241776127905508391.post-74962893051280927372009-06-12T11:04:23.279-04:002009-06-12T11:04:23.279-04:00See Corruption and Reform in the Teamster Union by...See Corruption and Reform in the Teamster Union by David Scott Witwer...(google books)Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16389718449956273241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241776127905508391.post-13492047016090181292009-06-12T10:57:16.582-04:002009-06-12T10:57:16.582-04:00Well I figured it meant he was a hauler of 'go...Well I figured it meant he was a hauler of 'goods'. I did a little googling and found the Teamsters Union was organized in the 1880's for 'those who hauled goods and was looking at that time to organize small town local teamster groups....so perhaps both might be relevent in this case...I don't know how I could find that one out....hmmmmHollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16389718449956273241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241776127905508391.post-79241824221436959722009-06-12T00:50:08.620-04:002009-06-12T00:50:08.620-04:00When you say teamster, are you talking about teams...When you say teamster, are you talking about teamsters that we see today...Union type, or the men that hauled freight? My husband's gr gr grandfather was a teamster from NY who's family moved to Chicago after attending a freight conference in Chicago in the 1840's.FranEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00727917499152200255noreply@blogger.com