I have ancestors that were postmasters and mail clerks and ancestors that worked on the railroad. But not an ancestor that was a mail clerk ON the railroad!
In Canada the railway postal workers were paid by the Auditor General and in some sessional papers the clerks were named with their salary amount.
In the United States Railway Mail Service employees were listed in the Official Register of the United States beginning in 1867.
The postmaster and employees are named in the Proceedings of the Parliament for Australia, but I have not yet come across where rail mail clerks are listed, if in fact they are listed separately.
Relevant links
Canadian Railway Mail Service
Official Register of the United States 1867
Railway Mail Clerks in Canada and their salaries and bonuses
Mail by rail : the story of the Postal Transportation Service 1951
1901 Report to the Postmaster General, Washington DC
Casualties where someone was killed, and relief for injured employees, US
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Oh thanks so much for this! Found my husband's grandfather in the sessional papers. He spent 47 years doing this! Also found a great article on their working conditions at https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/cpm/chrono/ch1889ae.html
ReplyDeleteHow fascinating! Thanks for the link. It sure was not a smooth ride like today's trains, and trying to work at the same time in not so great conditions. Would be great to find one of those ID booklets!
DeleteYou've opened up yet another world of work from the days of our ancestors!
ReplyDeleteI try! :-)
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