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hp011b5562_2
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 18/05/2004 :  20:27:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
My great grandfather was listed as a commision agent in Norway can anybody tell me what this is

jwiborg
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Norway
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Posted - 18/05/2004 :  23:44:12  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hello,
a commision agent was a man selling "something" on behalf of someone else.

Agent is a "better word" for a salesman, and commision means that you do it on behalf of others.

For instance; he could be working at a "ticket office", selling tickets to an emigrant...


Agent Richard Solem for the Allan Line, Trondheim 1903.

If you put up the link for your great grandfather, maybe we can figure out what he was selling...?

//Jan
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hp011b5562_2
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Posted - 20/05/2004 :  17:56:45  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
my family back in the 1865 -1900 they had a lumber and carpentery businness calledGraesvig dampsag hovleri,i believe dampsag is a steam saw.they were in the Onso area of Fredrikstad
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