Scavenger

[andy151]

Evening everyone
I've just started with the whole family history and my dad has just given me my starting blocks! and just looking through them Ive noticed on a wedding cert for my Great, great grandmother dated 1892 that her father Joseph Bennett is listed as a Scavenger.
Could anyone enlighten me as to what this is? Is it the same as the modern word meaning?

Many thanks

Andy

[p.risboy]

Hi,

A scavenger is usually employed by the parish to clean the streets.

Steve.

[davelambert271]

Hi
Scavenger / Scaleraker 1) Street cleaner 2) Scavenger - also a child employed in a spinning mill to collect loose cotton lying about the floor under machinery

dave

[andy151]

Thanks for that guys.
It's amazing how words seem to change to a different meaning over the years.

Andy