Dear members, Caixeiro or caixeiro-viajante was an expression to designate all kinds of salesmen. Normally they carried a box with their products in it (caixa) - from which the name is derived
all the best, Nadia On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 at 22:03, Joao Paulo Cota <[email protected]> wrote: > Catholic Goans in ex-British colonies in Africa were well known for two > specific professions: office clerks and tailors. > I did come across these plus other specific Goan professions on letters and > postcards in postal history examples of Portuguese India, besides other > professions like railway clerks, post office master, tailors, etc. > I had chats with elderly folks who had migrated from East Africa to the UK > and was told by one such clerk, that the British establishment valued Goan > clerks with high regards over anybody else. Apparently their accounting > skills were second to none. Zanzibar was mentioned on these chats. > Since the olden styled cash machines were huge box types, and table > document storage units were also box types, hence the word 'caixeiros' > probably derived from 'caixa'. > This has nothing to do with Portugal, but it is pure Goan migration to > East Africa at the time. > Good luck on your work. > Joao Paulo Cota > > ------------------------------ > *From:* 'Carvalho' via Goa-Research-Net <[email protected] > > > *Sent:* 30 October 2023 14:59 > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected] > > > *Subject:* Re: Responder: [GRN] caxineiros > > Sorry, my error, Sandra, it is caixeiros, which was translated by my > translator as cashiers, which I thought was strange. I've just looked it up > again, and the translation is 'clerk' which would be the more appropriate > translation. > > Warm wishes, > selma > > On Monday, 30 October 2023 at 13:58:34 GMT, sandra lobo < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Selma > > Are you sure it is caxineiro and not caixeiros? In Portuguese it refers to > the people of a particular land, Caxinas, in North Portugal, who was by > tradition a fisherman community. It is not a dictionary word and it was not > by that time, as far as I know. > > Best wishes > > Sandra > > > > > Sandra Ataíde Lobo > > > > > https://giepcip.wordpress.com/ https://praticasdahistoria.pt/ > > tmn. ++351 930690459 > > > ------------------------------ > *De:* 'Carvalho' via Goa-Research-Net <[email protected]> > *Enviado:* 30 de outubro de 2023 13:00 > *Para:* Goa-Research-Net <[email protected]> > *Assunto:* [GRN] caxineiros > > Dear members, > > in a 1889 document, there is a notation of 33 Goan caxineiros in > Zanzibar. Could this word be interpreted as anything other than cashiers. > It's just that for a small community it seems an unusual number. 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