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'visitor' as occupation
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Gary | Report | 10 Sep 2005 22:26 |
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i thing although visitor is in the occupation colum, it is more lickley to be a statment of her status, the same as retired is often put in the occcupation colum, but is not realy an occupation |
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Roger in Sussex | Report | 10 Sep 2005 21:57 |
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Could well be, she had been there ten years seemingly :-) |
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Judith | Report | 10 Sep 2005 21:53 |
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Oh dear, sounds as if the head of the household was wishing his mother in law would leave soon so put her down as a visitor:-) |
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Roger in Sussex | Report | 10 Sep 2005 21:48 |
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The relationship column had 'StepMo', short for stepmother, but meaning mother-in-law, in the 1861 and 'lodger' in the 1851. I know from other sources that she was the mother-in-law. There was an 8 month child in the household, her grandson. |
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Judith | Report | 10 Sep 2005 18:16 |
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What did it say in the relationship column on the census which gave visitor as occupation? I don't believe there were any health visitors in those days but there were 'monthly nurses' who lived in and helped care for mother and baby in the first month of the child's life - was there a small baby in the household? |
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The Bag | Report | 10 Sep 2005 18:02 |
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Maybe a 'companion' that didnt live in? |
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Roger in Sussex | Report | 10 Sep 2005 17:51 |
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Has anyone else found 'visitor'given as occupation on a census? I did on the 1861 census and assumed it was a mistake, but now I have seen the 1851 census where the lady concerned is described as a nurse. Looking at old dictionaries I have found that at one time 'visiter' was used for anyone visiting, but 'visitor' often had the special meaning of an official of some sort, more like 'inspector' in fact. Were there such people as health visitors in 1861? (I think the modern term is 'community nurses.') Would be interested to hear from anyone who can shed light on this. |
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