From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Aug 7 04:03:00 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k77A30jb026896; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 04:03:00 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k77A2jTJ015087 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 04:02:45 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k777NaFI011334 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 03:23:36 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k777NabB011333 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 03:23:36 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k772AoFI010757 for ; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 22:10:50 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k774nnb0016483 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 22:49:49 -0600 X-Envelope-From: rednecktx@cableone.net Sun Aug 6 22:49:49 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k774nnjb016474 for ; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 22:49:49 -0600 Received: from S4.cableone.net (s4.cableone.net [24.116.0.230]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k774nfTs026069 for ; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 22:49:46 -0600 Received: from RobertLong (unverified [69.92.212.253]) by S4.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S4) with ESMTP id 69925913 for multiple; Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:49:37 -0700 Message-ID: <03c801c6b9dd$04e008e0$6501a8c0@RobertLong> From: "Robert" To: , References: <44D67E6E.30900@epix.net> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Meaning of "jour."? Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 23:50:34 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 1, First 2, in=7, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 69.92.212.253 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com "Jour" is French for day. (Journal = Daily) So maybe it means he was a day laborer? But it seems unlikely that they would use a French term in Western U.S. Bubba ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 6:42 PM Subject: [ROOTS-L] Meaning of "jour."? > In a biography on my gr grandfather, Charles W. WELLS, it says that he > worked as a "jour." and traveled over the western states in 1849-50. > > Can someone please tell me the definition of "jour."? > > Thanks for any help. > > Peggy > >