From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon May 8 15:03:24 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 k48L3Ojb028573; Mon, 8 May 2006 15:03:24 -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 k48L2u74026073 for ; Mon, 8 May 2006 15:02:56 -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 k48IT8FI022020 for ; Mon, 8 May 2006 14:29:08 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k48IT8Je022019 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 8 May 2006 14:29:08 -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 k48HxPFI019780 for ; Mon, 8 May 2006 13:59:25 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k48KX2Rx002446 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 8 May 2006 14:33:02 -0600 X-Envelope-From: Kith-n-Kin@cox.net Mon May 8 14:33:02 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 k48KX2jb002437 for ; Mon, 8 May 2006 14:33:02 -0600 Received: from fed1rmmtao12.cox.net (fed1rmmtao12.cox.net [68.230.241.27]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k48KWvwG003260 for ; Mon, 8 May 2006 14:33:00 -0600 Received: from TOWER ([68.0.155.47]) by fed1rmmtao12.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060508203253.XLMT27919.fed1rmmtao12.cox.net@TOWER>; Mon, 8 May 2006 16:32:53 -0400 From: "Kith-n-Kin" To: "'Sharon Pike'" , Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] Census - roomer vs boarder vs logder Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 13:32:29 -0700 Message-ID: <01d701c672de$8af8dfb0$6601a8c0@TOWER> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 In-Reply-To: <029f01c672d4$951ee160$6601a8c0@state.ky.us> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Importance: Normal X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by admin.rootsweb.com id k48KX2jb002437 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com One difference may be that a "roomer" has only a room, a "boarder" has room and board (food). Not sure where lodger comes in, if all three are used in the same . I think "roomer" and "lodger" mean the same. Heck, when in doubt, look it up Here are the instructions to the enumerators: 101. Family defined.-The word "family," for census purposes, has a somewhat different application from what it has in popular usage. It means a group of persons living together in the same dwelling place. The persons constituting this group may or may not be related by ties of kinship, but if they live together forming one household they should be considered as one family. Thus a servant who sleeps in the house or on the premises should be included with the members of the family for which he or she works. Again, a boarder or lodger should be included with the members of the family with which he lodges, but a persons who boards in one place and lodges or rooms at another should be returned as a member of the family at the place where he lodges or rooms. So, I think I'm right. Lodger and roomer are the same. Pat (in Tucson) |-----Original Message----- |From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com |[mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sharon Pike |Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 12:21 |To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com |Subject: [ROOTS-L] Census - roomer vs boarder vs logder | | |I have been transcribing the census for my family |surname. In the 1920 census I find the use of roomer, |lodger and boarder. I once thought they were used |interchangeably but now I don't think so. I found several |households with both lodgers and boarders listed. |What is the difference? |Thanks, |Sharon | |Sharon Pike |Sharon@MeriwetherSociety.org | |