I'm mostly working on the 1860 Illinois census, various places from farms to small towns. I find the word used somewhat sporadically through the various census. At first I thought it depended on the census taker but even within the work done by one census taker it was not always consistant.
In reading The Source, 3rd Edition, I find that the census taker was to list the "occupation of everyone over the age of 15". My guess now is that the word is domestic, meaning that they were over the age of 15 and did something, but not a specific job like farmer or blacksmith, etc. That would account for all of the cases I've found so far. Still, in the case of the male who was listed "domestic" but was the only one in the family with a value of real estate owned, it does seem odd as one would led to believe he was the one that owned the farm they were living on. Maybe he owned it but was letting his brother do the work?<lol> Thanks all for your input ----- Original Message ----- From: "RICHARD SCHULTHIES" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 1:03 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] quick genealogy question I would also look around the neighboring pages for how many other domestics are listed, and if differentiated by types. Is it rural or urban? In major cities servants may not live on premises. He might be a domestic in a gentleman's club, and not live there. ( 'My Fair Lady' and 'Around the World in Eighty Days' are literary examples.) Rich --- mffowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible that he did work as a domestic for > someone else but did so > only during the day and lived with his family in > their own home rather than > with the person he worked for 24/6 (such as a > valet/butler) as is often > portrayed in the movies? > > Marcellyn > > __________ > Pat Jones wrote > >I'm cleaning up my database and currently working > on the 1860 census. > >In the occupation column I keep finding a work that > looks like it might > >be "domestic"; however, in this case it is applied > to a male who > >apparently owned the place where the family was > living as he is the > >only one with a value in the Value of real estate > owned column. Is > >that word actually 'domestic", and if so, what does > the enumerator mean > >by it? If it isn't "domestic", what is is? > > Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy > 6.0 Deluxe has 92 > features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn > more about these features > at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable > archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy > 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard > Edition. Learn more about these features at > http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable > archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
