catalpa wrote: > "Hugh Watkins" <hugh.watkins@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:5shlkdF19asf4U1@mid.individual.net... > >>catalpa wrote: >> >> >>>"ChrisGW" <newsgroups1@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>news:s8WdnWoOeK9dIf_anZ2dnUVZ_tbinZ2d@adelphia.com... >>> >>> >>>>ChrisGW wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Found this on 1910 census "House Puperepon" as related to head of >>>>>house=hold. What does it mean? >>>>> >>>>>Thanks >>>>>Chris >>>> >>>>Sorry it took so long to get back to everyone. Could not get the film >>>>reader to make a print out. So I got several other people to look at it. >>>>It turns out that Lin_in_Calgary was correct. It is Chaperon. We found a >>>>place where the census taker wrote it again and it was more clear and not >>>>written over. >>>> >>>>Thanks to everyone for your replies. >>>> >>>>Chris >>> >>> >>>Since I guessed it was a "Supervisor" or "Superintendent" responsible, >>>what exactly would a house Chaperon be? >> >>just grab a dictionary book or on line google is your friend >> >>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=chaperon&btnG=Google+Search >> >>click on definition in the light blue line >> http://www.answers.com/chaperon&r=67 >> >>IN BRIEF: A person who goes with and is responsible for a group of young >>people. >> >>The chaperon went to the theater with the young students. >> >>implied to stop the flirting and kissing :-) >>spoil sport >> >>Hugh W >> > > > I know what a chaperon is. The question is still what exactly would a "house > Chaperon" be. Google only returns 23 results for "house Chaperon", so the > phrase is not in common usage today. What type of housing is it that needed > a "house Chaperon"? Did the term only apply to a college dorm or > fraternity/sorority house? Is "house Chaperon" a regional expression that > elsewhere would be called a "Supervisor" or "Superintendent" or "Resident > Advisor"? > A House Chaperon is hired as the chaperon of all the female residents of a specific dorm/sorority/residence hall/boarding house/whatever. She is NOT just Miss Whoozit's chaperon, she is the chaperon for all females living in the house. This spreads respectability with a minimum financial outlay on the part of any individual female's family. She does not supervise or advise; she is simply present as a sop to the pre-21st century proprieties. > If the answer was readily available I would not be asking for an > explanation. I also wonder if it was one of those bored census takers that > used a $100 expression when a $1 one would have served the purpose and been > perfectly clear as to meaning. It _is_ perfectly clear in meaning. I don't see how it could get any blunter. Cheryl