"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"? 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.

In message <Au_8j.15169$D44.4074@trnddc04> "catalpa" <catalpa@entertab.org> wrote: [snip] > > 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"? Concierge? > > 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. > Local usage? -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy>

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"? > > 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. look AT THE LOCATION DO SOME LOCAL HISTROY WITHOUT SEEING THE CONTEXT AGAIN I HAVE NO ANSWER HUGH W > -- For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/ http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG