My GGG Grandmother was a "hut keeper" and a "shepherd's wife" so I assume shepherds were housed in huts throughout the property to tender the sheep, and in this case, the wife "kept" or looked after the hut. Cheers Marg Smith Mardi, NSW Subject: Hutkeepers wife > > On a DC for my g/g/mother Ellen MAGINNIS she is listed as a "hutkeepers > wife". > She died at Fletchers Creek (Marong?) in 1861 aged 52 years. > Can anyone tell me what a "hutkeepers wife" did? > Was it an alternative for todays "domestic duties"? > Or was her husband a "Hutkeeper"? > What was a "hut"? > A rough boarding house? > Any ideas? > > -- > Best regards, > Julie mailto:tropikkal@mytown.net.au > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Threaded archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/aus-vic-goldfields >