Thanks, Marg!!! I honestly did not think of someone being housed in another home having a business or other. Guess we have to put our minds back into that period. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/whats-new/013-233-e.html The above is a great site I found while searching for abbreviations and it has our new 1911 census records posted there -- I find I am now able to do personal research. Muriel ----- Original Message ----- From: "marg mcfarlane" <mmcfarla@telusplanet.net> To: <CAN-ONT-CARLETON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 8:33 PM Subject: Re: [Can-Ont-Carleton] Canadian Directories - question > Hi Shirley: > > gro = grocer > > at least, that was the abbreviation for my relative whom I know was a > grocer. > > Marg in Sunny Alberta > > Shirley MacNutt wrote: > > >Thanks so much for passing the information on, Muriel. I have been able to find quite a few things in the directories. > > > >I do have one question that hopefully someone on this list will be able to answer. Quite a few people have an abbreviation after their names. I have figured out drsmkr is dressmaker. Would anyone know what gro means? It is listed after a Spinster great aunt of mine who was living in the house of a family member but considered as Head on the census as relationship, so perhaps there was a separate apartment. > > > >Thanks > > > >Shirley in British Columbia