Hi Jenny, I think boarder implies having meals with the family whilst a lodger would provide their own. Regards Graham Clarke [email protected] On 8 Mar 2011, at 09:04, Jenny Davis wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone can comment on a household of James Vickery aged 45 > who I've just found in Buckland St Mary in the 1861 census returns. There > were two non-family members, one described as a *boarder* (an 80-y-o > spinster, who by-the-way was with the family 10 years earlier, but was then > described as a lodger); and a 76-y-o widower, described as a *lodger*. > > I had previously assumed *boarder* and *lodger* were synonymous! > > Thanks, > Jenny > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message