Thank you very much Dave, Much appreciated Pat -----Original Message----- From: eng-surrey-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-surrey-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Massie Sent: Thursday, 8 November 2012 10:44 PM To: eng-surrey@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SRY] census details On 07/11/12 22:04, Pat Wade wrote: > > And I if this is my ANN, I would not expect her to have the money for > a FS but if this was a daughter (cannot find a Martha as yet), > daughter-in-law or other relative and she worked elsewhere then that > could make sense. > > Or maybe they just put FS and she didn't work for money. Until the 1920s-1930s, it was routine for girls to become domestic servants in other people's houses, once they reached their 12th birthday. My mother was the first generation in her family not to go 'into service'. They weren't paid much, if anything, but given food and lodging. The idea was to save the expense of raising a daughter, and train her up for married life. Quite often, she would go to a relative to be a domestic there. So that 'niece, FS', may well be doing her service with a family member, not just visiting. It only really stopped once universal education beyond 12 years of age was introduced. -- Regards Dave . *************************************** Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. List Admin can be contacted at: Eng-Surrey-admin@rootsweb.com . ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SURREY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message