Many thanks Jane, That's what I thought but appreciate you confirming it. Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: "JANE DYER" <jane.dyer@btinternet.com> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [B'ham] Pauper > I've seen this many times in my family tree & I think it means they had no > income & were dependent on those with whom they lived. > J > > Diane Lowery <geminidi19@rabbit.com.au> wrote: > > Hi Listers, > > I've just found a member of my family on the 1861 Census who is listed as > a "Pauper." She was 70 and mother-in-law of the Head, who was a widow. Was > the word "Pauper" only used when a family was poor as this description was > not written next to the Head of the family, or would it just be because > the mother-in-law had no means of support? > > Would be interested to hear any comments. > > Diane (Melbourne) > _____________________________________________ > Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: > http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >