I agree - I have seen children described as scholar at improbably young ages, and others who may have literally 'gone to school' but who never learned to sign their names. But it might depend what date we are dealing with - I'm afraid I have lost track of this! I would expect 'scholar' to mean something more serious in 1891 than it did in 1851, say. Emily In message <001501c55528$a71f8240$83154e51@pete06y2btujhk> "Pete Lamberg" <linpete@lamberg25.fsnet.co.uk> writes: > Hi Jenn, just a thought to add to the debate. Weren't most children > described as Scholar's whether they attended School or not? The description > does seem uniformly used to describe the status of a child, probably to keep > the authorities at bay. > > Best Wishes from Linda. > > > > ==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== > Transcribers wanted for Worcestershire FreeREG > for more information see http://freereg.rootsweb.com > UK Census on-line > http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ > http://www.worcestershiresurnames.co.uk/ > >

Thanks for that link Richard - there is also useful information on there regarding the definition of a scholar with regards to the census returns.. Liz