Great question, whoever answers, hope they put it on the list, cause I would like to know also! ----- Original Message ----- From: "WILLIAM RUTH" <ruth4374@msn.com> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 5:41 PM Subject: [IOWA] Meaning of relation terms on the census >I was wondering if anyone knew what the difference was when someone was >listed as a > > Roomer, Boarder or a Lodger on the census? > > Was it just the length of their stay or if they paid for their room? Or > both? > > Or are those just different terms for the same situation? > > > Thanks > Kathy > Salem, OR > > > ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== > The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub > instructions, list rules and other useful information. > Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Although one could rent a room only (roomer) or have a room and meals and be a boarder. I'm not sure where the lodger fits in with this. I'd just assumed it was whatever was the local term was for one who rented a room. I wonder if the census takers had specific terms with specific definitions to use for for roomer, lodger and boarder. Along this same line, I also wonder about occupations. There is day laborer, laborer, and farm laborer. It seems like the latter two had regular places of employment and the day laborer worked for whomever needed some one for a few days. This is also just my assumption. Does anyone know if there were enumerators manuals? Have any survived? Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Thompson" <jtwe@netins.net> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [IOWA] Meaning of relation terms on the census > Great question, whoever answers, hope they put it on the list, cause I > would like to know also! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "WILLIAM RUTH" <ruth4374@msn.com> > To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 5:41 PM > Subject: [IOWA] Meaning of relation terms on the census > > >>I was wondering if anyone knew what the difference was when someone was >>listed as a >> >> Roomer, Boarder or a Lodger on the census? >> >> Was it just the length of their stay or if they paid for their room? Or >> both? >> >> Or are those just different terms for the same situation? >> >> >> Thanks >> Kathy >> Salem, OR >> >> >> ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== >> The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub >> instructions, list rules and other useful information. >> Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> > > > ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== > The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub > instructions, list rules and other useful information. > Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

Here is a site with enumerator instructions for all the census years. www.google.com enter census enumerator instructions in the search box, and Voila! There are all sorts of other links that came up. this is just the first one. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Thielmann" <sthielmann@machlink.com> Subject: Re: [IOWA] Meaning of relation terms on the census > Does anyone know if there were enumerators manuals? Have any survived? > > Sue