Hi Sue, I was just going to respond in same. Lodger - is a person who lives at a residence. -a roomer - etc Boarder - is a person - who lives/pays for the room - with meals included. Many years ago -my parents owned quite a large house - Father always had a good job -mother was at home with the 3 of us. We had more bedrooms than we needed - though only one bathroom /separate toilet area. Mother had - 2 Lodgers -They had quite large bedrooms. and one elderly man- was a boarder.,his room was smaller - All had access to the living room - radio . Holidays - Birthdays etc - All welcome to help us celebrate. Happy New Year. Cheers, Stella At 02:01 PM 21/01/2010, Sue Slater wrote: >Hi Kevin > >My understanding is that a Boarder had his meals provided for him and a >Lodger did not. Not sure if this is right > >Regards > >Sue > >-----Original Message----- >From: kent-eng-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:kent-eng-bounces@rootsweb.com] >On Behalf Of Kevin Poile >Sent: 21 January 2010 21:16 >To: KENT-ENG@rootsweb.com >Subject: [KENT-ENG] Difference between Lodger & Boarder > >Hi Listers, > >Can any one tell me the difference between a Boarder & Lodger on the >census forms. > >I was always of the opinion they were probably one and the same. >However, now I'm pretty sure there must be a difference since I have >started to come across households where there is a mixture of the two. > >Looking forward to your thoughts. > >Kevin (England) > >Kent Interests include (but is not restricted to): POILE, JENNER, >BRYANT, BURDEN, HUMPHREY, HOWARD. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message