What's a competence merchant, housekeeper, and farmer? Bob K in PHX

Main Entry: com·pe·tence Pronunciation: 'käm-p&-t&n(t)s Function: noun Date: 1632 1 : a sufficiency of means for the necessities and conveniences of life <provided his family with a comfortable competence -- Rex Ingamells> Examples: With the money he obtained by his wife's mother he was able to purchase the position of the stock-broker for whom he had clerked; and for several years he was very happy in a mutual love and a liberal competence--an income of two hundred and fifty thousand francs. In 1820 he and his wife lived in a large mansion on rue Menars. Mr. Thompson came to this locality with but small capital, and has gathered together a comfortable competence through his untiring energy and good business judgment. He was a prominent Republican of his county, having returned there from Baltimore where he accumulated a competence as a contractor and builder. WyeOak ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob KNOTTS" <raknotts@qwest.net> To: <MDQUEENA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 11:12 PM Subject: [MDQUEENA] competence farmer > What's a competence merchant, housekeeper, and farmer? Bob K in PHX > > > ==== MDQUEENA Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >