karen wrote: > ... > Civil Parish: Botriphnie Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: - > Folio: 1 Page: 1 > Address: Masson Lodge > Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks > INNES David M 28 Shoemaker Banffshire > MOIR George M 30 Shoemaker Jrnymn Banffshire > INNES James M 20 Shoemaker Appren Banffshire > MACGRIGGOR Jane F 18 Female Servant Banffshire > It appears that his future wife was a servant in this home > before their marriage. > My question is this: If his family also lived in Botriphnie at this > time (which they did), why would he be living with these chaps. He was the Master Shoemaker, and they were his Journeyman (= man paid by the day, nothing to do with travelling) and Apprentice. Their board and lodging was probably a significan part of what he paid them > Do you know of 'Masson Lodge'? I can't find "Masson Lodge" in Botriphnie on any map, ancient or modern. In the 1861 Census for Botriphnie, the shoemaker (now Alex Sellar) lives at "Lodge", which appears in the Enumeration next to Lynemore, in the southeast corner of the parish. > Would it have been a boarding house? No, just a house, although it would appear to have remained the shoemaker's house for at least 20 years, with changing tenants. The "boarders" were actually his employees (including, it appears, his future wife! Gavin Bell

Just a thought - could "Masson Lodge" refer to dwelling which had, at some point, been used as a hall for Masonic meetings? In some family correspondence from this time period, I have seen "Mason" (mis?)spelt as "Masson." Bill Ramp > > Do you know of 'Masson Lodge'? > > I can't find "Masson Lodge" in Botriphnie on any map, ancient or modern. > In the 1861 Census for Botriphnie, the shoemaker (now Alex Sellar) > lives at "Lodge", which appears in the Enumeration next to Lynemore, in > the southeast corner of the parish. > > > Would it have been a boarding house? > > No, just a house, although it would appear to have remained the > shoemaker's house for at least 20 years, with changing tenants. The > "boarders" were actually his employees (including, it appears, his > future wife! > > > Gavin Bell > > ______________________________