A boarder is someone who pays board. E.G. Board and lodgings. A room and meals are provided for an agreed amount of money. The person who pays for his board and lodgings is known as a boarder. I hope this helps. Jean McCarthy nee Moore On 18/05/07, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: Boynton110 > Surnames: gamble > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.arm.general/9317/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > i researched my family tree back to 1806 when my family were farmers. I > was surprised to see a man called henry radley who was a boarder? What is a > boarder and would he have stayed at my familys house for free. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-ARMAGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanmccarthy36/ jeanmccarthy36@googlemail.com