Lady's companion was a recognised occupation for many years.I remember advertisements in "The Lady" in my youth in the 1950s (my grandmother took it!) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady's_companion I have several such on both sides - employer and employee - the most interesting being a woman who was widowed at 33. Her next census entry in 1881 gives her occupation as Lady's companion and journalist! The next she was with her father and listed as daughter - living on own means; 1901 Visitor ( with an old friend of at least 20 years standing, and in 1911 again - Companion. Classically, for a companion she was not well off, unlike many others of her extended family, leaving only £126.7s 1d in 1918. Her Jean Wood > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:23:44 +0000 > Subject: [NTT] Partner > > > > > > Brian : -can remember my mother discussing something similiar to this and the word used was companion - also remember from books that I read an awful long time ago .Mick Wilson > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message