I always frind the occupations interesting (also death certificates cause of death, I had one relative die of "exhaustion.") I have one ancestor who in the 1870 census is 86 (he lived until 91). His occupation is listed as "old man of the house"--Beers Radford, Middlebury CT. Erica In a message dated 6/30/09 2:21:37 PM, nymets22@gmail.com writes: > Terry has just shown what us transcribers find so much fun when > reading all the census pages we read. It is more than finding family > ancestors, or putting info onto spreadsheets, censuses give us a story > over time of families/people we never knew. We often think about how > they lived, what happened to their spouse, what kind of living > conditions they had and then there are the various > occupations....thanks Terry for sharing the doctor. > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Theresa Bora<terrybora@wowway.com> > wrote: > > I thought you might enjoy this little bit of info...it brightened my > otherwise dreary, gray and rainy day. While transcribing the 1865 Troy census > today I came across an occupation for a Jane Morse. She was listed as > 'Doctores(s)'. I needed to verify the surname, so I went to the 1860 US NY > census. She's mis-indexed as Moore, but what really fascinated me was her > occupation. The census taker must have had a flight of fancy because he has > her listed as "Clairvoyant Physician'. By 1870 she's back to just plain > 'Physician', but for one brief and shining moment in 1860, she was > 'clairvoyant'. You have to love those census takers. > > Terry Bora in Mich. > > > > > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > > ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== > Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, > check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > ************** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377075x1201454393/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62& bcd=JunestepsfooterNO62)
"Old man of the house" -- that's funny! I find many of my ancestors listed simply as "laborer," and I wish it were more specific. Sometimes "exhaustion" as a cause of death is a general term for any condition that causes a fatal loss of strength. My great-grandmother's cause of death was listed as "asthenia (exhaustion)," and the details on the certificate said she died of hemorrhaging from a miscarriage, and that she also had TB. Her lungs must have been bleeding as well. The combination of the two literally drained her of life. She was only 37. -----Original Message----- From: ny-irish-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ny-irish-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of VOOLICH@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:53 PM To: nymets22@gmail.com; ny-irish@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] A bit of Census humor I always frind the occupations interesting (also death certificates cause of death, I had one relative die of "exhaustion.") I have one ancestor who in the 1870 census is 86 (he lived until 91). His occupation is listed as "old man of the house"--Beers Radford, Middlebury CT. Erica In a message dated 6/30/09 2:21:37 PM, nymets22@gmail.com writes: > Terry has just shown what us transcribers find so much fun when > reading all the census pages we read. It is more than finding family > ancestors, or putting info onto spreadsheets, censuses give us a story > over time of families/people we never knew. We often think about how > they lived, what happened to their spouse, what kind of living > conditions they had and then there are the various > occupations....thanks Terry for sharing the doctor. > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Theresa Bora<terrybora@wowway.com> > wrote: > > I thought you might enjoy this little bit of info...it brightened my > otherwise dreary, gray and rainy day. While transcribing the 1865 Troy census > today I came across an occupation for a Jane Morse. She was listed as > 'Doctores(s)'. I needed to verify the surname, so I went to the 1860 US NY > census. She's mis-indexed as Moore, but what really fascinated me was her > occupation. The census taker must have had a flight of fancy because he has > her listed as "Clairvoyant Physician'. By 1870 she's back to just plain > 'Physician', but for one brief and shining moment in 1860, she was > 'clairvoyant'. You have to love those census takers. > > Terry Bora in Mich. > > > > > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > > ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== > Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, > check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > ************** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377075x1201454393/aol?redir=htt p://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62& bcd=JunestepsfooterNO62) ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message