The term Yeoman must have been hard to reclassify. I found one of my relatives marrying a man who listed his occupation as yeoman in mid 1840's Wisconsin. She came from Wales and he listed himself as coming from Great Britain. carlab - Denne meldingen er sjekket for virus av Norton Anti-virus - This message was checked for virus by Norton Anti-virus

I have a feeling that, later on, particularly in the 19th century, men would adopt the description of yeoman if they had enough money. Perhaps they bought into the 'title' but it doesn't seem that way with some of them. I think it was a bit of snob thing. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "1carla" <cbodette@wi.rr.com> To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 7:47 AM Subject: Re: [OEL] yeoman > The term Yeoman must have been hard to reclassify. I found one of my > relatives marrying a man who listed his occupation as yeoman in mid 1840's > Wisconsin. She came from Wales and he listed himself as coming from Great > Britain. > > carlab > > > - Denne meldingen er sjekket for virus av Norton Anti-virus > - This message was checked for virus by Norton Anti-virus > > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from list mode -- > Send the one word UNSUBSCRIBE to > OLD-ENGLISH-L-request@rootsweb.com > >

In message <008c01c40e68$f56151c0$6dccfc3e@oemcomputer>, "norman.lee1" <norman.lee1@virgin.net> writes >I have a feeling that, later on, particularly in the 19th century, men would >adopt the description of yeoman if they had enough money. Usually if they had money they went the whole hog and called themselves 'gentleman', without the usual past qualifications. Yeoman seemed to be a harking back to a rural past which 90% left during the C19. It was possible to use it even if you were currently somewhat down on your luck or just kicking your way back up the ladder (and for quite a few, it was true enough) -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society