You are correct sir. I misread the 1st message and pressed SEND b4 I could catch myself. Whoops! A thousand lashes from the computer gods...   Relatively speaking, ________________________________ From: Eugene Stackhouse <genestackhouse@msn.com> To: paphilad@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, June 1, 2010 7:17:59 PM Subject: Re: [PAPhl] 1897-98 Philadelphia Directories Widows were listed, married women were not unless they had an occupation or business. Gene Stackhouse in Germantown Heights. > Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 17:09:58 -0700 > From: livinginthepastlane@yahoo.com > To: paphilad@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] 1897-98 Philadelphia Directories > > It's been my experience that some women sans occupation or business have been listed in city directories. It may be that they were newly widowed or had sons who were near adulthood, but I have found a few missing Misses in city directories. >  > Relatively speaking, > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Eugene Stackhouse <genestackhouse@msn.com> > To: paphilad@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tue, June 1, 2010 7:04:04 PM > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] 1897-98 Philadelphia Directories > > > Married women who had no occupation nor a business were not listed in the city directories. > > Gene Stackhouse in Germantown Heights. > > > > > > > > > > > From: seekay@comcast.net > > Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 18:39:55 -0400 > > To: paphilad@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] 1897-98 Philadelphia Directories > > > > "House keeper" or "keeps house" is commonly used for married women in the census and other records. Similar usage to what we more recently would have called "homemaker." Sorry, I don't have the earlier posts in this thread to check, but thought I'd mention this in case she was married, in the hopes it would save you from trying to chase down a family for whom she worked. Just keep in mind that the term might just signify her marital status. > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > Claire K > > seekay@comcast.net > > > > > > > > On May 28, 2010, at 3:57 PM, bellemarco@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > ...Annie Leary... On Phila. death record, she is listed as housekkeeper so she > > > must have been the housekkeeper for this family..... > > > > > > > > ********* > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > > ********* > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAPHILAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >                        > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAPHILAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > Laura > > Searching for my Schmitt ancestors and their descendants in Lorriane France, Ohio, and Illinois > http://livinginthepastlane.com and a volunteer for RAOGK at http://www.raogk.org/ > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAPHILAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message                         ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAPHILAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Laura Searching for my Schmitt ancestors and their descendants in Lorriane France, Ohio, and Illinois http://livinginthepastlane.com and a volunteer for RAOGK at http://www.raogk.org/