Debbie, Your suggestion is excellent and quite logical, which Ellen may be able to further develop as you suggest. Sanitorium and resort were terminology applied to tuberculosis treatment facilities (don't have a source right on hand now). One reason for the terminology was psychological. Kathy On 1/19/2013 3:17 PM, Debbie Hooper wrote: > Ellen, > > While the previous comments have merit, I think you need to look more into > Dora Dufran, the "head of household." In the 1920 census, she and her > 10-year old son are in the same house, and she is listed as a nurse for a > private family [Dorothy Dufran, 224 2nd Street, e.d. 156, sheet 5A, > Ancestry's image #9 of 39]. In the 1930 census, she is still listed in the > same house, and her occupation is listed as practical nurse. > > It is possible that she was caring for the "boarders" in the 1910 census. > There were 2 men living at that residence with all of the other women. > Could it have been a home for those suffering from tuberculosis? Many other > censuses list patients as "inmates." Perhaps "resort" was a nice term for > sanitarium. > > The only reason I can think of to explain the crossing out of the > occupations and type of work is that an "inmate" at a "resort" really wasn't > an occupation and should have been entered in the "relationship" column > rather than "boarder." > > Newspaper records may shed more light on the situation. > > Debbie Hooper, CG (sm) > Delmarva Genealogy Associates > Specializing in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia > > Certified Genealogist and CG are proprietary service marks of the Board for > Certification of Genealogists® used by the Board to identify its program of > genealogical competency evaluation and used under license by the Board’s > associates > >>> Ellen wrote: > > Can someone help me in interpreting something on a census page? > > I'm looking at an entry for a Daisy Miller in the 1910 U.S. Census for Rapid > City, Pennington County, South Dakota. She is a 25 year old married woman > who is a boarder in a household that appears to be a boarding house. > > > > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >