I just found a Philadelphia Birth Record from 1894 listing the occupation of the father as Tavern Pat O'Donnell Kuhn On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:00 AM, < transitional-genealogists-forum-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > 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. > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Retired Spinster (AGilchrest@aol.com) > 2. Re: Retired Spinster (Kathy Gunter Sullivan, CG) > 3. New year and taxes (Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist) > 4. Re: Retired Spinster (Janet Evertsen) > 5. Re: Retired Spinster (Ida Nystrom) > 6. Re: Retired Spinster (AGilchrest@aol.com) > 7. Re: Retired Spinster (Karen Rhodes) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 15:15:40 -0500 (EST) > From: AGilchrest@aol.com > Subject: [TGF] Retired Spinster > To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8eee.7e5746f0.3e1dd86a@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I just have to share. I was just putting my Great Aunts death certificate > in by database. Her occupation of her death certificate from Pennsylvania > is > "retired spinster." I am still laughing. > > Ann Gilchrest > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:04:23 -0500 > From: "Kathy Gunter Sullivan, CG" <sully1@carolina.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [TGF] Retired Spinster > To: AGilchrest@aol.com > Cc: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <50EC89D7.4040602@carolina.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Interesting. What was her death date? Any chance that her occupation > was Spinster (spinner of materials into fabric)? > > Kathy > > > On 1/8/2013 3:15 PM, AGilchrest@aol.com wrote: > > I just have to share. I was just putting my Great Aunts death certificate > > in by database. Her occupation of her death certificate from > Pennsylvania is > > "retired spinster." I am still laughing. > > > > Ann Gilchrest > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 13:18:36 -0800 (PST) > From: "Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist" > <king@forensicgenealogyservices.com> > Subject: [TGF] New year and taxes > To: Transitional Genealogists forum > <transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > < > 1805991556.52515677.1357679916447.JavaMail.root@forensicgenealogyservices.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > Now is a great time to take a look at the 2013 tax changes and make plans > for the coming year. Last night I saw that my tax rate probably will not > change. Oh Boy! :-) Income adjusted for deductions and credits will > probably remain close to the same and the tax rates stayed the same. > > But the Social Security tax for the self-employed has gone back up to > 12.4% from 10.4%. Now we have to set aside 2% more each payday to cover > those quarterly estimated tax payments. > > Self-employed get a triple whammy. We have to pay last year's 4th quarter > taxes on January 15th of the new year. We have to pay any extra for the > previous year by April 15th. And we have to pay our 1st quarter of the new > year by April 15th as well. [The 15th or the next business day if the 15th > is a weekend or holiday.] > > Food for thought for those thinking about starting a new business - and > those with existing businesses. > > best regards, > Dee > > > > > -- > Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist (sm), Certificate 903 > Contract Genealogist, US Navy Casualty POW/MIA Branch > Co-Director, Forensic Genealogy Institute > http://www.forensicgenealogists.com/forensic-genealogy-institute.html > Mail address - PO Box 1085, Manvel TX 77578 > Telephone/fax 281-595-3090 > www.forensicgenealogyservices.com/NavyCasualty.html > www.facebook.com/forensicgenealogist > > Certified Genealogist (CG) is a service mark (sm) of the Board for > Certification of Genealogists?, conferred to associates who consistently > meet ethical and competency standards in accord with peer-reviewed > evaluations every five years, and the board name is registered in the US > Patent & Trademark Office. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 16:40:06 -0500 > From: Janet Evertsen <j.evertsen2@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [TGF] Retired Spinster > To: Transitional Genealogists > <TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > < > CAPWTAT8kpfgw+3R2T-yaJm_8r98rC-5seEAEqttFu-YhBTa5MQ@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > When Kathy's response came through, I saw that "Housewife" disappeared. > Even retired spinsters need to do housework! > > > On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Kathy Gunter Sullivan, CG < > sully1@carolina.rr.com> wrote: > > > Interesting. What was her death date? Any chance that her occupation > > was Spinster (spinner of materials into fabric)? > > > > Kathy > > > > > > On 1/8/2013 3:15 PM, AGilchrest@aol.com wrote: > > > I just have to share. I was just putting my Great Aunts death > certificate > > > in by database. Her occupation of her death certificate from > > Pennsylvania is > > > "retired spinster." I am still laughing. > > > > > > Ann Gilchrest > > > 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 > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:53:36 -0500 > From: Ida Nystrom <inystrom@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [TGF] Retired Spinster > To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <50EC9560.60709@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I have a death certificate for a relative who died in 1911. It lists > her as "retired housewife". Even the town clerk laughed when she saw that. > On 1/8/2013 4:04 PM, Kathy Gunter Sullivan, CG wrote: > > Interesting. What was her death date? Any chance that her occupation > > was Spinster (spinner of materials into fabric)? > > > > Kathy > > > > > > On 1/8/2013 3:15 PM, AGilchrest@aol.com wrote: > >> I just have to share. I was just putting my Great Aunts death > certificate > >> in by database. Her occupation of her death certificate from > Pennsylvania is > >> "retired spinster." I am still laughing. > >> > >> Ann Gilchrest > >> 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 > >> > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 17:19:36 -0500 (EST) > From: AGilchrest@aol.com > Subject: Re: [TGF] Retired Spinster > To: TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <d5b7.48463a31.3e1df578@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Kathy wrote: > > > Interesting. What was her death date? Any chance that her occupation > > was Spinster (spinner of materials into fabric)? > > She died 31 May 1943 > > Ann Gilchrest > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:28:35 -0500 > From: Karen Rhodes <bitbucket001@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [TGF] Retired Spinster > To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <50ECF1F3.2050909@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 1/8/2013 3:15 PM, AGilchrest@aol.com wrote: > > I just have to share. I was just putting my Great Aunts death certificate > > in by database. Her occupation of her death certificate from > Pennsylvania is > > "retired spinster." I am still laughing. > > > > > > > In the 1935 Florida state census, in an example I use on my talk on > "Quirks in the Florida State Census," there is one man whose occupation > was listed as "lobster." > > I'm sure he was a lobsterman, and the enumerator didn't have enough room > for the qualifying suffix "-man." But it's certainly good for a laugh. > > Karen Packard Rhodes > Currently residing in Pinellas Park, Pinellas County, Florida > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM Digest, Vol 7, Issue 13 > ************************************************************** >