I can claim multiple generations of lodgers/boarders in one family. Very early in my research, I found my great-great-grandfather William…
Fascinating. I have a couple of incidences where the “lodger” became in time a son-in-law, having married a daughter of…
Interesting article. Yes sometimes lodgers become lovers and later marry! I recently discovered in 1910 in RI my great grandmother's…
Wonderful history you were able to uncover! Thank you so much for sharing your story. Now I have to look…
Along with lodger one has to take a bit of time to figure out "native" or "Canadian" in some of…
Hello Cousins! Yes, Geneva. That's an interesting tale all her own. Best regards to your (our?) family. 🙂
Thank you, ENEF treatment of John Do(a)n(n)e (and Hobart) will be helpful in making my tree more narrative and up-to-latest…
Definitely do not ignore those lodgers, laborers, etc. on census records. Those names can be very very useful!
Remarkable - and a good lesson.
What a lovely story of this fine young man but I'm sad he lost his life so early. I'm asked…