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Lodger/Boarder why would they change this on censu

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♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥

♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥ Report 8 Jan 2009 21:00

Well Ozi,

Thats what I was thinking why bother crossing it out and then adding Boarder as you say it doesn't change the census info any really.

Betty

♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥

♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥ Report 8 Jan 2009 20:57

Oh Yes Elisabeth,

Yes now you mention it, I have heard that before, thanks for reminding my.

Betty

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 8 Jan 2009 20:55

Normally a lodger just rents a room while a boarder gets bed & board.

Unless the person who changed it actually knew if a person was one or the other, I can't fathom it. I wouldn't have thought it made much difference to the statistics of the time.

Ozi.

Elisabeth

Elisabeth Report 8 Jan 2009 20:53

I think a lodger just slept in the house, but a boarder took their meals with the family. (Seem to remember I read it somewhere.)

Elisabeth

♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥

♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥ Report 8 Jan 2009 20:49

On several Scottish census I have there are people listed as Lodger then this is crossed out and Boarder entered, really what would be the differnce between the two? I mean why change it on census form?

Betty