Genealogy Chat

I found my Gt. Grandmother on the scottish 1891 census, and she is listed as being a farm servant, living in a household. What i would like to know is did she work in the house as a servant or on the farm? Also on her marriage cert in 1893 she was noted as a domestic servant. Any ideas would be great Thanks sue x

I would say she worked in the house. What you have to remember is that vast estates are still basicly just farms. so I would try and trace were she was working to give you a better idea of what she might of done.

Susan, I too have similar on Scottish rellies. I presume it means she worked as a servant (domestic) at a farmhouse, rather than worked on the farm. I think in those days the manual farmwork would have all been done by men? Her later description as a domestic servant tends to lean in that direction? Ian

Thank you Peter and Ian, I thought she would have worked in the house. Thanks once again Sue

Old Scottish ocupations Farm servant ....... Farm worker under contracted period to work for farmer. Maybe she helped at the hay or the 'Tatties' Marion