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Farm Servant
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MarionfromScotland | Report | 10 Mar 2005 15:14 |
Old Scottish ocupations Farm servant ....... Farm worker under contracted period to work for farmer. Maybe she helped at the hay or the 'Tatties' Marion |
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Suzy Camay ▀ | Report | 10 Mar 2005 12:16 |
Thank you Peter and Ian, I thought she would have worked in the house. Thanks once again Sue |
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Ian | Report | 10 Mar 2005 12:00 |
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 |
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Peter | Report | 10 Mar 2005 11:59 |
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. |
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Suzy Camay ▀ | Report | 10 Mar 2005 11:44 |
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 |