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Old occupation - "Monitor" - any help?
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Angela | Report | 1 Jun 2004 11:01 |
Monitor was the name for an assistant in a school. Unlike monitors in my childhood though, monitors in the late 1800 were paid. I presume they were a level down from pupil teachers and probably didn't get paid very much at all. Angela |
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Unknown | Report | 31 May 2004 21:39 |
1901 census has one of my great-aunts as "school monitress". |
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Grahame | Report | 31 May 2004 20:27 |
Thank you to you all for your help. Good hunting! Grahame |
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POSITIVE Pauline | Report | 27 May 2004 13:46 |
Hi Graham When I was at school (many moons ago - lol) a monitor was the same as a prefect. They were chosen by staff to help monitor playgrounds etc, and generally help to keep order during non teaching times. I never got chosen - must have been too naughty :-) Pauline |
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Mike. The Leicester Lad.(GC) | Report | 27 May 2004 13:46 |
Greeting's Grahame. . . . From my little book. . . . MOLITOR - miller Hope is helps. . . MIKE. |
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Geoff | Report | 27 May 2004 13:36 |
In my experience, teenagers who assisted in schools were usually described as "pupil teachers" on censuses. |
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Crista | Report | 27 May 2004 12:05 |
Grahame, Sounds like it was spelling mistake to me and should be Molitor. Can you find them on another census? Crista |
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Rosemary | Report | 27 May 2004 11:41 |
Grahame, I believe a Monitor was someone who worked alongside a teacher in Victorian/Edwardian times, rather like a Teaching Assistant today. Rosemary(Essex) |
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Grahame | Report | 27 May 2004 10:24 |
I have a 14 year old girl on the 1881 census with an occupation of MONITOR. Any Suggestions? Her Brother is a Miller (also called a MOLITOR) do you think his sister could be a miller as well? Grahame |