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Member Since: July 2007 Posts: 27 Send Message	Julie	Report	17 Jan 2008 22:36
Member Since: July 2007 Posts: 27 Send Message	Could anyone tell me what a Pauper Agricultural Lab would be. This was the occupation for a lady in the 1851 census. Thank You.
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 63,429 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	17 Jan 2008 22:43
	From one of the online dictionaries Definition pauper Show phonetics noun [C] a very poor person Agricultural Lab(ourer) Reg
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 2 Send Message	Geoffrey	Report	17 Jan 2008 22:45
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 2 Send Message	it means i think that the person was poor and worked in agricultural as a labourer
Member Since: July 2007 Posts: 27 Send Message	Julie	Report	17 Jan 2008 22:47
Member Since: July 2007 Posts: 27 Send Message	Thank you both for your help.
Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 7,623 Send Message	mgnv	Report	19 Jan 2008 16:49
	On the census, a pauper would be getting at leat part of their income from the parish relief fund or somesuch body. Here, I would guess she couldn't get enough from her work as an Ag Lab to support herself and her family.