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From: annie <>
Subject: Re: [PAALLEGH] question on "institutions"
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:33:14 -0400
References: <C135741F.2AA6%jeanbob@earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <C135741F.2AA6%jeanbob@earthlink.net>


I have also seen the term inmate used in reference to boys in an
orphan's home----

annie

On Sep 19, 2006, at 10:17 AM, Bob & Jean Young wrote:

> The exchange of information on this question from Jeannine's first
> inquiry
> less than 24 hours ago (!) has been amazingly wonderful. I have no
> personal
> connection with this inquiry, but am very grateful for the information
> passed on, and, more especially, to be in the company (a lister) of so
> many
> helpful, caring, knowledgeable people. I shall save the
> information.......
>
> Not to muddy the waters, but it is my recollection (no time now to
> check my
> files) that the term "Inmate" was used in the earliest PA Censuses to
> denote
> an unmarried male living in someone else's household. The term
> certainly
> gave me pause when I first saw it, but perhaps that usage was the root
> of
> later, expanded definitions.
>
> Jean
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