[Genealib] RE: Lady "Dupave" as an Occupation?

[Pirone, Mary Ann]

Hello:
I think they might be  saying she was a streetwalker.  Perhaps they were
trying to shelter anyone who would read the census results and maybe
also trying to  spare her feelings.
 
 I put it in as "du pave" and found a website
http://dict.die.net/nymphe%20du%20pave
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 
Pav'e \Pa`v['e]"\, n. [F., from paver to pave. See Pave
<http://dict.die.net/pave/> .]
   The pavement.

   Nymphe du pav['e], a prostitute who solicits in the street.
      [A low euphemism.]
Mary Ann Pirone 
Genealogy and Local History Specialist 
Aurora Public Library 
One East Benton St. 
Aurora, IL.  60505 

FAX: 1- 630-896-3209 

Phone : 1- 630-264-4122 

Email:  mapiro at aurora.lib.il.us 

 

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[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Sellers,
Charlotte
	Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 10:56 AM
	To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
	Subject: Lady "Dupave" as an Occupation?
	
	
	Hi everyone,
	 
	One of our regulars found an interesting occupation this morning
in an 1860 census schedule. A man listed as a fisherman is enumerated
with (possibly) his wife, three daughters and two sons all with the same
surname. 
	 
	The two oldest (presumed) daughters, ages 22 and 17, are listed
as "Lady 'DuPave'" which is not listed in any of our dictionaries of old
occupations and which I didn't find in a quick online search. Does
anyone know what the census taker may have meant? Dupave is in double
quotation marks in the original.
	 
	Thanks for any help.
	 
	Charlotte Sellers
	Local History Specialist
	Jackson County Public Library
	303 West 2nd Street
	Seymour IN  47274
	Voice 812.522.3412 x256
	email csellers at myjclibrary.org
	 

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