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

Mon Dec 10 10:48:02 EST 2007

THis was a way of saying she was a "lady of the street". It sounds better in French. 

Lannette Crutchfield <netster at csinet.net> wrote:          Hi Charlotte,

  I came across this in a census sometime ago also.  In my effort to define this occupation, I found it to be a "lady of the pavement" or more readily a "street walker" or prostitute.  I found the reference in one of the old books at the museum here in La Porte.  I didn't make a note of the title at the time but I see that I added this information to my list of bygone occupations.  

  Fern Eddy Schultz
  La Porte County (IN) Historian
    ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sellers, Charlotte 
  To: Librarians Serving Genealogists 
  Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 10:56 AM
  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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