Boarder Head

[Tom 23]

Hi

Please could someone clarify this entry for a relation on the 1901 census.

Next to Anthony McCall it says 'Boarder Head', therefore if he was a boarder wouldn't he be listed underneath the name of whoever he was boarding with? 

By boarding I interpret it as he and his family were living in someone's house with them but in their own room(s) paying for food and rent, is this correct, a bit like modern day B&B?

Thanks

[rosie99]

It looks as though the 'Boarder' refers to the Pupil on the line above

Anthony McCall is in a separate house from the family above  signified by address on left hand column and  \\ to the left of his name

[Pennines]

Tom -- was the 'Boarder Head' the first person listed at that address? If so he may have been the 'manager' of the Boarding House.

My understanding is that a Boarder was also fed for his rent (he had board and lodgings)--- a Lodger didn't  --(he/she just had a bed) but I might be wrong.

[stanmapstone]

My understanding is that a Boarder was also fed for his rent (he had board and lodgings)--- a Lodger didn't  --(he/she just had a bed) but I might be wrong.

That is correct a "Boarder" pays for a room and meals. A "Lodger" pays for use of a room only.

Stan

[stanmapstone]

It looks as though the 'Boarder' refers to the Pupil on the line above

I agree, that is my interpretation.

Stan

[rosie99]

Full page image can be found here RG12/1044 f157 p43

[Pennines]

Thanks Rosie -- looks like 2 different households.

Anthony McCall was a Doctor working from home. We shouldn't assume, but I wonder if he simply meant that he was renting the home and was the Head of that household.

[stanmapstone]

He was the head of that household, not a Boarder. The majority of people at that time rented the property. At the beginning of the 20th Century 90% of all houses were rented from private landlords.

Stan

[Tom 23]

It looks as though the 'Boarder' refers to the Pupil on the line above

Anthony McCall is in a separate house from the family above  signified by address on left hand column and  \\ to the left of his name

I did think that maybe the 'boarder' was in relation to the 'Pupil' in the entry above, but why write the 'boarder' bit in Anthony's square of that census field, it could have been squeezed in on the same line as 'pupil'? 

The thing I cannot wrap my head around is if he was renting and living in the house, just him and his family, why even put boarder on the entry, no one else seems to if privately renting a house without the landlord/lady actually living in the accommodation as well, it doesn't seem a necessary thing to add.

The only other scenario I can come up with is if the landlord/lady he was boarding with might not have been in the household when the census was taken?