1851 Canadian Census

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Carolyn S.

1851 Canadian Census

Legg inn av Carolyn S. » 01 des 2006 01:55:59

I was looking at the 1851 Canadian Census online and under occupation it
stated farmer prop. Any ideas what the prop means?
TIA
Carolyn

Henry Brownlee

Re: 1851 Canadian Census

Legg inn av Henry Brownlee » 01 des 2006 04:07:50

"Carolyn S." <cgsimo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I was looking at the 1851 Canadian Census online and under
occupation it
stated farmer prop. Any ideas what the prop means?
TIA
Carolyn

Proprietor?

Henry

Charles Ellson

Re: 1851 Canadian Census

Legg inn av Charles Ellson » 01 des 2006 05:26:19

On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:07:50 -0600, "Henry Brownlee"
<hfbrownl@bellsouth.net> wrote:

"Carolyn S." <cgsimo@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:z4Lbh.2868$7T5.2397@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
I was looking at the 1851 Canadian Census online and under
occupation it
stated farmer prop. Any ideas what the prop means?
TIA
Carolyn

Proprietor?

As in Farmer (Proprietor), distinct from Farmer (Tenant).

James A. Doemer

Re: 1851 Canadian Census

Legg inn av James A. Doemer » 01 des 2006 13:25:41

In News z4Lbh.2868$7T5.2397@tornado.tampabay.rr.com,, Carolyn S. at
cgsimo@gmail.com, typed this:

I was looking at the 1851 Canadian Census online and under occupation
it stated farmer prop. Any ideas what the prop means?
TIA
Carolyn

I would imagine it means that they owned their own property. They owned
the farm that they were working. They weren't merely sharecropping.

Hugh Watkins

Re: 1851 Canadian Census

Legg inn av Hugh Watkins » 02 des 2006 15:30:53

James A. Doemer wrote:

In News z4Lbh.2868$7T5.2397@tornado.tampabay.rr.com,, Carolyn S. at
cgsimo@gmail.com, typed this:


I was looking at the 1851 Canadian Census online and under occupation
it stated farmer prop. Any ideas what the prop means?
TIA
Carolyn


I would imagine it means that they owned their own property. They owned
the farm that they were working. They weren't merely sharecropping.

for former agricultural labourers and poor tneant farmers from England
this meant a big step up the social scale

A matter of greta pride to cal one self a yeoman farmer

Hugh W

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James A. Doemer

Re: 1851 Canadian Census

Legg inn av James A. Doemer » 02 des 2006 19:30:56

In News 4tdh0tF13kf1aU2@mid.individual.net,, Hugh Watkins at
hugh.watkins@gmail.com, typed this:

James A. Doemer wrote:

In News z4Lbh.2868$7T5.2397@tornado.tampabay.rr.com,, Carolyn S. at
cgsimo@gmail.com, typed this:


I was looking at the 1851 Canadian Census online and under
occupation it stated farmer prop. Any ideas what the prop means?
TIA
Carolyn


I would imagine it means that they owned their own property. They
owned the farm that they were working. They weren't merely
sharecropping.

for former agricultural labourers and poor tneant farmers from England
this meant a big step up the social scale

A matter of greta pride to cal one self a yeoman farmer

Hugh W

To be sure. This marked a distinct difference in the way that agriculture
was handled as compared to the "serfdom" era of the Middle Ages and before.

Gjest

Re: 1851 Canadian Census

Legg inn av Gjest » 02 des 2006 21:08:33

Sharecropping - defined, history, scope, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharecropping

Carolyn S.

Re: 1851 Canadian Census

Legg inn av Carolyn S. » 04 des 2006 14:16:31

Thanks to Henry, Charles, James, Hugh and tootncmon who responded to my
inquiry.
Carolyn

tootncmon@webtv.net wrote:
Sharecropping - defined, history, scope, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharecropping

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