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  Housekeeper (servant) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A housekeeper is an individual responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of the interior of a residence.
The housekeeper of times past had her room or rooms cleaned by junior staff, her meals prepared and laundry taken care of, and with the butler presided over dinner in the Servants' Hall.
The housekeeper is generally hired by and reports to the lady of the house.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Housekeeper_(servant)   (316 words)

  
 Site Template -- Geneology
CATHERAN MASDON, 12 (Servant) [Unmarried] - HOUSE SERVANT (Antrim)
ELLEN McGLADERY, 16 (Servant) [Unmarried] - HOUSE SERVANT (Antrim)
ISABELLA FORSYTHE, 18 (Servant) [Unmarried] - HOUSE SERVANT (Antrim)
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 Blanche McManus. The American Woman Abroad. Servants and the Servant Problem.
The "lady" servant asks slightly higher wages on the ground of bringing a superior intelligence to bear on the domestic problem, but doubtless she counts somewhat on the value of her dignified position.
The French servant would be more likely to think her mistress was not a lady if she did not turn her hand to the housework, and besides the French housekeeper is always a domestic worker, all except the real woman of society, a class which scarcely exists outside Paris.
The English servant still dies in service and is laid away in the village churchyard in the shadow of the escutcheoned tomb of the house she has served, usually so well, or it may be that she will have been retired on a pension.
www.kellscraft.com /americanwoman/americanwoman02.html   (5263 words)

  
 Housekeeper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Housekeeper (servant)—responsible for the maintenance of the interior of a residence
Housekeeper (hotel)—‘housekeeping’ is the usual term for the department that supervises the maids responsible for cleaning the rooms of a hotel or motel.
Head housekeeper is the term given to the supervisor of housekeeping staff, except in a great house where the supervisor (usually female) is simply called the housekeeper.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Housekeeper   (147 words)

  
 Article 046--Servants--Their Hierarchy and Duties
Visiting servants were seated according to the ranks of their master or mistress.
They were accorded some of the same privileges as the upper servants, such as being waited upon by the under ranks and eating with the upper servants.
Housekeeper--In households where domestics employed number over twenty-five, the housekeeper's sole duty is to engage, manage and dismiss the female servants, with the exception of lady's maid, nurse and cook, whom the mistress engages.
www.literary-liaisons.com /article046.htm   (1496 words)

  
 The Essential Role of Victorian Servants Especially the Housekeeper and Nursemaid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The housekeeper was responsible for hiring and dismissing the female staff.
If the family came into financial trouble a loyal housekeeper might stay behind as a general servant, while the rest of the staff would be dismissed.
Servants played a substantial role not only in the homes of their masters, but in the lives of the children and other servants (Horn 17).
www.umd.umich.edu /casl/hum/eng/classes/434/charweb/cluesman4.htm   (553 words)

  
 Roles of Servants - ASR
In a small household, employing only two or three servants, one servant might perform the tasks that would normally be split between a butler and a footman in a larger household employing many servants.
While many servants would follow their employers as the employers moved from residence to residence, the housekeeper would generally stay with the house, keeping all in order while the employers were away, making sure that the house was ready for their return.
The housekeeper was responsible for the linens and stores such as candles, sugar, flour, soap and spices - not only making sure that the household had an adequate supply, but also ensuring that everything was in good condition and free from vermin or rot.
www.mpmbooks.com /amelia/SERVANTS.HTM   (960 words)

  
 Manor House. Edwardian Life | PBS
Servants' meals are "Breakfast", "Dinner" and "Supper" respectively whereas family meals are "Breakfast", "Luncheon", "Dinner" and often a late night "Supper".
Should a servant choose not to take beer, he or she may redeem its value as a "Beer Allowance." This will be paid in cash with the quarterly wages.
The male Servants are to sit in order of hierarchy down one side of the table and the female Servants in order of hierarchy down the other.
www.pbs.org /manorhouse/edwardianlife/servants_mealtimes.html   (434 words)

  
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Domestic servant, telegraph operator for Western Union, and homemaker.
Lydia was suspended from HI for one year because of her "flirtation with white chaffeur." Domestic servant and homemaker.
Domestic servant and factory worker during World War I. Living in the 1950s.
www.twofrog.com /hamptonfem2.txt   (4892 words)

  
 townlands2
402 Baltrasna 22 Patrick Caffrey servant RC R+W 22 male farm servant not married Meath
481 Cookstown 26 Thomas Magee servant RC R+W 23 male farm servant not married Meath
482 Cookstown 27 Bridget Caffrey servant RC not R 60 female domestic servant not married Meath
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 Maids
Following European immigrants, fl slaves and their descendants who have dominated the servant ranks across this country, transplants from such regions as South Asia, Central and South America and the Caribbean have been forcing a slow shift in who is hired to do housework.
Housekeeper Luz Torres, president of the project’s board, has been cleaning homes for most of her 17 years in this country.
As much as domestics want the worst employers to meet their legal obligations, some housekeepers also say they want an end to the kind of slights that gnaw at their human core.
www.aliciapatterson.org /APF1901/Gray/Gray.html   (2260 words)

  
 NYC 100 -- Immigrant Stories & Information
Bewildered, she went to the front of the holding cell the next morning, and was soon spotted by a housekeeper from Manhattan.
The housekeeper came up to my grandmother at the cell, looked in her face, and asked her in Finnish (many housekeepers to the very wealthy back then were Finnish) if she wanted a job.
The housekeeper told her, "follow my lead." The housekeeper signed for my grandmother, and took her to a brownstone in Greenwich Village.
www.nyc.gov /html/nyc100/html/imm_stories/stories/story10.html   (332 words)

  
 1880 Misehimer Precinct Continued   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
SMITHEY John, 25, Farmer, IL, NC, IL Amey, 26, wife, Housekeeper, IL, NC, NC Joseph A., 3, son, IL, IL, IL Charles, 7/12, son, IL, IL, IL #91.
HOLSHOUSER Daniel, 45, Farmer, NC, NC, NC, suffers from pneumonia Mary, 40, wife, Housekeeper, IL, NC, NC Ellen L., 13, daughter, IL, NC, IL, suffers from bilious fever Jacob L., 10, son, IL, NC, IL Emily Jane, 6, daughter, IL, NC, IL Olive, 3, daughter, IL, NC, IL Daisey, 6/12, daughter, IL, NC, IL #92.
H., 48, Farmer, NC, NC, NC Camilla, 45, wife, Housekeeper, NC, NC, NC Martha J., 22, daughter, NC, NC, NC James M., 16, son, IL, NC, NC Mary A., 13, daughter, IL, NC, NC Sidney W., 7, son, IL, NC, NC #102.
www.iltrails.org /union/801msnhr.htm   (1465 words)

  
 The Housekeeper and Nursemaid in Jane Eyre
The housekeeper was most often a widow, working for her kin (Hill 119).
The housekeeper was often a terror to other servants in the home, and is the character of many stories haunting (Huggert 33).
Bronte uses servants to remind Jane of her status and to teach her to be loving.
www.umd.umich.edu /casl/hum/eng/classes/434/charweb/cluesman3.htm   (1122 words)

  
 Manor House. You in 1905 | PBS
You start work in a country house, serving the housekeeper and doing other general work.
You're often ticked off for insubordination — the senior servants think you're cocky.
You strike up a relationship with a footman but like so many female servants of the time, you become pregnant and you're instantly dismissed from the house.
www.pbs.org /manorhouse/1905/f3.html   (404 words)

  
 No Name, by Wilkie Collins (chapter34)
He was a vagabond and a cheat; he had lived a mean, shuffling, degraded life, but he was human; and she had found her way to the lost sympathies in him which not even the self-profanation of a swindler’s existence could wholly destroy.
Whatever might have become of the family at North Shingles, the servant was left behind, and the servant was exactly the person whose assistance might now be of vital importance to the housekeeper’s projects.
She found out, in the first place, that the servant (having enough to do in attending to the coarser part of the domestic work) was in no position to disclose the secrets of Miss Bygrave’s wardrobe, which were known only to the young lady herself and to her aunt.
etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /c/collins/wilkie/c71no/chapter34.html   (5317 words)

  
 Commentary, June 8, 2001 — Good Bumps for Servitude, A Forgotten Encounter, Magnets Again, Patenting Sandwiches ...
Service is altogether honourable if rightly understood, The General Servant, Cook, Housekeeper, Butler, Coachman, Labourer, each and all good if his or her qualities and powers are of a suitable sort.
Though she does not possess that formation of head which would denote any special department beyond that of a general worker or household help, great confidence may be placed in her to do her best with much readiness under a variety of circumstances.
Another position for head No. 3 would be that of housekeeper, though we should not look upon this as a preferment, that is, it would not in our estimation be of a higher grade, though we have great respect for the housekeeper on account of her responsibilities.
www.randi.org /jr/06-08-01.html   (3084 words)

  
 OSCN Found Document:EMMERSON v. BOTKIN
It will be noted that plaintiff's first cause of action avers that Morris was indebted to her for services as housekeeper and servant, extending over the period named, and that the specific services rendered were general housework, farm work, and nursing and caring for the defendant during his various illnesses.
The general denial filed by the defendant necessarily put in issue all of the material allegations of the petition essential for plaintiff to establish in order that she might recover.
Fleming, supra, is similar to a number of other cases found in investigating this question, but it is not in point, as in that case the plaintiff and defendant had for a number of years lived together and cohabited as husband and wife, and the rule in such cases was announced by the court that:
www.oscn.net /applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?citeID=3761   (2228 words)

  
 Nanny 911 ....LITERALLY | Philly Future - Philadelphia Blogs - The News YOU Write
A Main Line woman has been charged with robbery, theft and assault after her nanny and housekeeper complained to police she had been physically abused on her employer's multimillion-dollar estate in Villanova.
The housekeeper, Xiomara Salinas, told officers that Tepper was upset about the contents of a refrigerator in the kitchen.
Salinas said she was first hit in the chest by a bag of carrots thrown by Tepper.
www.phillyfuture.org /node/3529   (591 words)

  
 "The Edwardian Country House" (2002) (mini)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
6 of them are the Upstairs family and the 15 others are the servants.
All the plot points were there, all the dramatic moments were there, all the elements of a well developed script were present.
Everything down to the "Crackin' Bird" winding up in bed with the young insubordinate servant at the end of the show.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0339957   (660 words)

  
 The 1880 Census of Misenhimer Precinct
WEBER Mary, 55, widowed or divorced, Housekeeper, Bavaria, Bavaria, Bavaria Jacob, 29, son, Farmer, Bavaria, Bavaria, Bavaria Phillip, 27, son, Farm hand, Bavaria, Bavaria, Bavaria Peter, 27, son, Farm hand, Bavaria, Bavaria, Bavaria Michael, 22, son, Farm hand, Bavaria, Bavaria, Bavaria Catherine, 20, daughter, Bavaria, Bavaria, Bavaria Elisabeth, 18, daughter, Bavaria, Bavaria, Bavaria #34.
MISENHEIMER G., 37, Farmer, IL, IN, NC Matilda, 30, wife, Housekeeper, MO, KY, VA Edne E., 8, daughter, IL, IN, MO Emma E., 6, daughter, IL, IN, MO Birdie A., 4, daughter, IL, IN, MO Pearl W., 8/12, son, IL, IN, MO #36 FULLENWIDER J.
C., 23, Farmer, NC, NC, NC Ellen, 20, wife, Housekeeping, IL, IN, NC Bessie, 5/12, daughter, IL, IN, NC #37.
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 Online Etymology Dictionary
O.E. dæge "female servant, housekeeper, maid," from P.Gmc.
The ground sense seems to be "kneader, maker of bread;" advancing by O.N. deigja and M.E. daie to mean "female servant, woman employed in a house or on a farm." Dæge as "servant" is the second element in many surnames ending in -day (e.g.
Faraday, and perhaps Doubleday "servant of the Twin," etc.).
www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=dairy   (153 words)

  
 housekeeper - OneLook Dictionary Search
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noun: a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
Words similar to housekeeper: housewife, lady of the house, woman of the house, more...
www.onelook.com /?w=housekeeper   (200 words)

  
 1880 Census of East Carroll Parish
If you find a Surname with a question mark behind it this means that it could be spelled in a different manner just below it, so check it out also.
MD 139 Hook, Ellen wf35 wife & housekeeper England (all three) 139 Hook, Laura E. wf20 daughter LA LA Eng.
MS (all three) 289 Williams, R. wm35 land owner FL TN/NC NC 289 Williams, V. wf33 wife LA (all three) 289 Williams, S. wf11 daughter TN FL LA 289 Williams, R. wm2 son TN FL LA 289 Purkit, G. wm38 manager IL (all three) 292 Steader, G. w.
www.cswnet.com /~sschmitz/census_1880_EC.html   (3806 words)

  
 Site Template -- Geneology
FRANCIS McGARRY, 10 (Servant) [Unmarried] - WINER (Antrim)
HENERY BRANKING, 11 (Servant) [Unmarried] - WINER (Antrim)
TERESSA WARD, 17 (Servant) [Unmarried] - WINER (Antrim)
1851.4t.com   (8423 words)

  
 ISTG - Ship Milicete
Mulligan 20 Female Servant Bridget Carroll 20 Female Servant James Rooney 25 Male Laborer Ellen Rooney 20 Female Servant Mary Conlan 20 Female Servant Anne Ennis 20 Female Servant Anne Nixon 20 Female Servant Thos.
Dunne 28 Female Servant Mary Dunne 40 Female Servant Susan McKinivan(?) 38 Female Servant Bridget McKinivan(?) 20 Female Servant Eliza Ramsey 50 Female Housekeeper Catharine Ramsey 22 Female Servant Margt.
Shearman 24 Female Servant Mary Ryan 20 Female Servant Mary Lawler 35 Female Servant Susan Kernan 22 Female Servant Mat.
www.immigrantships.net /1800/milicete18520624.html   (1370 words)

  
 Mayo2
Mary Brennan, lodger, 60, female, Servant, widow, Irish and English.
Catherine, sister, cannot read or write, 52, female, housekeeper.
Margaret, mother, read only, 70, female, housekeeper, not married.
www.garden.net /mcgrail/Mayo2.html   (12075 words)

  
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274 Robertstown 2 Thomas Mooney servant RC R+W 49 male farm servant domestic not married Dublin
288 Robertstown 16 Mary Mahon servant RC R+W 28 female farm servant not married Meath
289 Robertstown 17 Peter Lawlas servant RC R+W 30 male farm servant not married Meath
www.angelfire.com /ak2/ashbourne/townlands.html   (2439 words)

  
 Please title this page. (Page 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
NALL brdr 19 Liverpool, Lancashire, Eng Chemist Apprentice; Ann Jane Bennett servant 20 Portland, Cheshire, Eng Gen Servant
William Edwin Nall head 53 St Martins In The Field, Middlesex, Eng Accountant; MARIA A. NALL wife 68 St Martins In The Field, Middlesex, Eng; Sarah Jane Cox serv 23 Homerton, Middlesex, Eng Dom Servant
NALL head 27 Ruddington, Nottingham, Eng Labourer; Emma Nall wife 24 Stow On The Hill, Leicester, Eng Lace Mender; Ellen Nall dau 3 Nottingham, Eng Scholar; James Nall bro 26 Ruddington, Nottingham, Eng Drayman
www.koyote.com /users/baye/Nall/censeng.htm   (3023 words)

  
 Adams County, MS Genealogical and Historical Research
Cole, Lizzie C F 18 U. House Servant
Davis, Ellen C F 36 U. House Servant
Henderson, J. Sup't of P. Henderson, E. Housekeeper
www.natchezbelle.org /adams-ind/4th_a-k.htm   (525 words)

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