Friday, February 24, 2012

Richard Chinn's Occupation

Every so often, something on the census will tickle me. In this case, it is the 1880 census. There are a lot of things about this census that make me wonder, such as marital status of someone who is listed as widowed, but I know his wife is still alive and living in the District of Columbia. But that isn't what tickles me. It's his occupation: Capitalist!


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  1. CarolFebruary 24, 2012 at 8:19 AM

    From Miriam-Webster dictionary online at

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capitalist

    "a person who has capital especially invested in business; broadly : a person of wealth : plutocrat"

    So, Richard considered himself wealthy?? Did he die with a pocket full of $$ ??

    I have seen this term used as an occupation several times, I always thought it had a cool "ring" to it! :-)))

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