One of my Bodfishes a prostitute?

[dabs0]

My lady of the night was a laundress 

Daft question but how did you know that she was a tom then?!

Debbie

[Gadget]

There's a thread about it somewhere and it's on my website   

Gadget

[rugbywolf]

court records to see if she had a conviction for lewd behaviour ,newspaper to see if any stories of brothels etc.
just a thought.

[CES]

l have seen Prostitute recorded on a Census at least once, but maybe it was all down to the person taking the Census at the time.

[cg]

I have a bodfish in my tree, "Annie Bodfish" any connection?
Chris.

[dabs0]

Chris

No Annie in my tree, however that does not mean to say no link, as Bodfish is an unusal name. My are mainly Oxfordshire and then Leamington. Does that help any?

Debbie

[cg]

The Annie Bodfish i have married a John Cooper who was born in Kingham Oxen 1813.
They had a daughter Leah who married a Thomas Henry Churchill----where my line of the tree comes in.
Chris.

[kateblogs]

Have a look at the census records and see what their profession is. I very much doubt if it would be "prostitute" (or even "dressmaker"!), but there might be something that does not ring quite true.

meles

Someone in a fairly working class area living on 'independant means' Or an actress, at one time that was a euphemism for a 'lady of the night'.

Kate