Re: Itinerant peddler missed by US Census?

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I suspect a "Hawker" was not _necessarily_ an itinerant peddler moving from
town to town with no permanent residence. I believe a Hawker could be
someone who, for instance, bought at the market daily and "hawked" that
produce on the street, or perhaps a scissors or knife sharpener who went
through several parts of the same town, over and over offering his services.
Such a person might well have a permanent place of abode that would make him
more accessible to census enumerators than might an itinerant.

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Peter Zavon
Penfield, NY

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In a message dated 25/05/2008 21:46:09 GMT Standard Time,
henry.best1@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Itinerants are/were probably the most likely people to be missed by
census enumerators...
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