Daily Ancestorinquilinus
Inquilinus is Latin for a lodger or sojourner, someone living in a house or place that is not his own.
Inquilinus describes a person living in a place not his own: a lodger or sojourner. Classical writers also used it as a scornful word for an outsider. The feminine is inquilina.
In a register it tells you the family did not own the house where they lived, so they may move between entries. Look for them in neighboring house numbers or villages.
As seen in a recordLatin baptism register, Galicia, 1810s
Pater: Michael Wierzbanek, inquilinus in Nova Villa
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Daily Ancestor. "inquilinus." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/latin/inquilinus. Last checked 2026-10-12.