Dynamic of settlement and space changes are in the heart of this research. Thus, the studied population, listed from 1860 to 1950 in a town centre street of an inner suburb of Lille, revealed distinctive links between family ties and location of residence. For some residents this street is quite a tight space. It is a true “centre of the world” for those who are integrated in a wide family using their land inheritance for the exercise of crafts or proximity. At the same time, this street constitutes for others a transitory stopping place, in a slightly polarized migratory space, Lille being increasingly present as soon as the family links become looser. So, various temporalities - individual, collective, economic and historical ones- need t...