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Margaretfinch

Margaretfinch Report 21 Dec 2008 16:24

I have just found a 2 year old on the 1911 census who was fostered along with a 3year old and a 9month old not brothers or sisters did people get paid for fostering in them days does anyone know thank you

Margaret

Researching:
Finch Weathersfield Essex. Poole Haverhill Suffolk.GoodchildSouth Ascot BerkshireFry Wilton Wiltshire Goddard Laverstock Wiltshire Grayston Suffolk

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 21 Dec 2008 16:32

I haven't seen the 1911 census at all but up to the 1901 census children were sometimes with other families and described as a Nurse child (which was what we would today call a foster child). The family would have been paid to look after these children.

Kath. x

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 21 Dec 2008 17:23

Margaret

Although adoption and fostering have taken place informally for centuries, it was only in the 1920s that adoption became legally recognised in Britain.

So it is likely that 'your' fostered child was the son/daughter of someone who had to, due to circumstances, leave them with the foster person so they could work.

They would pay an agreed sum per week/month for the child's upkeep.

Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

Heather

Heather Report 21 Dec 2008 19:53

Very often you can look round the area for a neighbour or a relative who would likely be the childs parent.

Janet 693215

Janet 693215 Report 21 Dec 2008 22:24

I believe that some children were also fostered out of the workhouse, being paid for by the union.