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What is a nurse child?

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Liberty64

Liberty64 Report 13 Jun 2006 22:34

Taken from old occupations site: Nurse Child: A child being looked after by another family for payment Libby :))

Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 13 Jun 2006 22:30

Wow! I've got one in my family! I just thought it was a child-minding job!

Eleanor

Eleanor Report 13 Jun 2006 22:27

ooh thank you that is interesting

An Olde Crone

An Olde Crone Report 13 Jun 2006 22:26

Nurse child = what we would today call a Foster child. Hope that helps? OC

Eleanor

Eleanor Report 13 Jun 2006 22:25

I am looking up George Kiff b1860 Little amwell on the 1871 census. He is there with his mother sarah. His father must had died. They have a grandson burgess there and william brace, a 1 yo nurse child...what is a nurse child?