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Anyone know what "nurse chd" means?
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AnninGlos | Report | 24 Jun 2004 17:46 |
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I have one in my family and I understood it to be foster child. Ann Glos |
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Rosalind in Madeira | Report | 24 Jun 2004 14:04 |
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Weren't some children "wet nursed", although you would have to be of child bearing age. |
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Twinkle | Report | 24 Jun 2004 12:56 |
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My gg/grandparents had a nurse child too. They were 72 and 54 and had children under ten. From their ages it doesn't look like they were able to do much work, so I suppose being paid to care for a nurse child was a way to keep the family going. |
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Guinevere | Report | 24 Jun 2004 06:42 |
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Hi, It is a foster child. Couples or widows were paid by the parish or other authorities to care for a child who would otherwise be in the workhouse. My widowed gt grandmother had two nurse children in her care and my father (now 94) remembers them well. They were viewed as "family" as they grew up. Gwynne |
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Catherine | Report | 24 Jun 2004 05:51 |
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Hi Sarah, sorry I don't know what it means, but am trying to find out! I have a 10month old boy in 1881 referred to as 'nurse child' with a different surname to the rest of the family, but by 1891 he is still living with them but has taken their surname!?! Cate:-) |
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Sarah | Report | 24 Jun 2004 03:17 |
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Its on the 1881 census, and the 1yr old boy it refers to has a different surname to everyone else in the household....? |
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