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marydoll5
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The meaning of the term 'NURSE CHILD'
« on: Friday 23 October 09 13:36 UTC (UK) »
Hi can anyone help me. I'm trying to find an ancestor on the 1911 census and am not having much luck. There is a child with a very similar name but is listed with a different family as a nurse child. She is aged 12. It's quite feasible that she would be with a different family as both her parents had died by 1911. Her father in 1900 and her mother in 1906. Can anyone tell me what a nurse chiuld actually is??

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Re: The meaning of the term 'NURSE CHILD'
« Reply #1 on: Friday 23 October 09 13:48 UTC (UK) »
Nurse Child- A child being looked after by another family for payment
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Re: The meaning of the term 'NURSE CHILD'
« Reply #2 on: Friday 23 October 09 14:01 UTC (UK) »
Modern day what would probably be called "Fosterchild"

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Re: The meaning of the term 'NURSE CHILD'
« Reply #3 on: Friday 23 October 09 15:13 UTC (UK) »
Many Thanks that's very helpful. Hopefully she'll turn out to be the right person.
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Re: The meaning of the term 'NURSE CHILD'
« Reply #4 on: Friday 23 October 09 15:42 UTC (UK) »
Hi Mary,

for more info. you can find some more topics on Nurse Child in the
RootsChat Reference Library => Lexicon (click here)

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Bob
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Re: The meaning of the term 'NURSE CHILD'
« Reply #5 on: Friday 23 October 09 16:23 UTC (UK) »
Ooh!  There was another post recently, but can't remember where - possibly London area, about Nurse Children, and it wasn't nice  Cry  Most of these poor little mites were literally starved to death by their "carers".

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« Reply #6 on: Friday 23 October 09 20:05 UTC (UK) »
MANYTHANKS BERLIN BOB AND BUMBLEB. tHAT PRETTY MUCH ANSWERS MY QUERY.
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