'Chaner child' ?

[jensquest]

hi all

I did a look up for someone and the boy that I found was referred to as 'Chaner child' in the relationship column.

Has anyone any idea as to what that means?

The image is for George Howard  c1834  Shropshire

1987 / 361 / 16


It refers to both him and his younger brother William as this.

Thanks, Jen

[stanmapstone]

What year is the census 

Stan

[jensquest]

sorry stan I should have put that, it was the 1851.

No other children in the district are referred to as this.

[stanmapstone]

Hi Jen,
I can find no references to a "Chaner Child" perhaps it is a (very) local term for an adopted child, or a step child, or a child from the local workhouse. Hopefully someone will know.

Stan

[GeoffE]

I think it's Chance Child ... I'm not sure if it means "illegitimate" or "orphan" but there is a book of that name

http://bunnyplanet.blogspot.com/2006/04/from-archives-chance-child.html

[Tati]

Well, following Geoff's interpretation I found 'chance child' in an english-german dictionary:
http://www.dict.cc/english-german/chance-child.html
German Translation: bastard, illegitimate child

  

[bearkat]

Chance Child is a much nicer term than Bastard.

[jensquest]

Thank you, I will pass that on 

Jen

[PaulaToo]

Well blow me, that's one I've never heard of before. I've been wondering what it was..............