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Offline Evie

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Re: Help needed with handwriting.
« Reply #9 on: Monday 02 February 09 07:59 GMT (UK) »
A Nurse Child though was a child that was looked after by a family for payment.

http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/n-o.html#N

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« Reply #10 on: Monday 02 February 09 10:52 GMT (UK) »
I agree, in my experience of census nurse child is an child/infant. If she was a nurse it would not state child.

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Re: Help needed with handwriting.
« Reply #11 on: Monday 02 February 09 10:59 GMT (UK) »
As evie and Cas have said, this is a nurse child which had quite a specific meaning.

Definitions of nurse child are also on the Rootschat lexicon
http://surname.rootschat.com/lexicon/reflib-lexicon.php?letter=N&lang=&input_form=
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Re: Help needed with handwriting.
« Reply #12 on: Monday 02 February 09 11:14 GMT (UK) »
Thank you all for all your help.

The consensus of opinion appears to be that it does in fact  say Sarah Jane Keys, aged 2 months - it is good to get confirmation when the handwriting is as illegible as in this instance.

(Thank goodness we no longer have to use 'dip pens'  ;D )

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