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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: Boongie Pam on Thursday 29 April 04 17:22 BST (UK)
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Hiya,
Can Anyone tell me what relationship a "nurse child" held in a household? Here's an example from the LDS cd for 1881:-
Dwelling: Old Mill Row
Census Place: Over Staveley, Westmorland, England
Source: FHL Film 1342256 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 5207 Folio 78 Page 8
William LOWTHER M 68 M Riswich,
Rel: Head
Occ: Woolen Weaver
Sarah LOWTHER M 62 F Thornthwaite
Rel: Wife
Thomas LOWTHER U 19 M Staveley
Rel: Son
Occ: Bobbin Turner
Annie I. CARTER 1 F Ulverston
Rel: Nurse Child
Thanks you,
Pam
;D
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Hi Pam,
This question was discussed on the rootsweb lincsgen site recently, and the general opinion was that the term referred to a foster child.
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/ENG-LINCSGEN/2004-03/1078172190
Regards,
Sasha.
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Cheers for that - very interesting. It was the first time I had come across the term most of my research has been in the West of England and Scotland but I'm seeing it more in the East.
Cheers,
Pam
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;) I had come across that in one of my families too ... thanks for the info, very helpful! Foster child does make sense. Perhaps a more distant family member even, orphan of a relative.
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I have an 8yr old boy described as a Nurse Child with one of my families - I wondered if he might just have been an illigitimate child of one of the daughters.. as the folk looking after him are both in their 60's.
Perhaps I just have a suspicious mind ::)
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Hi
Here is my two pen'th.
It was common at that time for orphan or pauper children that were looked after by the Poor law unions to 'offer' out children,they were provided with some free clothing and the 'odopters'were given a few shillings a week for there trouble. the chance of a few shilling was taken up by many a poor family
hope this helps
peterbennett