Lesley, Ken and others. Back in those days there were such things as "wet nurses"and it was not unusual for a feeding mother to feed other babies as well as her own. Sandra ----- Original Message -----

In 1894 my Grandfather at age nine fed his week old sibling (sex not known) with milk arrowroot biscuit moistened in his spittle. This was following the death of their father who was killed when a dynamite detonator accidently exploded in his mouth whilst he was crimping a fuse into it with his teeth. Their distraught mother ran off into the scrub and deserted her brood never to be seen again. My Grandfather gave his siblings away to total strangers and was found a job as a sweep up boy with a shearing team. Merry Christmas Max -------Original Message------- From: sandra fox Date: 19/12/2008 10:47:22 PM To: aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PJ] The old Markets and Police Station Lesley, Ken and others. Back in those days there were such things as "wet nurses"and it was not unusual for a feeding mother to feed other babies as well as her own. Sandra ----- Original Message ----- ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message .