My understanding of 'nurse child' is very much what other people have written, but in addition the example of Jane Austen's family is interesting. Her father was rector of a Hampshire parish, and all of their children, between the ages of about 1 and 3/4 years, were sent to live with families in the village as members of those families. I imagine that in the census, had there been one at the time, they would have been entered as 'Nurse children'! Pete Dale

Thanks Pete, everyone seems to agree, interesting what you have added. Bob ________________________________ From: Pete Dale <administrator@atlantichouse.org.uk> To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 4 January, 2010 19:06:24 Subject: [BRK] Nurse child My understanding of 'nurse child' is very much what other people have written, but in addition the example of Jane Austen's family is interesting. Her father was rector of a Hampshire parish, and all of their children, between the ages of about 1 and 3/4 years, were sent to live with families in the village as members of those families.  I imagine that in the census, had there been one at the time, they would have been entered as 'Nurse children'! Pete Dale ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message