Remember that the child would have been considered Jewish because his mother was. So, it is not such a stretch for the grandmother to welcome him. Diane Jacobs Somerset, NJ -----Original Message----- From: british-jewry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:british-jewry-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Debbie Bozkurt Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 3:38 AM To: british-jewry@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRITISH-JEWRY] Sad but somewhat Comforting story Had to share this short story with you. Was doing some research on my family of ISAACS and found one of the young teenagers had fallen pregnant in the late1870s, I think to a non-jewish local boy. I traced them through a number of census and found the young baby with a family, out of London, the 17 mother as a wet nurse and the lad still with his parents......isn't it always the way. I found the two 'sweethearts' had married once the boy had become of age, he was a couple of years younger than her in 1885. The husband now had a very poor paying job and the girl from a reasonable start in life seemed to have lost her mother and family, It seemed really sad. I then was searching the Jewish Chronicles for her mother and other siblings and there unfort. was a death notice for her Grandson age 18 the young baby born to her unmarried daughter. It was sad that he died but from the notice the Grandmother had welcomed him back into the fold, the young boy had gone to a Jewish School and was buried in a Jewish Cemetery. Now I know others might not share my opinion but in Victorian days it took a lot of forgiving for the Grandmother to welcome back the Grandchild and somewhat heartening that spiritually he was allowed back into the fold. Debbie Bozkurt Outer Hebrides Our website is at www.british-jewry.org.uk We update regularly. Let us know if you have ideas to offer. British-Jewry-admin@rootsweb.com is the address to use for help. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRITISH-JEWRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message