In message <003201c5905a$4a9321e0$6a624454@alano3wksei0h3>, Alan Siddorn <alan@siddorn.fsbusiness.co.uk> writes >On the census form (RG10/3714 page 37) in Bunbury, Cheshire are Samuel >SIDDORNS age 75, his wife Ellen SIDDORNS age 65 and William SIDDORNS >age 3 who in the column for Relation to Head of Family appears to have >G Child and Nurse Child both entered against his name. I have never >seen Nurse Child on a census form before and wondered if anyone had any >ideas or information about the meaning of it. I'm just *guessing*, but could it mean that William is the grandchild of Samuel and Ellen and that they are bringing him up as their own child? -- Jenny M Benson
I have come across this before - with children of a young age, on other lists & it has been suggested it was an adopted child, or a child taken in, as their parents couldn't look after them, or they had died. Rita In Norfolk where it is finally raining! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny M Benson" <Genes@cedarbank81.fsnet.co.uk> To: <ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Nurse Child? > In message <003201c5905a$4a9321e0$6a624454@alano3wksei0h3>, Alan Siddorn > <alan@siddorn.fsbusiness.co.uk> writes > >On the census form (RG10/3714 page 37) in Bunbury, Cheshire are Samuel > >SIDDORNS age 75, his wife Ellen SIDDORNS age 65 and William SIDDORNS > >age 3 who in the column for Relation to Head of Family appears to have > >G Child and Nurse Child both entered against his name. I have never > >seen Nurse Child on a census form before and wondered if anyone had any > >ideas or information about the meaning of it. > > I'm just *guessing*, but could it mean that William is the grandchild of > Samuel and Ellen and that they are bringing him up as their own child? > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > ==== ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT Mailing List ==== > Family historian love graveyards they are the sort of places they like to visit to meet up with old relatives > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >