Hi Sheila, A nurse child was a child who was "farmed out" to another, usually as a small infant, but sometimes lasting for many years. (I have come across one of 14 years of age). I would say that the nearest modern day equivalent is a "foster child". HTH Sandra [email protected] wrote: >Could someone please explain the definition of Nurse Child. The child is on a >census return age 4 years and leaving with a woman with a different surname >age 57 yrs. >Thank you in advance for any help you can give me. Sheila </HTML> > >............................................. >Want to contact the local community? >Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings >http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk >............................................. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >
Only difference is that often no payment was offered or accepted for the childs upkeep by the family looking after the child. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra J Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Nurse Child Hi Sheila, A nurse child was a child who was "farmed out" to another, usually as a small infant, but sometimes lasting for many years. (I have come across one of 14 years of age). I would say that the nearest modern day equivalent is a "foster child". HTH Sandra [email protected] wrote: >Could someone please explain the definition of Nurse Child. The child is on >a >census return age 4 years and leaving with a woman with a different surname >age 57 yrs. >Thank you in advance for any help you can give me. Sheila </HTML> > >............................................. >Want to contact the local community? >Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings >http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk >............................................. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ............................................. Want to contact the local community? Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk ............................................. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000727-0, 03/22/2007 Tested on: 3/23/2007 12:11:01 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com