Not exactly a location specific census topic but I think the question could apply to any part of the country so I will go ahead and ask. I am looking at a page from the 1871 census and am slightly puzzled. 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. Also at the same address is a William CLARK who rather unfortunately for him is described as 'Ruptured'. Cheers, Alan Siddorn

Hi, Perhaps the woman could not nurse her baby so a child nurse was used. The other woman would already be nursing her own baby and would take on another for a fee. Remember in those days, there were no baby bottles. Cheers, Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Siddorn" <alan@siddorn.fsbusiness.co.uk> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 10:16 AM Subject: [ENG-HANTS] Nurse Child? Not exactly a location specific census topic but I think the question could apply to any part of the country so I will go ahead and ask. I am looking at a page from the 1871 census and am slightly puzzled. 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. Also at the same address is a William CLARK who rather unfortunately for him is described as 'Ruptured'. Cheers, Alan Siddorn ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

I did look up Nurse Child on Google and a few other search engines but nothing shown, though there was a book advertised about a Nurse Child to do with Disability and Sexual abuse!! Could it have been a specialist nurse that cared for a disabled child? Chris Edna & Ken wrote: >Hi, Perhaps the woman could not nurse her baby so a child nurse was used. >The other woman would already be nursing her own baby and would take on >another for a fee. Remember in those days, there were no baby bottles. > >Cheers, > >Edna - Ottawa > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Alan Siddorn" <alan@siddorn.fsbusiness.co.uk> >To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 10:16 AM >Subject: [ENG-HANTS] Nurse Child? > > >Not exactly a location specific census topic but I think the question could >apply to any part of the country so I will go ahead and ask. I am looking at >a page from the 1871 census and am slightly puzzled. 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. >Also at the same address is a William CLARK who rather unfortunately for him >is described as 'Ruptured'. >Cheers, >Alan Siddorn > > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.4/57 - Release Date: 22/07/2005