Hi Robert, I too have come across the occupation of "nurse" in my family. In quite a few cases they are children themselves but not directly related to the family so I assume they are "mother's helpers." I also have seen a photo circa 1915 depicting mom, and two or three children. The people are named as family members and the girl who appears about twelve years old is named as the nurse. Hope this helps. Pat

Hi Pat Thanks for the input In the various thoughts I had on the subject, I can not come to any definite conclusion as the title nurse probably covered a wide range of occupations ie Nanny, wet nurse, asylum nurse, midwife, asylum nurse, and of course a general nurse if there were hospitals in the district The case in point--- The woman was 40, the son 17 an apprentice nailor, two daughters 15 and 13, and the youngest a son of 4---the daughters and youngest son had no occupation listed, so this I think would preclude many of the above suggestions In that the populace had a certain distrust of authority, the census may be far from accurate---who knows I continue my search Thanks Robert From the Roaring Forties PS No husband is shown on this census record At 10:46 PM 18/05/2008, you wrote: >Hi Robert, > >I too have come across the occupation of "nurse" in my family. In quite a >few cases they are children themselves but not directly related to the >family so I assume they are "mother's helpers." > >I also have seen a photo circa 1915 depicting mom, and two or three >children. The people are named as family members and the girl who appears >about twelve years old is named as the nurse. > >Hope this helps. > >Pat > >:-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > >Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >Other people can learn from them! > >:-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: >------------------------------- >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