Jul 3, 2005 · What is a "nurse child"? (completed) Jane I'm sure there will be others who are able to give a more precise meaning but my understanding of the definition of 'Nurse child' is a child taken into …

Sep 17, 2005 · I have been transcribing some census returns for 1861 and have come across "nurse girl" or "nurse child". As I understand it a nurse child was a child being looked after by another family …

Sep 10, 2012 · In the 1881 census there is a nurse child age 5 living with the family. I understood a nurse child to be a baby. In the case where a mother couldn't nurse or feed her baby another lady …

Oct 23, 2009 · Re: The meaning of the term 'NURSE CHILD' « Reply #1 on: Friday 23 October 09 14:48 BST (UK) » Nurse Child- A child being looked after by another family for payment

Jan 22, 2006 · Nurse Child Interesting to read the above. My Grandmother was brought up in the 'Thomas Coram Foundling Hospital' in London. Two days after admission to the Home in 1897, she …

Aug 5, 2005 · What is a 'Nurse Child'? Hi Bryan, Thanks for the reply. I have looked at the threads you posted. How very sad - I shall investigate this further - I don't know whether these ancestors had …

Jan 18, 2010 · Nurse Child I'd suggest the 'nurse' was probably a wet nurse and the 'child' was the child she was 'nursing' - i.e. breastfeeding. Children well in to the 20th century (usually from wealthy …

Jun 18, 2008 · Nurse child - what does it mean please? George Ward - Head Charlotte Rolinson - Mother Miriam Ward - Granddaughter Francis Peepman - Lodger Thomas Swindels - Nurse Child …

1911 nurse girl lincolnshire I came across a job description of nurse girl for my relative in a lincolnshire census 1911. She was only 15 years old so I assume not a qualified nurse. Anyone any ideas what a …

Mar 1, 2011 · I believe Maria Keogh would have been Nanny / Child Nurse for T W Garde, not Herbert Croker. Dr TW Garde and family arrived on the Southesk in 1877. Another Dr Garde, presumably HC …