Murder child

Hi John and welcome to POE from Anna and Ron. Why not introduce yourself in 'User Introductions' and tell the POE 'family' a little about yourself?

Hope you manage to resolve the issue referred to above and I will bet that a certain POE member will just love to solve this little riddle for you, eh Paul? Lol

As a matter of interest John what are you using to write this post? How come it's all in boxes?

Hello Anna & Ron

I did introduce myself when I joined (at least I thought I did). I wasn't too sure how to do a post so I first did it in Pages on my Mac and cut and copied it to here. I think I can do it correctly now.

Hmmm. I've done a lot of my own family work in UK census documents, but I've never run into that term. It doesn't seem to be an official designation at least.

I believe that Paul has hit this on the head. My first thought regarding the term "murder child" was that your g-grandmother must have been involved in foster care for parent-less children. Paul's revelation (not the Biblical one!) appears to answer your question, John.

There's 5,379 Nurse Childs in the 1861 census and does seems a common term relating to fostering children. The 1871 Census still says nurse child with William Orme's foster mum being Ann Moore; unmarried and living with her sisters --or sisters in law in 1861-- Rebecca and Julia Wilson, with Julia marrying William Love the following year.

I think Ann Moore is giving misleading information on both the 1861 and 1871 Census's with her relationship to the family and her marital status. I think you should check the 1851 Census and look for Julia's older brothers.

Hello all!

I'm in Arizona, the weather is little of 100* have to stay inside with my brother in air conditioning, Going to school for law and medical, hope to get to England soon to see the sights! God bless all!!

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