At the end of the word, it looks like there is the downwards sweep of the letter "g". So, "missing" child, perhaps?
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Thread: Not an acronym...
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11-08-2008, 5:19 PM #11Jan1954Guest
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11-08-2008, 5:40 PM #12Jan1954Guest
Got it!
Nursling!
Definition: nursling - an infant considered in relation to its nurse
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11-08-2008, 6:40 PM #13Mary AnneGuest
Ah, that makes sense! But then which do you think is the candidate for *nurse* among the inmates? one of the widows, I guess?
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11-08-2008, 6:46 PM #14Jan1954Guest
Hi Mary Anne,
Perhaps Jane. She is recorded as "Housekeeper" - but for whom?
However, it may also be that the children were there on the night of the census, but belonged to someone else...
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11-08-2008, 8:22 PM #15Mary AnneGuest
Could indeed. I confess I didn't look at neighbours, etc. They aren't mine, I just was curious about the words...
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