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  1. 11-08-2008, 5:19 PM #11
    Jan1954
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    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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  2. 11-08-2008, 5:40 PM #12
    Jan1954
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    Default Got it!

    Nursling!

    Definition: nursling - an infant considered in relation to its nurse
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  3. 11-08-2008, 6:40 PM #13
    Mary Anne
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    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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  4. 11-08-2008, 6:46 PM #14
    Jan1954
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    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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  5. 11-08-2008, 8:22 PM #15
    Mary Anne
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    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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