Have been on my feet all day (since I stand at my computer), deeply into Ancestry.com. Winifred, you say your ancestors were all poor - well, you ain't seen nothin' yet!!! I couldn't find any actual photos of where my maternal grandmother, Florence May Allen, lived in Scone, but the above pics are typical of her time. She was the first of 14 children, born in 1885. Her mother, Kate Sweeney, was pregnant over 22 years!!!!!! What do you suppose they used as nappies in those days?
Her father, Ralph Dodds, was one of 12 children. He worked as a Bailiff for the Small Debts Court and a Lamplighter, among other things (like making babies).
Nanny got a job as a live-in housekeeper for an unmarried father in Muswellbrook, about 20 miles away. Can you believe, the parents of the pregnant woman would not let her marry the father, so he took the baby home from the hospital and cared for her himself. That was in 1905! Not too many men would do that today.
In 1916 Nanny married this man, Joseph William George Allen, and they had one child, my mother, Ida Rose, the following year.
Her father, Ralph Dodds, was one of 12 children. He worked as a Bailiff for the Small Debts Court and a Lamplighter, among other things (like making babies).
Nanny got a job as a live-in housekeeper for an unmarried father in Muswellbrook, about 20 miles away. Can you believe, the parents of the pregnant woman would not let her marry the father, so he took the baby home from the hospital and cared for her himself. That was in 1905! Not too many men would do that today.
In 1916 Nanny married this man, Joseph William George Allen, and they had one child, my mother, Ida Rose, the following year.
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obviously they had found out what caused it and managed to stop at one !!!
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