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From: Heather Canevaro <>
Subject: Re: [HEF] FOSTERING
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:59:32 -0600
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Hello,

A little late on this thread, but was wondering if anyone has a
situation where a boarder became a family member? Or rather just stayed
on with a family? I have a young girl, born in a work house being a
boarder with a family at aged 12. I have seen lots of other young
boarders in census, sometimes several in the same house. Would these
have just been cheap labour, or would they have come as quite a young
child and stayed till they could be off on their own. Surely a 12 year
old wouldn't be paying for her board, but rather working for it? Any
enlightenment gratefully accepted.

Thanks
Heather Canada

Polly Rubery wrote:
> Hi David
>
> "Legal adoption" in this case meant a countrywide (England & Wales)
> statutory basis for legalising adoptions, and giving an adopted child a new
> birth certificate showing the adoptive, rather than the natural parent(s).
>
> Adoption per se was of course "legal" before, but it was always a private
> process, sometimes just an informal one, or sometimes arranged with the
> assistance of a solicitor who would draw up some form of legal document as
> in Hilary's grandmother's case. That would normally indicate that one of
> the families were of good standing and able to afford such services.
>
> However the child would never have any other birth certificate, and while
> (s)he could change her name legally just like anyone else if they chose to,
> it could not be done by the adoptive parents.
>
> However they could "call" it whatever they liked, but in Hilary's case it
> looks as if her gandmother reverted to her birth name on marriage as that
> was still her legal name.
> HTH
> Polly
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