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Originally Posted by kiterunner
Son Joseph's occupation in 1861 - "nurse". Do you think that means he was minding the baby while the rest of the family were making stockings?
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Or it was an error. Perhaps Joseph was working and Alice was looking after the two younger children.
Looking at the census records in Hinkley, there was a lot of child labour among the stocking makers. Another interesting fact left out of the edit.