Help with wording please?

[Darksecretz]

I'm transcribing a burial register and for the life of me I cannot figure out what this entry says.. well, I have a theory but it doesn't make much sense in reality.

Robert Wolley a child ........... with ................

could you cast your eyes upon it and see what you think? thank you.

Robert Wolley death.jpg
it's entry 211 Robert Wolley.

https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bi...MwMjI3LjAuMC4w

[ozgirl]

At nurse with Mrs Tanel? Not sure of the name but pretty sure it is "At Nurse". He was only 20 weeks old so would be likely.

[GallowayLass]

Not sure if the surname as it’s a bit unclear but the child was definitely “at Nurse with”. If there had been a census that far back he’d have appeared in it as “Nurse child”.

[Darksecretz]

Ahh thanks ladies not that it makes much sense though

Robert Wolley a child at nurse with M [Mrs?] Tanel

so the nurse was with Mrs T? or the nurse was Mrs T?

this is 1829 btw.

[Janet in Yorkshire]

Might Mrs T have been a wet nurse?
Could the mother of Robert have died, so the baby was put out to be nursed ,to give him a chance of surviving?

[ozgirl]

I'd say the nurse was Mrs T.



Looking at it again I am now thinking it says Farrel/Farrell. Not that I could find any instances of any Farrells in Pinxton at any time!

[PhotoFamily]

Is it possible to find it on another site, say FMP? Sometimes it may be a different photo of the same record, and might be more legible.
My vote:
at nurse with M Farrell.

[Anne in Carlisle]

Agree with the above. Nurse child often equivalent to foster child, I think.

What a sad entry the next one is too

Anne

[Darksecretz]

Might Mrs T have been a wet nurse?
Could the mother of Robert have died, so the baby was put out to be nursed ,to give him a chance of surviving?

I guess, but there is another death of [infant] Ann Woolley d/of Ann in 1830 in Pinxton.

that's if Woolley is the surname

[Darksecretz]

Agree with the above. Nurse child often equivalent to foster child, I think.

What a sad entry the next one is too

Anne

isn't it just so sad? I have also seen twins that had died and were buried in the same coffin.