Besides, deformed and ailing children were cared for and homes for foundlings were established.
I have a strong fatherly instinct and all the foundlings are foisted on me.
Then you do not think of putting her in a foundling hospital or a workhouse, nephew, as you proposed last night? said Mrs. Margaret, with a smile.
The foundlings may therefore have come from parishes containing wealthy individuals, but also a large degree of poverty and indigence.
Given this problem, we do not feel confident making any claims about the historical trends in proportions of foundlings marrying.
This sample is used to establish the backgrounds of foundlings, their geographic origins and their legitimacy status between 1741 and 1760.
