I’m fairly certain I have the answer to that. On Azores GenWeb, which is a terrific source of information (Forgive me if I’m reporting something most of the group already knows.), there was a book on the Azores —part fiction, part non-fiction—reviewed. The fiction part is supposedly well-researched, and so far everything I’ve read has checked out. Embedded in the fiction of the book, there is reference to half orphans: *children with both parents living who could no longer be fully supported by the parents*. They lived in institutions along with children without parents, and their parents paid small amounts for their room and board. They kept their own names but could be farmed out to private homes--sort of like foster children. I did a bit of research of my own on this, and apparently it was not common at the turn of the century but it was done.
On Friday, April 18, 2014 7:40:52 PM UTC-7, Grace CM wrote: > > Does anyone know what “half-orphan” in a California school record from > 1918 might mean? Unless I’m mistaken, the child has two living parents. > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
