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Baby farming, the Glossary

Baby farming is the historical practice of accepting custody of an infant or child in exchange for payment in late-Victorian Britain and, less commonly, in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.^[1]

61 relations: Ada Williams (baby farmer), Adoption, Amelia Dyer, Amelia Sach and Annie Walters, Athelstan Braxton Hicks, Babe Smith, Charles Dickens, Children Act 1908, Claire Tomalin, Daniel Cooper (murderer), EastEnders, Emma Donoghue, Esther Waters, Euphemism, Fingersmith (novel), Foster care, Frances Knorr, Gary Crew, George Moore (novelist), Gilbert and Sullivan, H.M.S. Pinafore, Haunted Collector, Helene Auguste Geisen-Volk, Hilda Nilsson, Infant, Infanticide, Jane Austen, John and Sarah Makin, Judith Rodriguez, Legitimacy (family law), List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1908, List of EastEnders characters (2007), Luísa de Jesus, Margaret Waters, Mary Pickford, Minnie Dean, Miyuki Ishikawa, New Zealand, Oliver Twist, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Perfume (novel), Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, Ramsgate, Rhoda Willis, Sarah Waters, Satire, Scandinavia, Silent film, Social stigma, Sparrows (1926 film), ... Expand index (11 more) »
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Ada Williams (baby farmer)

Ada Chard Williams (c. 1875–1900) was a baby farmer who was convicted of strangling to death 21-month-old Selina Ellen Jones in Barnes in London in September 1899. Baby farming and Ada Williams (baby farmer) are infanticide.

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Adoption

Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents.

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Amelia Dyer

Amelia Elizabeth Hobley (1837 – 10 June 1896), popularly dubbed the Ogress of Reading, was an English serial killer who murdered infants in her care over a thirty-year period during the Victorian era. Baby farming and Amelia Dyer are infanticide.

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Amelia Sach and Annie Walters

Amelia Sach (1873 – 3 February 1903) and Annie Walters (1869 – 3 February 1903) were two British murderers better known as the Finchley baby farmers. Baby farming and Amelia Sach and Annie Walters are infanticide.

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Athelstan Braxton Hicks

Athelstan Braxton Hicks (19 June 1854 – 17 May 1902) was a coroner in London and Surrey for two decades at the end of the 19th century. Baby farming and Athelstan Braxton Hicks are infanticide.

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Babe Smith

Babe Smith (also known as Aunt Babe) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, portrayed by Annette Badland.

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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic.

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Children Act 1908

The Children Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 67), also known as the Children and Young Persons Act 1908, passed by the Liberal government, as part of the British Liberal Party's liberal reforms package. Baby farming and Children Act 1908 are wet nursing.

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Claire Tomalin

Claire Tomalin (née Delavenay; born 20 June 1933) is an English journalist and biographer known for her biographies of Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Samuel Pepys, Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft.

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Daniel Cooper (murderer)

Daniel Richard Cooper (18 October 1881 – 16 June 1923) of New Zealand was a convicted baby farmer and illegal abortionist.

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EastEnders

EastEnders is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985.

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Emma Donoghue

Emma Donoghue (born October 1969) is an Irish-Canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter.

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Esther Waters

Esther Waters is a novel by George Moore first published in 1894.

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Euphemism

A euphemism is an innocuous word or expression used in place of one that is deemed offensive or suggests something unpleasant.

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Fingersmith (novel)

Fingersmith is a 2002 historical crime novel set in Victorian-era Britain by Sarah Waters.

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Foster care

Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home (residential child care community, treatment center, etc.), or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent", or with a family member approved by the state.

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Frances Knorr

Frances Lydia Alice Knorr (10 December 1868 – 15 January 1894) was an English migrant to Australia, known as the Baby Farming Murderess. Baby farming and Frances Knorr are infanticide.

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Gary Crew

Gary David Crew (born 23 September 1947) is an Australian writer of young adult fiction.

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George Moore (novelist)

George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist.

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Gilbert and Sullivan

Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) and to the works they jointly created.

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H.M.S. Pinafore

H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert.

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Haunted Collector

Haunted Collector is an American television reality series that aired on the Syfy cable television channel.

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Helene Auguste Geisen-Volk

Helene Auguste Geisen-Volk was an American serial killer, nurse and businesswoman who was convicted of murdering 53 babies in her care at her baby farm. Baby farming and Helene Auguste Geisen-Volk are infanticide.

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Hilda Nilsson

Hilda Nilsson (24 May 1876 – 10 August 1917) was a Swedish serial killer from Helsingborg who became known as "the angel maker on Bruks Street". Baby farming and Hilda Nilsson are infanticide.

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Infant

An infant or baby is the very young offspring of human beings. Baby farming and infant are Infancy.

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Infanticide

Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants or offspring. Baby farming and Infanticide are Population.

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Jane Austen

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.

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John and Sarah Makin

John Sidney Makin (14 February 1845 – 15 August 1893) and Sarah Jane Makin (20 December 1845 – 13 September 1918) were Australian 'baby farmers' who were convicted in New South Wales for the murder of infant Horace Murray. Baby farming and John and Sarah Makin are infanticide.

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Judith Rodriguez

Judith Catherine Rodriguez (13 February 1936 — 22 November 2018) was an Australian poet.

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Legitimacy (family law)

Legitimacy, in traditional Western common law, is the status of a child born to parents who are legally married to each other, and of a child conceived before the parents obtain a legal divorce.

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List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1908

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1908.

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List of EastEnders characters (2007)

The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 2007, by order of first appearance.

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Luísa de Jesus

Luísa de Jesus (10 December 1748 – 1 July 1772), known as The Foundling Wheel Killer (Portuguese: A Assassina da Roda) and Luiza de Jesus (the way her name was spelled at the time), was a Portuguese delivery worker, baby farmer, fraudster and serial killer who smothered at least 33 infants in Coimbra from the 1760s until 1772. Baby farming and Luísa de Jesus are infanticide.

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Margaret Waters

Margaret Waters (1835–1870), otherwise known as Willis, was an English murderer hanged by executioner William Calcraft on 11 October 1870 at Horsemonger Lane Gaol (also known as Surrey County Gaol) in London. Baby farming and Margaret Waters are infanticide.

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Mary Pickford

Gladys Louise Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian actress resident in the U.S., and also producer, screenwriter, and film studio founder.

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Minnie Dean

Williamina Dean (2 September 1844 – 12 August 1895) was a New Zealander who was found guilty of infanticide and hanged. Baby farming and Minnie Dean are infanticide.

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Miyuki Ishikawa

was a Japanese midwife, real estate agent and serial killer. Baby farming and Miyuki Ishikawa are infanticide.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.

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Perfume (novel)

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders) is a 1985 literary historical fantasy novel by German writer Patrick Süskind.

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Poor Law Amendment Act 1834

The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 (PLAA) known widely as the New Poor Law, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig government of Earl Grey denying the right of the poor to subsistence.

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Ramsgate

Ramsgate is a seaside town and civil parish in the district of Thanet in east Kent, England.

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Rhoda Willis

Rhoda Willis, also known under the alias of Leslie James, (14 August 1867 – 14 August 1907) was an English baby farmer convicted of murder. Baby farming and Rhoda Willis are infanticide.

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Sarah Waters

Sarah Ann Waters (born 21 July 1966) is a Welsh novelist.

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Satire

Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.

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Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples.

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Silent film

A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue).

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Social stigma is the disapproval of, or discrimination against, an individual or group based on perceived characteristics that serve to distinguish them from other members of a society.

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Sparrows (1926 film)

Sparrows is a 1926 American silent drama film about a young woman who rescues a baby from kidnappers.

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Syfy

Syfy (a paraphrased neology of former name Sci-Fi Channel, later shortened to Sci Fi; stylized as SYFY) is an American basic cable television channel, which is owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division and business segment of Comcast's NBCUniversal.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_farming

Also known as Baby farm, Baby farmer, Baby farmers, Baby-Farming, Baby-farm, Farmed out, Farming out, Infant farm.

, Syfy, The BMJ, The Fire Thief, The Guardian, The Hatpin, The Times, Victorian era, Wales, Wet nurse, Workhouse, 1894 in literature.

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Wet nursing

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