Wilderness Courtship
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Charity and Thorne take over as Jacob’s parents in the end. Was that kind of unofficial adoption common in those days? (Yes!) Do you know if any of your ancestors were given homes in that way? My great-great-grandmother, Mina Alice Kelly was born a Ferguson and taken in by the Kelly family when her parents disappeared during the gold rush.
Charity mentions an “Orphan Asylum” which actually existed in old San Francisco. What do we do these days? In spite of a few stories of problems within the system, isn’t foster care a better option for children without parents than being institutionalized? How many other children do you think a loving person like Charity might decide to adopt?
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Wilderness Courtship
© Valerie Whisenand 2008
First Published in Great Britain in 2008
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