Posted by RichardG on May 07, 2003 at 09:27:58 from 213.120.148.55 user RichardG.
In Reply to: Re: Bob Blackett ??? posted by Mike Dennis on May 06, 2003 at 06:36:36:
I recall that somewhere in E.Nesbit there is a mention of someone who is an orphan "even though their mother is still alive" - suggesting that in early twentieth century parlance a fatherless child was regarded as an orphan.