I can say that Sandy over the road (now deceased, made it to 94) was hitching bullocks to sled a water tank to a spring and back every morning setting out at 4am from the age of five or so - both his parents died of influenza just a few years later.
My own father, (still alive, born 1935) was shooting and trapping rabbits at that age to feed the family.
I can't say either way, having never met her.
I can say that Sandy over the road (now deceased, made it to 94) was hitching bullocks to sled a water tank to a spring and back every morning setting out at 4am from the age of five or so - both his parents died of influenza just a few years later.
My own father, (still alive, born 1935) was shooting and trapping rabbits at that age to feed the family.
In the days before OSHA there was a lot of stuff on a lobster boat an 8yo can be tasked with.
Depressing to realise that soon most people will not even have second hand experience with children being useful.