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I would have felt happier about the assumptions made about Charles if it was known that George had spoken of his childhood in their home, but George died young so he was probably never ready to reminisce. I was waiting for a photo of Charles P to see if he had "the nose" but nothing materialised!! lol (I have a big nose, but no Essex ancestors!!)
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"Perhaps Barnardos recruited via the local C of E vicar? If he was helpful then they would farm out several children to one parish as this would be cheaper than sending just one or two to a particular village. "
I later found out that there was a Barnardo's home in a village close to where my great grandparents lived in Kent and that boys were sent to it from all over the country. I found this out from someone at my genealogy group whose father had been sent there from Manchester as a small boy. He had also been fostered by a local farming couple but in the 1920s. |
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This trailer for the Barnados Boy episode of the Trench Dectectives mentions the fact the children were often regarded as slaves. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFU_czqEdHo There doesn't seem to be a download of be full episode, though. |
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I wonder if there was a reason they (apparently) didn't try to find other descendants of Charles P who might have known some personal info about him?
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I would be more convinced about the saintliness of the fosterers if there had been a few girls dotted about. I'm afraid my cynical mind says that it was expedient to foster BOYS with farmers and expedient for farmers to foster them (not to mention the five bob a week allowance). Once the boys were nicely trained up to farming they could be shipped off to Canada.
That's not to say that the foster parents were NOT wonderful, perhaps they were, in which case even more cruel to take the children away from a loving home and send them to Canada. The British Home Child policy was yet another shameful episode in our history. I know it was the making of a few children, who landed on their feet in Canada (and the other colonies) but mostly it was a recipe for utter misery, if not a lot worse. OC |
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This has got me thinking about my family history.
My great-great grandmother, Priscilla Williamson, had two illegitimate children, which she kept, before marrying three times. Her sister, Mary, died at the age of 35 in 1897, leaving her husband, coal miner James Falls, to care for their five children. Two years after Mary's death, he was found drowned in the River Leven in Methil. The youngest four children were taken into the care of Quarrier Homes. One boy, George, was sent to work on a farm in Ayrshire when he was 14. His sister, Agnes, remained in Fife, where she married. In 1904, the two youngest boys, John and Andrew, were transported to Canada on the Corinthian. Alexa, the oldest girl, who wasn't taken into care because she was of working age, wrote to Quarrier's in 1911, asking for a contact address for her brothers as she was going to Canada. I haven't traced this branch before, but following last night's WDYTYA, I'm going to see if I can find out more. |
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Definitely sounds worth looking into, Shona. Let us know what you find out! And shout if you want help.
I wonder why WDYTYA didn't mention Norman Patient jr who died as a baby (see post #11). I would have thought it was quite significant to Norman sr? Or would it have messed up the story they wanted to tell? |
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Also I think The Genealogist may have messed up again with their article on the episode as they say that Norman and his wife had four children including a daughter Ann, but I think that Doris was originally registered as Ann and then her name was changed, since the birth registration details match apart from an a on the end of the page number for Doris.
http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/feat...2013_sharp.php (not to mention them giving the surname of the "other" Barnado's boy as Keeir) |
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I agree with you about Norman jr, Kate.
You said maybe it would mess up the story, but I don't think they needed to worry about that as they could still twist the story whichever way they liked! The Genealogist are not doing very well with their articles, are they?!!
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