In the 1901 census, there are two boys boarding with Charles Patient (living at Duton Hill, Tilty).
William Dines, 8, birthplace not known
George Gill, 7, birthplace not known
Interestingly, there are three other pairs of boys boarding with families in Duton Hill whose birthplaces are also recorded as not known.
Harry Davie, 5
Cecil Frank Simpson, 3
Louis Dean, 7
Albert Elshaw, 7
Edwin Alexander Mattock (?), 8
Frederick Charles Mitchell, 8
I'm not familiar with Barnados policies, but this doesn't look like Mr Patience came forward to volunteer to foster destitute children out of the kindness of his heart. It seems as if several families were in one area were recruited by Barnados to take on the children.
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