The Orphanage - Halifax

[BumbleB]

I wonder what other criteria there might be for a "Resident Scholar" at The Orphanage in Halifax, apart from the obvious of being an orphan. 

I ask because in the 1901 census there is a young lad - Hermann Naylor aged 11 - who is a Resident Scholar.  I naturally assumed that his parents were dead, but now find that his mother, Alice, was certainly alive - she is resident at 13 Lytham Street, Halifax with elder brother Willie aged 16.  And in 1911 Alice is living, as head of household, with Hermann, and still in Halifax.

Any thoughts?

[chenet]

Maybe they took paying "scholars" as well as orphans?  Some charitable institutions got extra money that way.

[BumbleB]

Could be    Although his mother was a widow, but then he did have siblings.

[chenet]

Sometimes a local bigwig would be a "patron" and pay for bright boys to be educated.

[BumbleB]

Again, many thanks for the thoughts.  It is most intriguing 

[chenet]

How many of the other boys have that description?     If it is all of them then that is one theory that does not work.  If it is only a few it might be OK.

[BumbleB]

Within the District - The Orphanage - there are 13 pages.  "Resident Scholars" start on page 3, with the boys and then progress to the girls.  All have a designated place of birth, some being in Halifax and others - Lancashire, Cumberland, Kent, Flintshire, London, or in one case I've just spotted - Christchurch, New Zealand    They are all designated as "Resident Scholar" and "worker".  Really weird 

[..claire..]

Hi

Have looked at the census records of four of the other boys, picked at random and by the 1911 census most are back home, and each one I've checked are with a widowed mother.

claire

[..claire..]

Crossley and Porter School

In 1857 Frank and John Crossley, of Dean Clough Mills, founded the orphanage with a capital of £56,000  and a further endowment of £50,000. In 1887, after a gift of £50,000 from Thomas Porter, a Manchester  merchant, the orphanage was extended to include schooling. Over time, the need for an orphanage decreased and the school became a grammar school. 
   At the time of the 1881 census, Head master William Cambridge Barber, assisted by a Matron, Head mistress, and 8 assistant masters and mistresses, presided over a population of 216 "scholar orphans." They included 84 girls and 132 boys, ranging in age from 7 to 16.
  A Royal Charter of 31 January 1887, named the institution The Crossley and Porter Orphan Home and School. In 1919 the school was given royal permission to admit day pupils.

claire