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b. 1846/7 in London/Surrey area. However in 1861 census she is in Gloucester Prison serving a sentence and was formerly employed as a dressmaker.

Her parents Thomas b. Somerset (a parchment maker- later a gardener) and Jane his wife (dressmaker) appear in 1861 census living in Gloucester.

Would love to know the conditions of her sentence and what happened to her - I cannot find her dead or alive.

Grateful for any suggestions as to where to look.

There is an article in the Cheltenham Chronical dated 9th April 1861 regarding a 14 year old Adelaide Middleton. She was charged with stealing a time piece and a blanket value £1 and a watch and guard value 30s.

She was committed to the House of Correction for one month.

Chris

from FindMyPast


she was described as being "respectable looking" :-)

9 April 1861 - Cheltenham Chronicle - Cheltenham

.... imprisonment. Friday.— Magistrates present: Colonel Newman (in the chair), and Corbet Holland, Esq. A YOUNG DELINQUENT. Adelaide Middleton, aged 14, a respectable-looking girl, was placed in the dock, charged with stealing a time piece and a blanket, value .............

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The timepiece and blanket were worth £1, and also a watch and guard valued at 30s. She was also accused of taking "about 2s of copper coins"

The items were the property of Mr Edward Butler of the Calcutta inn, Gloucester Road, where Adelaide and her parents lodged

Her father said he hoped the magistrate would deal as leniently as possible with her, as he had done his best, having sent her to Sunday and day schools and kept her from bad company, but that she was "of very eccentric habits".

The father said that he had moved from London about 2 months before, where he had been in the employ of a manufacturer there. He was now working for Mr Gibbs, parchment manufacturer, Alstone

Her birth registration

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915

Name: Adelaide Middleton
Registration Year: 1846
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Newington
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: London
Volume: 4
Page: 381

her baptism, in case you do not have it .............


London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906

Name: Adelaide Middleton
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 7 Jun 1846
Father's name: Thomas Middleton
Mother's name: Jane Middleton
Parish or Poor Law Union: Newington St Mary
Borough: Southwark
Register Type: Parish Registers

from image:-

Born May 15 1846
Address::- Brandon (???sp) St
Father occupation:- Parchment Maker

as you say, she is nowhere to be found!!

Just playing about ............. I know you have this information

1851 Census

Name Age
Thomas Middleton 28 b.ca 1823, Bristol, Somerset
Jane E Middleton 21 b.ca 1830, Eamsbury, Wiltshire
Adelaide Middleton 4


but that hasn't helped me much!!!

I have looked for her parents but Can not find them either after 1861

a tree at Ancestry has a possibly interesting person

Adelaide Paske
Birth: 15 May 1846 - Surrey
Death: Dec 1925 - Cardiff, Wales
Marriage: 1866
Spouse: Charles Paske

Birth
15 May 1846 • Brandon Street, Newington, Surrey

the tree cites a marriage in 1866, but the source given is the 1911 census, i.e. the years married

I don't see such a marriage

it seems quite possible this might be your missing Adelaide


1881

Name: Adelaide Paske
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: abt 1847
Relationship to Head: Wife
Spouse: Charles Paske
Where born: Walworth, Surrey, England
Civil Parish: Bedminster
County/Island: Somerset
Street address: 4 County Cottages
Registration district: Bedminster
Charles Paske 34 - occupation cooper
Adelaide Paske 34
Thomas Paske 13
Caroline Paske 12
John Paske 10
William Paske 8
Albert Paske 5
Robert Paske 3
Isabella Paske 1

in 1901 the household is

Charles Paske 55
Adelaide J Paske 54
Isabel Paske 21
Alfred Paske 17
Bernard Paske 13
Fred Paske 11

(married son Robert is next door)


a birth certificate for one of the children would tell you


the 1901 calls her Adelaide J, and the only Adelaide J born in Surrey in that year range was Adelaide Jane Saunders in Camberwell, who married in 1864 in W London
(and seems to have remarried a relation of her husband in 1897, with whom she is still iving in 1911, so that is a different person)

Sylvia .............

I found them in 1891 and 1901, and I think I found Jane by herself in Lancashire in 1881 as a parchment maker ....


but Adelaide is not with them


I can't find a certain marriage or death for her ............... A M is not an unusual name

I looked on Passenger lists but they all start much later

oh ho, yes indeed

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPJT-9SM

Name John James Paske
Gender Male
Birth Date 17 Sep 1870
Birthplace Dublin, Ireland
Father's Name Charles Paske
>>> Mother's Name Adelaide Middleton

Deaths Dec 1925
Paske Adelaide 79 Cardiff 11a 470

Well done that looks promising

Joonie

This looks like the marriage they are citing


Marriages Dec 1866 (>99%)

MYDDLETON Adelaide Greenwich 1d 1079
PASK Charles Greenwich 1d 1079

and another :-)

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG8Y-49X

Name William Henry Parke
Gender Male
Birth Date 08 Aug 1872
Birthplace Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Father's Name Charles Parke
Mother's Name Adelaide Middleton

aha Sylvia, I hadn't tried spelling variants

there it is, PASK and MYDDLETON

good on us

looks like Charles must have been in the military

well done on getting the break!!

I'd tried different spelling of Middleton ............. Mid*ton

never thought of the M*d :-(

The tree owner doesn't actually have that marriage ... they have just assumed a marriage date from the number of years married stated in the 1911 census

Chris may want to get in touch and share info

tree easily found at Ancestry by searching for Adelaide Paske (now that I found her on that all-records search at Ancestry for Adelaide Middleton)

I have no idea why Ancestry turned up Adelaide Paske, since the name Middleton doesn't seem to figure anywhere in that tree

it's awful when you find Ancestry is smarter than you are

there's actually at least 3 trees .............. one has her as Myddleton, parents unknown

Interesting ....... at some point, they seem to have moved back to Bristol, Somerset, where Thomas Middleton was born,

England, Select Bristol Parish Registers, 1538-1900

Name: Albert Paske
Baptism Date: 12 Sep 1875
Baptism Place: Bristol, St Matthias, Gloucestershire, England
Father: Charles Paske
Mother: Adelaide Paske
FHL Film Number: 4209410


Unfortunately, I can't see the image to see what Charles' occupation is!

OK ........

so we've left Chris with a lot of searching to do :-D