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Julie

Julie Report 19 Aug 2008 16:26

No!! I don't want a criminal in the family!!

Thanks for your help, I will search the passenger lists and see what materialises!!!

Julie

Sandra

Sandra Report 19 Aug 2008 15:54

Hi Julie
I had the same problem with one of my relatives "disappearing" off the face of the earth and on digging a lot deeper found out he had been deported to Australia after he had dones his time for the crime committed! Maybe you will find you man on the passenger lists?

Sandra

Julie

Julie Report 19 Aug 2008 15:27

His name is Henry Whittington and he was born in 1826 (approx) in Sileby, Leics. He just appears to have vanished around 1855!

Thanks

Jayne

Jayne Report 19 Aug 2008 14:37

What name sre you seeking and do you have an approximate date of birth for him ?

Sam

Sam Report 19 Aug 2008 14:03

He could well be in prison in another county. The problem is that quite often, prisoners were only listed by their initials and not their full names, same for patients of some hospitals, inmates at asylums etc.

Sam x

Julie

Julie Report 19 Aug 2008 13:59

I've only checked the census lists for Nottinghamshire though and presumably he could have been sent to another county?

The rest of his family, wife and children, are still around in 1861, living with her brother, so they definitely didn't emigrate.

I did for a while think he may have died and never been registered, can't even find any trace of a burial either!!

Thanks for the help though!

Sam

Sam Report 19 Aug 2008 12:47

He should still be listed on the census, even if he was in Prison.

Have you checked passenger lists to see if he emigrated?

Julie

Julie Report 19 Aug 2008 12:40

Around the 1850's
Thanks Sam

Sam

Sam Report 18 Aug 2008 13:47

When are we talking about?

Julie

Julie Report 18 Aug 2008 13:47

Does anyone know if there's a resource for checking whether or not someone was sent to prison at all?

I have a relative who appears to have just disappeared off the face of the earth and I wondered if that could be the case.

Thanks
Julie