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hi
i have traced my 3x great grandfather henry finnis born east langdon kent
1803 died london poss bethnal green
he married susanna golder 1824 st george in the east london
i found him 1841 1851 census he was a policeman im trying to discover which police force he was with
any info appreciated

try this

http://www.fomphc.org.uk/viewpage.php?page_id=15

If he lived in London probably the Met

I doubt they travelled far to work back then

jax

Found this

POLICE INTELLIGENCE .
The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, August 07, 1868;

Inspector Finnis Thames police

Multiple News Items .
The Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, May 05, 1853;

taken into custody by Blanchin and Finnis of the City Detective Police

Hi David,

so by 1861 Henry was a Police Pensioner;

1861 England Census
about Henery Tennis Name: Henery Tennis
Age: 58
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1803
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Susannah Tennis
Gender: Male
Where born: East Langdon, Kent, England

Civil parish: Shoreditch St Leonard
Ecclesiastical parish: Haggerston St Mary
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Shoreditch
Sub-registration district: Haggerstone West
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 267
Piece: 245
Folio: 125
Page Number: 41
Household Members: Name Age
Henery Tennis 58
Susannah Tennis 58
Harriett Tennis 33


Also found this, which was dated 19th January 1846;

"HENRY FINNIS (City police-constable, No. 633.) I went with Biggs to No. 2, Sweetland-court, on Monday, the 19th—the cupboard under the stairs was pointed out to me—I discovered an empty pint bottle there—there was a board in the cupboard, and a hole by the side of it—it was such a hole as a person's arm could go through—I afterwards went to No. 29, Worship-street, to search the prisoner's lodging—he told me himself it was his lodging"

If you just put his name and number in more trials from The Old Bailey come up, with look this may help you to find his Pension records??? Try this site;

http://www.met.police.uk/history/records.htm

Best of luck, Dee x

thank you one & all youre stars
is there any poss that i can get to know when he joined the force
ive typed his name & no in but got nothing for old bailey
any suggestions where i could obtain photos of him please

http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/forms/formMain.jsp

put Finnis Henry into the form

40 cases ???

cannot find how to do this
i have just ordered a paperback book my ancestor was a police man how to i find more so hope this will help to
a researcher asked for £ 60 to trace more on him must be joking

http://www.thamespolicemuseum.org.uk/index.html

http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/forms/formMain.jsp

David put your cursor on the link above and click it will take you there

enter Finnis in surmane

Henry in given name

scroll down press search

to open each case click on the red writing

lindsey
got it thank you

i also have another ancestor that was a police officer he was with the oxfordshire police reaching the rank of 1st class superintendant 1897 he retired on a police pension 1910
is there online court hearings for oxfordshire like there is for the old bailey
from mid 1800s
thank you

David,

It maybe worth you looking at this thread;

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1232629

You can subscribe to Lancs Library for free and check the newspapers ( all areas in the UK) to see if you see anything??

Dee x

dee
thank you
did this yesterday i am waiting for a pin no
david

Sending you a PM (private message) David, so check your inbox.

Dee x

ok thank you
read it thank you very much