Forum: Black Sheep

Whilst searching my Cornwall ancestors, I realised that one branch disappeared after 1841. Searching on the most unusual name, I discovered that the wife: Susan Nott age 37 in 1845 was convicted of "larceny of the person" and sentenced to 10 years transportation. In 1841 census at Veryan,...

I am researching the GUY family tree,and at present one member of the family is giving me a few headaches, although it is something i would love to solve because of the mystery and intrigue associated with this person. His name is John GUY (aka Jack), the last reference to him i have is the 1911...

My GG grandfather, James Warren born 1808 in Mitcham, Surrey, England was transported for life to Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania) in December 1829, arriving in Tasmania in April 1830 having sailed on the 'Mary'. I don't have a great deal of information on him other than he was a Trade Print Engraver....

The South African Commercial Advertiser for 31 August 1842 and for 3, 7 and 10 September 1842 carried reports of the wreck of the convict ship Waterloo. If anyone has found reference to an ancestor being transported in 1842, but has found no reference to them in Australia, they may be on this list....

I don't know if this is in the right place, but to my family Nellie was a black sheep. Let me explain - Frederick Edward Woods, born Colchester 1870 and Nellie (Ellen) Kerney/Carney, born Pancras 1869 were married on 7th March 1891 at Clapham, a few weeks before the census. On census night...

This has probably been asked before, but my searches didn't find anything. What about criminal registers after 1892? My GG grandad was in a prison in Maidstone, Kent for the 1911 census (he came from Lancashire). Is it too early to look at this? Or would it be at the country archives? ...

Only the Australian part of the following story was my work and the credit for the actual discovery needs to go to my some sort of cousin, M, who is living in Newport, Monmouthshire. She contributed the hypothesis of what may have happened and family knowledge of the return and did the considerable...

I recently found an ancestor on the Criminal Register........ oops... embarrassing........ :redface: but intriguing. He got 6 months imprisonment with 12 months police supervision for larceny. Hull C.C. found the newspaper report and the report of the quarter sessions for me. What did he steal? ...

Henry Morgan of Dorset married Louisa Abbott. They had several children. but... Henry Died in 1861 and his daughter (annie) and several siblings were born 4 years later!:tt2:

Still chasing my wonderfully interesting Crabtree Family Hugh was convicted as a Rebel in the 1798 Uprising in Carlow. He lived in Kilcullen County Kildare. He left Cork per the Anne 1 in 1800 and in 1801 arrived at Port Jackson. He was given a conditional pardon in 1804 although he had been...

Oh the shame of it all! |blush| I have a possible transported convict in my tree which I can't quite pin down. I have a birth certificate of John Pilsbury born May 1840 which states place of birth as the County Gaol, Stafford, father's name John Pilsbury and mother's name Elizabeth Pilsbury...

I need your help again please.... last time I wrote to you about her, I was looking for her on a ship to australia. - I found her on the henry named boug whilst at the who do you think you are show, I went to the scottish archives and they seemed to think she had an alias. and was known as...

Hi, This is something that I recently posted on Rootschat, so apologies if you've seen this before. Okay, just before Christmas, I finally found out what happened to my Great (x3) Uncle, Frederic (aka Frederick) King after 1843 - it turns out he was convicted of embezzlement in 1848, and...