v.wells
05-10-2009, 10:03 PM
My first Black Sheep!
Annie Stuart b 1875 Broadwater, East Preston, Sussex was charged in Chichester quarter sessions with larceny and sentenced to 2 months hard labour. What does that entail? A prison or workhouse labour? There was no mention of the type of larceny committed.
I have her on the 1881 RG11/1115/8/7 census with parents Joseph and Anne Stuart with sisters Eda R 1871, Mabel M 1877, Alice C. 1878, and brother Albert H 1881.
On the 1891 RG 12/1131/45/2 census she is a housemaid in Chalfont Pk, Amersham, Buckinghamshire for a Frederick Penton family. Her family is still in Patching (father employed at Offington Lodge as gardener) except for Eda who is in Hove as a dressmaker.
In 1901 RG13/938/31/6 I have found Annie Stuart as a boarder, occ: Ironer/Washer at 51 Clarendon St. Hove. Eda lives at 36 Landsdowne St, Hove, as a dressmaker. The rest of the family is still in Patching. BUT I also found a Miss Stuart 1901 census RG13/932/83/21 about age 27 with NK written in all the fields, so which one is Annie Stuart? This Miss Stuart lived at 19 Sillwood also not far from Eda.
1911 finds Eda still in Hove, dressmaker and Annie working for the Newton family as ladies maid at 43 Lowndes St, Kensington SW, Chelsea. The Widow Newton is also from Broadwater, Sussex so there is a possible connection for that employment.
In 1911 the rest of the family is at Howth Castle, Dublin. Mother dies in 1922 and they all return to UK sometime after that. I have found the deaths of Anne (mother)1922 Dublin, Joseph (father) 1933 Bridport, Dorset along with Eda 1953, Alice 1937. Albert died 1948 Reading and Percy, the last born died 1946 Portsmouth.
As far as I have been able to find none of the children married or had any children. The family has died out.
I have found only 2 possible deaths for Annie Stuart (no middle initial) in either Camberwell 1923 3Q age 48 or Southwark 1935 2Q age 59. Which one seems a more likely fit?
What struck me was the family dynamics. What made Annie commit a theft? They were well treated where they lived, they could all read and write. The family didn't move away/change their name after this conviction. Joseph the father worked hard and climbed the ladder to become a notable gardener. She was basically shunned by the family with the exception of perhaps Eda her sister, who left the nest and struck out on her own.
Sorry it's so long winded but Annie has plagued my sleep for a week now and I wanted to share the plague with others :D
Annie Stuart b 1875 Broadwater, East Preston, Sussex was charged in Chichester quarter sessions with larceny and sentenced to 2 months hard labour. What does that entail? A prison or workhouse labour? There was no mention of the type of larceny committed.
I have her on the 1881 RG11/1115/8/7 census with parents Joseph and Anne Stuart with sisters Eda R 1871, Mabel M 1877, Alice C. 1878, and brother Albert H 1881.
On the 1891 RG 12/1131/45/2 census she is a housemaid in Chalfont Pk, Amersham, Buckinghamshire for a Frederick Penton family. Her family is still in Patching (father employed at Offington Lodge as gardener) except for Eda who is in Hove as a dressmaker.
In 1901 RG13/938/31/6 I have found Annie Stuart as a boarder, occ: Ironer/Washer at 51 Clarendon St. Hove. Eda lives at 36 Landsdowne St, Hove, as a dressmaker. The rest of the family is still in Patching. BUT I also found a Miss Stuart 1901 census RG13/932/83/21 about age 27 with NK written in all the fields, so which one is Annie Stuart? This Miss Stuart lived at 19 Sillwood also not far from Eda.
1911 finds Eda still in Hove, dressmaker and Annie working for the Newton family as ladies maid at 43 Lowndes St, Kensington SW, Chelsea. The Widow Newton is also from Broadwater, Sussex so there is a possible connection for that employment.
In 1911 the rest of the family is at Howth Castle, Dublin. Mother dies in 1922 and they all return to UK sometime after that. I have found the deaths of Anne (mother)1922 Dublin, Joseph (father) 1933 Bridport, Dorset along with Eda 1953, Alice 1937. Albert died 1948 Reading and Percy, the last born died 1946 Portsmouth.
As far as I have been able to find none of the children married or had any children. The family has died out.
I have found only 2 possible deaths for Annie Stuart (no middle initial) in either Camberwell 1923 3Q age 48 or Southwark 1935 2Q age 59. Which one seems a more likely fit?
What struck me was the family dynamics. What made Annie commit a theft? They were well treated where they lived, they could all read and write. The family didn't move away/change their name after this conviction. Joseph the father worked hard and climbed the ladder to become a notable gardener. She was basically shunned by the family with the exception of perhaps Eda her sister, who left the nest and struck out on her own.
Sorry it's so long winded but Annie has plagued my sleep for a week now and I wanted to share the plague with others :D