June Harvey
01-10-2014, 7:16 PM
In an article from The Brighton Journal, 1854, a woman was convicted as a rogue and vagabond and sentenced to two months' imprisonment for child abandonment. She was delivered of a child at the Workhouse Infirmary on 7th August and the trial was reported in the newspaper on 15th August.
Have been searching the workhouse for records of admissions and births, to no avail. Also looking for Brighton gaol records and Lewes gaol records, which I cannot find.
Where will I find these records? How can I find out what happened to the child between the time of this incident and 1861 when he turns up on the census with his grandparents? What happened to the mother? She seems to have disappeared completely. Cannot find her under her maiden name in any censuses and cannot find a marriage for her.
The child is my great grandfather. I really need advice from some kind person.
June
Have been searching the workhouse for records of admissions and births, to no avail. Also looking for Brighton gaol records and Lewes gaol records, which I cannot find.
Where will I find these records? How can I find out what happened to the child between the time of this incident and 1861 when he turns up on the census with his grandparents? What happened to the mother? She seems to have disappeared completely. Cannot find her under her maiden name in any censuses and cannot find a marriage for her.
The child is my great grandfather. I really need advice from some kind person.
June