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My Ancestor was a Convict

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Andrew

Andrew Report 20 Oct 2011 10:17

Possible for Isaac. Seven years for housestealing after previous conviction

England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892
about Isaac Armstrong Name: Isaac Armstrong
Date of Trial: 15 Feb 1887
Trial Year: 1887
Location of Trial: Derbyshire, England
Sentence: Imprisonment

Andy

Ferraristi

Ferraristi Report 20 Oct 2011 10:03

Correction - sorry, Frank is listed in the Mansfield Union Workshouse in the 1891 census, i.e. at the same time his father was in prison, aged 10.

Ferraristi

Ferraristi Report 20 Oct 2011 09:57

In the 1881 census, Isaac Armstrong b.1855 in Mansfield, the brother of my 3x great grandfather was listed living at Wood Court in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire with his wife Ann and 3 kids. In the 1891 census, he is listed as an inmate at Dartmoor prison which from what I can make out was for those convicted of more serious crimes and given lengthy sentences or hard labour.

The only one of the family I can find after 1891 is Frank, the youngest child and by the 1901 census he is listed at Mansfield Union Workshouse. Can anyone help me go further to see what happened to the family? I don't seem to be able to find death records for any of them.