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Ireland / Re: Irish Policeman
« on: Monday 16 August 04 22:34 BST (UK)  »
Hi Cabe,

Thanks very much for that - it was very kind of you. Given me yet another direction to investigate! I will be in touch shortly - Dad has given me your mums email address.
P.S I got our 'relationship' wrong - should be 2nd cousin once removed!....
I think.....
Kind regards

Laurel

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Ireland / Re: Irish Policeman
« on: Sunday 15 August 04 20:40 BST (UK)  »
Hi Skippy,
Thanks you for your help - I have just found out that he lived in Walthamstow after leaving the force and so the Walthamstow address was a red herring - sorry. I am awaitng my registration details from www.policeorders.co.uk to find out further info. Many thanks anyway.

Hi Cabe (or should I say second cousin?),
I don't think that we have ever met but I am Bob's daughter. I have just spoken to my Dad and would love to hear of any information that you have gleaned on the Fosters, Youngs, Cullens and Hercocks. As for the Webbs, they are on my mums side of the family - not my Dad's - but wouldn't it be a spooky coincidence if we found that we were related on that side as well!!!!
Lovely to hear from you.

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The Common Room / Re: Ancestor in Parkhurst Prison
« on: Saturday 14 August 04 21:50 BST (UK)  »
Thanks very much for that -I will let you know of my progress!

Incidently, would anyone know the reason why he would have been imprisoned so far away from home? I can't imagine as a gardener he would have travelled far, I can only guess that Parkhurst was as it is today a high security prison and was used for certain catogaries of offenders.

Many Thanks

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The Common Room / Ancestor in Parkhurst Prison
« on: Friday 13 August 04 23:34 BST (UK)  »
I have been reading other posts from members concerning ancestors in prison and I do seem resigned to the fact that I may not ever be able to find out what crime my ancestor committed!

His name was Charles Saltmarsh born in 1824 and listed on the 1881 census as a convict age 57 in parkhurst Prison and gives his profession as a gardner / servant. He was living in Bishops Stortford, Essex. His daughter Ester was married in 1879 and these details correlate with her fathers profession on her marriage certificate. From looking on freebmd, I think he died in Bishops Stortford,as this is where the death was registered, age 73.

Can I then conclude from this that he didn't die in prison (as the death was registered in B Stortford? I also don't seem to be able to find and details about his wife and other children (if any) and what happened to them (workhouse or orphanage).

I have only just started uncovering the roots of my family tree and already am humbled from reading between the lines about how tough life was for our ancestors. Thanks for any advice.

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Ireland / Irish Policeman
« on: Tuesday 10 August 04 22:18 BST (UK)  »
Is there anwhere that I can find details of a Police Constable called John Cullen born in Ireland in 1855. I understand that there were a number of policemaen recruited from Ireland. I know that he lived in Walthamstow but am not sure of which metropolitan force that he was with. I thought it might be a place to start my research of his ancestry in Ireland. Do the metropolitan police have old archives? Thanks in advance for any help.

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