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24th January 1849. Margaret Cullinane, aged 30, was admitted to jail in Cork, Ireland, for stealing potatoes. Her sentence was…
10th December 1884. A baby was born on the steamship Angier Head. The names of his parents were recorded as…
17th October 1917. Alexander Snoad joined the Navy during the First World War, at the age of 27. Born in…
21st September 1903. Emily Norkett and her illegitimate baby son William Thomas Norkett were admitted to the City Road Workhouse…
20th August 1898. Thomasine Amelia Lean was admitted to Cornwall County Asylum, Bodmin. She had a husband, Henry, and was…
27th July 1908. In Chelmsford, Essex, a girl was born to Ettie and John Coombe (a prison warder). Cora’s middle…
28th June 1880. In the court at the town of Stafford, Edward Heatherley, William Richards, Patrick Lanner, George Wright, Thomas…
22nd May 1910. Having travelled from Forçados, Nigeria via the African Steamship Company, Gaudah Singh arrived at Liverpool, England. He…
15th April 1921. Kathleen Crofts was born. Eighteen years later, she was a shorthand typist and clerk in Leicester. At…