UK, Registers of Habitual Criminals and Police Gazettes, 1834-1934
Edward Stringer - unm
Event Type Criminal Discharge
Discharge Age 25
Birth Date 1856
Birth Place Staffordshire
Discharge Year 1881
Occupation Miner
Sentence 7 years
Jail Portland
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1881
Edward Stringer
Age 26
Estimated Birth Year abt 1855
Relationship to Head Convict (Prisoner)
Gender Male
Where born Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England
Civil parish Portland
County/Island Dorset
Country England
Street Address "Her Majestys Convict Prison" Portland Dorset
Occupation Collier
Registration District Weymouth
ED, institution, or vessel Her Majestys Convict Prison 1
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Re: Edward Stringer - Convict
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Re: Edward Stringer - Convict
It could be Mandy
...with his parents?
[Stringer]
1871: Tory Street, Rowley Regis
Thomas Skinger 54 Head Chainmaker
Eliza Skinger 48 Wife
Edward Skinger 16 Son Chainmaker
Emme [EMMA] Skinger 12 Daughter
Hannah Skinger 8 Daughter
Mary Skinger 3 Daughter
BUT.....he is a chainmaker, not a miner

...with his parents?
[Stringer]
1871: Tory Street, Rowley Regis
Thomas Skinger 54 Head Chainmaker
Eliza Skinger 48 Wife
Edward Skinger 16 Son Chainmaker
Emme [EMMA] Skinger 12 Daughter
Hannah Skinger 8 Daughter
Mary Skinger 3 Daughter
BUT.....he is a chainmaker, not a miner

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Re: Edward Stringer - Convict
1861: Tory Street, Rowley Regis
Thomas Stringer 34 Head Miner Coal
Eliza Stringer 31 Wife Laundress
Ellen Stringer 12 Daughter
Edward Stringer 6 Son
Elizabeth Stringer 3 Daughter
Emma Stringer 3/12 Daughter
(all born Rowley Regis)
Thomas Stringer 34 Head Miner Coal
Eliza Stringer 31 Wife Laundress
Ellen Stringer 12 Daughter
Edward Stringer 6 Son
Elizabeth Stringer 3 Daughter
Emma Stringer 3/12 Daughter
(all born Rowley Regis)
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UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951
Edward Stringer
Marital Status Single
Criminal Admission Age 19
Record Type Register
Birth Date abt 1855
Birth Place Rowley, England
Occupation Miner
Criminal Charge Stealing
Sentence 7 Years
Criminal Admission Date 29 Dec 1874
Criminal Admission Place Worcestershire, England
Jail Worcester Gaol
Source Description Worcester Gaol, Worcestershire: Register of Convicts
The actual record above is available to view on ancestry, it says.......
No 1044
Edward Stringer age 19
Height 5ft 4 and 3/4
Weight on admission 9 Stone
Weight on discharge 9 Stone
Complection: Fresh
Hair: D.Brown
Eyes: D.Hazel
Visage: Oval
Born: Rowley
Last Residence: Rowley
Trade or Occupation: Miner
Single
Religion: Methodist
Particular Marks: Several cuts to the head (see record for details)
Brought from Stafford Prison/Disc after 6 months/5 times at Stafford/4 Felony
Offence Committed: Stealing one Duck at Oldbury, the property of Joseph Nicklin.
Sessions: 7 yrs Penal Servetude
Date of Admission: 29th Dec 1874
Date of Discharge: 15 Jan 1875 Removed to Pentonville Prison
I can't find a birth for him, only the one born 1859 and that's not him
Edward Stringer
Marital Status Single
Criminal Admission Age 19
Record Type Register
Birth Date abt 1855
Birth Place Rowley, England
Occupation Miner
Criminal Charge Stealing
Sentence 7 Years
Criminal Admission Date 29 Dec 1874
Criminal Admission Place Worcestershire, England
Jail Worcester Gaol
Source Description Worcester Gaol, Worcestershire: Register of Convicts
The actual record above is available to view on ancestry, it says.......
No 1044
Edward Stringer age 19
Height 5ft 4 and 3/4
Weight on admission 9 Stone
Weight on discharge 9 Stone
Complection: Fresh
Hair: D.Brown
Eyes: D.Hazel
Visage: Oval
Born: Rowley
Last Residence: Rowley
Trade or Occupation: Miner
Single
Religion: Methodist
Particular Marks: Several cuts to the head (see record for details)
Brought from Stafford Prison/Disc after 6 months/5 times at Stafford/4 Felony
Offence Committed: Stealing one Duck at Oldbury, the property of Joseph Nicklin.
Sessions: 7 yrs Penal Servetude
Date of Admission: 29th Dec 1874
Date of Discharge: 15 Jan 1875 Removed to Pentonville Prison
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Edward Stringer - unm
Event Type Criminal Discharge
Discharge Age 25
Birth Date 1856
Birth Place Staffordshire
Discharge Year 1881
Occupation Miner
Sentence 7 years
Jail Portland
I can't find a birth for him, only the one born 1859 and that's not him

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Please archive
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