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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

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/colle ... cords/5432

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

Is this him ?

https://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/t ... ver=669509

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

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)

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

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

added him on BCC here - https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/brows ... =410853622

I can't find a birth for him, only the one born 1859 and that's not him

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