An Old Reprobate – John Stubbs, (c1840 – 1918) (Reg. No. 8993)
By Irma Walter, 2021. John Stubbs (alias William Compton & William Brown)[1], was one of almost 10 000 men who…
Formerly Harvey Districts Oral History Group
By Irma Walter, 2021. John Stubbs (alias William Compton & William Brown)[1], was one of almost 10 000 men who…
By Irma Walter, 2021. Isaac Clements was said to be a respectable-looking young man, but from an early age he…
George Benbow was charged at Staffordshire on 13 October 1862 with larceny at Handsworth, a small town which is now…
By Irma Walter, 2021. John Warburton and John Morris, along with two others, were arrested at Preston in Lancashire on…
By Irma Walter, 2021. On 7 September 1856 George Dunn(e) arrived in Western Australia onboard the Runnymede. This contingent of…
By Irma Walter, 2020. Auguste Wilhelm (aka Baron von Prediger) was born on 5 April 1829 in the Duchy of…
By Irma Walter, 2021. When Charles Kemble’s gang of thieves and receivers was broken up in 1862/63 by a series…
By Irma Walter, 2021. William Carmichael was a clerk and a soldier in the 76th Foot Regiment at Fredericktown in…
By Irma Walter, 2021. William Brown, aged 28, was convicted at Clerkenwell on 4 January 1864 for receiving stolen goods,…
By Irma Walter, 2021. It seems likely that John Fisher was older than records show. The 1861 census has him…