Elizabeth Adelaide Pritchard - a criminal (General)

by Ruth P, Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 12:52 (5802 days ago) @ rookancestrybest

I am now seriously beginning to question whether this is the Elizabeth Adelaide Pritchard in my family tree. Both mother and daughter had the same name, both lived in Lydney in 1871. The date of birth given in the gaol records is 1834, this is a possible match for the mother as she was born in 1832 /33. However the gaol records also state that the jailed Elizabeth Adelaide was a servant and U - which I took to mean unmarried / single.

The fact that the jailed Elizabeth was referred to as an imbecile or someone with severe learning difficulties / disability also makes me question the link. There has been no mention of imbecile on any of the census returns relating to my Elizabeths and both were married with children in their 20s.

I shall just have to buy the gaol record I thnk to see if this sheds anymore light!!