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Iris | Report | 1 Dec 2012 15:25 |
murderer that is , just found one on my tree, martin brown ,hung in lewis jail jan 1869 . tell the truth now ,who else has one in their tree. iris |
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PricklyHolly | Report | 1 Dec 2012 15:29 |
One of mine spent 6 days in prison but that's about as exciting as it gets!! |
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BarbinSGlos | Report | 1 Dec 2012 15:30 |
Haven't found one yet Iris |
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Iris | Report | 1 Dec 2012 15:51 |
Barbinsglos, |
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BarbinSGlos | Report | 1 Dec 2012 16:01 |
Iris |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 1 Dec 2012 16:08 |
i have 3murder victims in my tree |
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BarbinSGlos | Report | 1 Dec 2012 16:10 |
Joy |
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Iris | Report | 1 Dec 2012 16:14 |
joy, |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 1 Dec 2012 16:38 |
yes some of my family remind me of the Munsters |
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hazel | Report | 1 Dec 2012 17:05 |
lots of interesting information on the oldbailey online, it seems that an ancestor of mine was murdered in a race hate crime and that was in the 1800's, how amazing this internet, explains so much from the past, stuff that had been buried for so long. I guess whatever the time or date, human being's behaviour doesn't change much! |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 1 Dec 2012 17:41 |
I only have one who unsuccessfully tried to derail a train in 1850. |
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GinN | Report | 1 Dec 2012 18:02 |
In my tree, a second cousin 3x removed,was murdered together with her entire family, by an axeman, in 1912 in Oregon. It was a very gruesome murder, apparently, and he sodomised the mother and young daughter. Various suspects, but the murder was never fully solved. |
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Suzanne | Report | 1 Dec 2012 18:31 |
my dads great uncle Joseph Noble was hung for murder in durham goal in 1905 :-( |
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Kense | Report | 1 Dec 2012 18:51 |
I haven't proved the connection yet but it seems probably that one of my ancestors, name of John Smith, was the leader of the Culworth Gang. They never killed anyone but were the scourge of Northants in the late 18th century. |
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Iris | Report | 1 Dec 2012 18:57 |
i've just seen that martins father was in lewis jail when he was young, like father like son . |
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Treehunter | Report | 1 Dec 2012 19:39 |
I have one he chopped someones head off. I have all about. The court case and what was put in the papers at the time. It was in 1896 in Essex |
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David | Report | 12 Sep 2014 11:15 |
Like KenSE, I may be descended from the Culworth gang. Its leader was John Smith snr (1724-1787) and his sons, who escaped justice, were: John Smith jnr (hung 1789) and William (Chr 14/5/11762). William settled down to be an upstanding member of the community. Having married Martha Hirons on 16/7/1781, they had 7 kids in Culworth from 1785 to 1800. |
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Sharron | Report | 12 Sep 2014 11:21 |
I think murder as too much like effort for any of mine but I do have one who set fire to some woodland in Herefordshire. |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 12 Sep 2014 12:59 |
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LadyScozz | Report | 12 Sep 2014 13:28 |
I have a few who spent time in prison, but only one for murder...... he wasn't actually one of "mine" but was married to a distant cousin (husband of 2nd cousin 4 times removed). |