Does anyone know how I can locate the 1851 census entries for the prison hulks in Kent? (I have an Ancestry sub.)
My 3x gt uncle was very silly and got himself convicted of forging "an order for the payment of money" at Maidstone Assizes in July 1849. He was sentenced to 10 years transportation to Australia. The ship which carried him to Australia didn't actually sail until November 1852, so he must have spent 3 years in prison - probably in one of those hellish hulks.
His name was Edwin Thomas Hurst and he was born in 1830 in Lambeth, Surrey.
But I can't find him in the 1851 census, even if I just search for his initials... Any suggestions, anyone?
My 3x gt uncle was very silly and got himself convicted of forging "an order for the payment of money" at Maidstone Assizes in July 1849. He was sentenced to 10 years transportation to Australia. The ship which carried him to Australia didn't actually sail until November 1852, so he must have spent 3 years in prison - probably in one of those hellish hulks.
His name was Edwin Thomas Hurst and he was born in 1830 in Lambeth, Surrey.
But I can't find him in the 1851 census, even if I just search for his initials... Any suggestions, anyone?
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