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Thank you for this, I have had a look but cannot find records of offenders.....ok, I know I am a bit dim about these things!  I am trying to find a George Henry Packer who was tried and convicted at the Middlesex Sessions. to 3 years Borstal, this was in October 1929.  I am assuming it was probably Feltham he was sent to.

I have posted before on the subject of my Grandmother's family, the Algeos but despite hours if internet research I admit I am not a great deal wiser.
The things I am positive about are:
My Great-Grandfather, John Algeo was the eldest son of Lewis Algeo Esq of Glenboy, Manorhamilton.
He was born about 1848 in Enniskillen, or that is what he said.
He left Ireland for Liverpool after " a row with his father" and they never communicated again.
I have picked him up as a Bootmaker in Liverpool in 1871 when he would be about 23.  He married Ellen Minehan and went on to be a fairly successful leather dealer and boot/shoe maker.

My Great-grandfather John's brother was the Rev. Lewis Walter Algeo who was drowned off the Donegal coast, this is where things get complicated and I am totally stuck.  Theoretically this cannot be possible as I am pretty sure the Lewis Algeo, their father, born about 1811 didn't marry until 1858 and his marriage certificate says he was a bachelor, previously unmarried.  ( Also 22 but I take this to mean if marriageable age, rather than his actual age - is this correct?)He married Mary Elizabeth Catherine Johnston, daughter of a Rector. I am assuming this is my Lewis Algeo, his father was certainly John Algeo (which explains GG'pa's name) and after a lot of research, his mother Elizabeth Ann.
There were also two brothers, Robert Algeo who ended up as a surveyor for Anglesey ( plenty of family stories/letters to back this, and John who I think was a sea captain and died in Sydney in 1847, both he and Robert were unmarried.

I have family history and letters which back of some of this and have uncovered documentation for the rest.  However I am no nearer finding out exactly John's parentage, other than his father being Lewis Algeo Esq of Glenboy, a farmer.  I am leaning towards the fact he may have been illegitimate, there is no record anywhere of his birth, and following his father's marriage to a highly respectable lady when he was getting on a bit he was cast into the shadows, he would have been 10 at the time, and 12 when his brother the Rev Lewis was born.  When the Rev married, the newspaper announcements make a point of him being 'the only son of Lewis Algeo Esq, JP of Glenboy'.

If anyone can throw any light on this I would be so grateful, I am tearing my hair out and have reams of notes and references but can make no sense of it all, thank you!

Please could someone help me with finding an inquest held at Chester on 19th November 1930 with reference to my uncle, Eric Evans who took his own life on Bidston Hill, 17 November 1930, by drinking carbolic acid.  He was aged 26 and a talented amateur organist.  If the coroner's report is no longer available, I would have thought there would be something in the press but I am unable to find newspaper records, 1930, online for the Liverpool area and as I live in France, I can't go in person to do library research etc. if someone could point me in the right directionI might be able to find out more!  Thank you so much.