Prisoner in 1881 Census

[trish18]

Hi Erika,

It's very intriguing.

I noticed the occupation of labourer didn't tick the box but it may be a possibility.

What was Matilda's sister and brother in law's names? Do you know if the family business was still operating in 1881?

Regards

Trish

[Mabel Bagshawe]

Anyone got a sub to British Newspapers online? Have tried the free search with "William Harding" and "Webber Street" and got the following (featuring bad optical character recognition!)

".. railexdon himl, end lhc priserser was given into custody. -7 Ann innie Nelson, the wvile of a biscuit baker, living i W Webber- street, Waterloo-road, said she knew ... ”

Sunday 10 February 1884 ,  Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper.

Later than the prison stay in the census, but might be linked?

[Mabel Bagshawe]

This is the Old bailey record of the arson conviction

http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=def1-256-18810131&div=t18810131-256#highlight

[erika]

Just read the Old Bailey transcript and apparently the address was 38 Gray Street, Waterloo Road, the home of William Davies ( not Matilda's relatives after all ).

It mentions his wife, but not her name and nothing about his occupation, so I'm still none the wiser.
It did make interesting reading though.

The family business was still in operation and in 1889 in The Daily News (London) Friday Sept 13th
there is an article under Labourers Strike, which mentions John Harding.

Anyway more digging still required

Cheers
Erika