Hi Maria I have a transcript of some newspapers articles in relation to the murder/manslaughter as this is a distant relative of mine. Do you have those articles? My records say John Fitzsimmons died 6/9/1913 in Rookwood Asylum NSW.He was buried 9/9/1913 in the C of E Cemetery Rookwood. Cause of death Myocarditis, Syncope Please let me know if I can help you further. Regards Cathy Haynes Geelong, Vic AUSTRALIA Researching: HAYNES - Armidale & Sydney NSW & Co Cork, Ireland TAYLOR - Central Coast NSW Alfred KELLY born c1842 London, Central Coast NSW CURRAN - Dungog & Grafton NSW & Bristol O'DOHERTY - Port Macquarie & Wauchope NSW, Kings County Ireland CARNEY - Port Macquarie & Wauchope NSW,Co Donegal, Ireland BRISTOW(E) - London & Central Coast NSW FITZSIMMONS - Co Louth, Ireland William NORMAN (convict) born 1803 Kent, Kincumber NSW RILEY - Co Cavan, Kincumber NSW DUNBAR - Scotland, Macksville NSW u, 2006-09-21 at 09:58 +1000, M & M Thomas wrote: > Hi everyone > Some advice and guidance please on Maitland Gaol. I would like to know if there are any records of those who were incarcerated there and when they were released. Would also like to know about the prison warders who worked there. > > My interest comes from a John FITZSIMMONS tried at Maitland C.C. on 16 Oct 1885 for Manslaughter and was sentenced for 10 years P.S. This information comes from the SRA Goal Photograph collection. > > I am assuming he would have been held at Maitland, but would he have served the entire sentence there? > > If I have the right man, according to his daughters certificates he was dead prior to 1894. But that may have been to hide the fact he was a criminal. Before I go out and buy death certificates for John FITZSIMMONS's (which may not show me anything if his daughters had disassociated themselves from him) I thought I would try and track this guys whereabouts within the prison system. > > Sorry for the long description, but it gets more involved than that - as most of researchers find out :-) > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > Thank you > > Maria Thomas > LAKE MUNMORAH, NSW > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-NSW-HUNTER-VALLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- C