Hi Carolyn I think its just the way it reads and I don't think you are saying that your 1883 offender was transported, as the last ship to reach Australia with convicts was 1868 For Derek I had checked the outgoing passenger lists for Selina as BRADSHAW - HARCOT - BODYCOT 1 BRADSHAW b1884 leaving 1919 to Canada 1 BODYCOTT b1909 leaving 1923 to Canada nil HARCOT Trouble is she could have died, remarried or left the UK under a false name Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Just a wild guess, Derek, but I have a relative who stood trial in Leicester > in 1883. He was found guilty and sentenced to penal servitude in Millbank > Penitentiary in London. Millbank was the famous prison where people were > relocated to Australia. However, all of that had stopped by the time your > Selina went on trial in 1902. However, if you can't find them in 1911, do > you think it possible that they might have emigrated? --Carolyn, in > Minnesota, USA

Hi, Nivard, No. my relative was not "transported." He actually died in 1896 in Broadmoor Hospital in England. I did learn that "transporting" ended before 1883 when I was doing my research on Millbank. I wondered if many Leicester courts sent their offenders to Millbank. Did judges (or whoever made the final decision) have discression about where convicted people were sent? Derek's request for information just started me imagining that perhaps he had not yet thought that he should look farther afield for Selina, as at that point, she might not have been wanting to remain in England. (Penal servitude--whether the transgression was my fault, or not-- would not make me feel very "warm and fuzzy" about the country that put me in prison!) --Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 4:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LEI] What happened to SELINA BRADSHAW ? Hi Carolyn I think its just the way it reads and I don't think you are saying that your 1883 offender was transported, as the last ship to reach Australia with convicts was 1868