Saltley Reformatory Inmates


Henry Bliss

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No. in Admissions Register: 497
Age: 10
Whence received: Stafford
Description:  
Complexion: Fresh
Hair colour: Brown
Eyes colour: Grey
Visage: -
Particular marks: -
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Date of admission and term: 13 January 1874 5 years
Late residence: West Bromwich
Parish he belongs to: West Bromwich
Customary work and mode of life: None
Whether illegitimate: Not
State of education:  
Reads: Not at all
Writes: Not at all
Offence: Stealing purses
Circumstances which may have led to it: -
Date of sentence, by who and court: 13 December 1873, West Bromwich Petty Sessions. W Williams and H Adkins
Where imprisoned: Stafford
Sentence: 1 month prison, 5 years at Saltley
Previous committals:  
Number: None
Length: -
For what: -
Father's name: William Bliss
Occupation: Shoemaker
Mother's name: Helen Bliss
Occupation: -
Parents dead? Not
Survivor married again?  
Parents' treatment of child: Neglectful
Character of parents Drunken
Parents' wages: Good
Amount parents agree to pay: 2s per week
Parents address: Over End, West Bromwich
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): -
Person making this return: -

Notes:

[brother to John, boy 462, who mentions 'Harry' in a letter. To see his record click here ]

18 July 1887 Fallon [boy 603] reports that Bliss is living at Hill Top, West Bromwich, working as a shoemaker with his father.

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