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Bury St Edmunds Gaol Register 562 

 Name:

Philip Baalham  

Date:

18 January 1868  

Age:

50 

Born: 

Polstead, Suffolk

Status:

Unmarried  

Parents:

Dead 

Occupation:

Labourer, can read and write imperfectly

Description:

5'0 1/2 olive complexion,brown hair, brown eyes, oval visage, good health.

Offence:

Trespass in search etc. at Stoke by Nayland 

Committed at:

Boxford

Sentence:

7 days hard labour

Discharged:

23 January 1868

History:

In custody 11 times before for poaching. On 10.10.1868, they gave him 2 months hard labour and discharged him 08.12.1868.

            Kindly submitted by Greg Burton

Ipswich, Suffolk 1851 census records

Institution:

Ipswich County Jail
Census Place: Ipswich, Suffolk

Source:

1851, 222 Ipswich, 1 St Matthew/H0107/1800, SRO Fiche 169
Surname Christian name marr age sex rel. birthplace occupation
BALAM Joseph m 23 m Misdemenour Polstead, Suffolk Labourer

 

Prisoners held in Ipswich County Gaol - sentenced to transportation 1840-1856 

1848

 Name:

 James BALAM

Date:

 1848

Age:

 47

Born: 

 Polstead, Suffolk

Offence:

 Stealing malt

Committed at:

 Stratford St Mary

Sentence:

 7 years 

Reference No.

 609/7/413

1852

 Name:

 William BALAAM

Date:

 1852

Age:

 24

Born: 

 Needham Market, Suffolk

Offence:

 Stealing shoes and pony

Committed at:

 Creeting St Mary

Sentence:

 10 years

Reference No.

 609/3/444

Kindly submitted by Lynne

 

Criminal Register Indexes

Vol. 18 - Norfolk & Suffolk 1805-1816

Surname Forename County when tried sentence ref:
BALAAM John Suffolk Feb session 12 months HO 27/10
BALAAM Philip Suffolk Ipswich session No bill HO 27/7

 

Suffolk Convicts in Hulks, March 1841

Name: Joseph Baalham
Age: 35
Date of sentence: 27.10.1840  
Sentence: Transportation, 7 years.
Office: Larceny Bury St Edmunds

Kindly submitted by Greg Burton

Kindly submitted by Lynne

 

Polstead, Suffolk Parish Records Baptisms

In the margin it reads: Joseph her husband (Ann's) was convicted as judged to be imprisoned seven years was put on board the Warrior Hulk lying at Woolwich on the 24th of November.

 see 1843 Esther Emma BAALHAM

 

Tasmanian Convicts

 

Number Name Convict Ship
5723 BAALHAM, Joseph* Susan 2

Information extracted from Tasmanian Convicts

 

*Please note there are two different Josephs who were sentenced.

 

 

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