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Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 31,382 Send Message	Mel Fairy Godmother	Report	31 Jan 2011 12:10
	There are two births of a Hannah Morris for 1889. Hannah Morris 1889 Jan-Feb-Mar Lancashire Hannah Morris 1889 Oct-Nov-Dec Lancashire If you buy her birth cert and ask for the one with the mothers name of Charlotte that may help. I can't find Charlotte in Criminal Registers to find what she did or how long her sentance was.
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 191 Send Message	Joe	Report	31 Jan 2011 12:07
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 191 Send Message	"Babies in Prison Babies Cot Jottings from Jail Notes and Papers on Prison Matters 1887 by Rev. J W Horsley Chaplain of Her Majesty's Prison Clerkenwell. "People probably do not picture babies in prison, but this is the second I have christened this month." Thanks Mel I have found several articles on the internet about Baby Wards in Victorian prisons, it seems to have been the norm. It seems the entry for 9-month old Hannah in Strangeways is correct. Her mother Charlotte Morris was there at the same time, aged 36, as you note.
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 31,382 Send Message	Mel Fairy Godmother	Report	31 Jan 2011 11:57
	Char lte Morris 36 married page 32
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 31,382 Send Message	Mel Fairy Godmother	Report	31 Jan 2011 11:51
	Also a Mary Morris page 35 Bridget Morris p 32 single and 14
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 31,382 Send Message	Mel Fairy Godmother	Report	31 Jan 2011 11:49
	There are 39 pages of prisoners on that census but a couple of pages back is an S A Morris who is a widow so she may have been her baby.
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 191 Send Message	Joe	Report	31 Jan 2011 11:48
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 191 Send Message	Yes, Holly, that's them. But Hannah is missing off the 1891 census, as is her mother Charlotte. We found Charlotte in Strangeways prison, and today I found a reference to a 9-month old girl called Hannah Morris, in the same location, and as far as I can see, in the same prison. Just wondering if this is possible and whether female prisoners could / would have their babies either with them or in care in the prison? Cheers.
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 31,382 Send Message	Mel Fairy Godmother	Report	31 Jan 2011 11:45
	1891 England Census about Hannah Morris Name: Hannah Morris Age: 9/12 Estimated birth year: abt 1890 Relation: Prisoner Gender: Female Where born: Manchester, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Cheetham Ecclesiastical parish: St Albans County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Registration district: Prestwich Sub-registration district: Cheetham ED, institution, or vessel: Strangeways Prison
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	31 Jan 2011 11:20
	Is this the family in 1901 ?? 1901 England Census about Hannah Morris Name: Hannah Morris Age: 12 Estimated birth year: abt 1889 Relation: Daughter Father's name: William Hy Morris Mother's name: Charlotte Morris Gender: Female Where born: Openshaw, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: North Manchester Ecclesiastical parish: Beswick and Bradford Christchurch County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Registration district: Prestwich Sub-registration district: Newton ED, institution, or vessel: 33 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 41 Household Members: Name Age William Hy Morris 48 Charlotte Morris 47 James Morris 16 Hannah Morris 12 John Morris 6
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Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 191 Send Message	Joe	Report	31 Jan 2011 10:17
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 191 Send Message	Thanks to all who helped me locate my great-great-grandma Charlotte Morris in Strangeways prison, Cheetham Hill Manchester, in 1891. Charlotte Morris's 's new born baby Hannah Morris was also missing off the 1891 census , along with her mother. I have found an entry for a 9-month old baby called Hannah Morris in the same Cheetham District of Manchester. Is it possible that she could have been kept in prison with her mother? Does anyone know what the procedure was for female prisoners with new born babies? Is it possible Hannah could have been born in prison? Thank you.

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