Quelleninformationen
Ancestry.com. Peterborough, Ontario, Kanada, Gefängnisregister, 1876-1896 [Datenbank online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.Ursprüngliche Daten: Peterborough Jail Registers (1860s–1907). Fonds 179. Trent Valley Archives, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
Peterborough, Ontario, Kanada, Gefängnisregister, 1876-1896
Diese Sammlung ist ein Index zum Peterborough-Gefängnisregister für die Jahre 1876 bis 1896. Zu den Details im Index gehören Name, Alter, Ort, Zivilstand, Konfession der Sträflinge, ob sie jähzornig waren oder nicht, das begangene Verbrechen, das Strafurteil, wer es erteilte und wie lange sie bereits im Gefängnis waren.
Located in southern Ontario, Peterborough County was originally founded as the District of Colborne in 1838. The jail was commissioned along with the county courthouse that year and completed in 1842. This collection is an index to the Peterborough jail register dating from 1876 through 1896. Details in the index include prisoners name, age, location, marital status, faith, whether or not they were temperate, the crime committed, the sentence, who did the sentencing and length of time served.
The original Peterborough jail register covers additional years (c. 1860–1905) and is held at the Archives of Ontario. Photocopies are available at the Trent Valley Archives.
