and please somebody direct me to the right group
What I'm wondering about is whether it's possible to discover whether a
fairly recent ancestor, specifically a grandfather who died in 1959, served
some time in prison. I've no real justification for this other than
nosiness- there's a suspicion, that's all, and now that only my sister and
myself are left of the family and there is nobody else who'd care, nor more
significantly be hurt if this were the case, we're just intrigued to find
out whether said grandfather did some time.
The suspicion comes from a period we've heard about, early in the 1950s,
where he was purportedly in hospital and so ill that nobody but his wife
(i.e. my grandmother) was allowed to visit him, including his daughters
(i.e. my now dead mother and aunt). Apparently my grandmother visited him at
the same time every day and then of a sudden he was discharged as fit as he
went in. It's never really rung true; even if there were a time when he was
in intensive care or whatnot it's difficult to believe that right up to the
day he was discharged he was too ill to be seen by his own daughters. My
father has always suspected he went to prison.
So, being a nosey b*gger, I'm wondering if there's some way to find this out
from official records. I know nothing at all about this and am wondering if
anyone can offer some advice (other than telling me not to be so nosey
I said, there's no intention here to cause trouble by stirring the poo.
Everyone who would have cared or been hurt by this are now dead. It would
just be fascinating to me and my sister to know yay or nay. We know his
name, address, and it would have been the early 1950s.
Many thanks for reading, any help much appreciated,
Ian