Ann Crawley is more complicated. Her son, Henry Rossthorn, aged about 7, was discharged to his TL mother in 1850; another son John died about 6 weeks after arrival. In 1851 Ann married William Grimshaw and had another 8 children, several of whom died in infancy. Two of the surviving children (William and Samuel) were admitted to the OS in 1860 after their father’s death and both were apprenticed eventually to Hagley. Samuel won several school prizes between 1862 and 1868. James, the then youngest child stayed with his mother. In 1864 John was born, father unknown; Ann was charged with manslaughter through neglect when he died aged 7 weeks. In 1865, The Mercury called her a “notorious bad character” as she was constantly in court for various offences. In 1866 she was convicted and imprisoned as Margaret Taylor, and died during this time in 1867. No trace was found of Henry Rossthorn (or Grimshaw). William Grimshaw married in 1872 in Westbury and died in 1932. Samuel disappears from the records. In 1866 an application was made for James Brimshaw or Grimshaw to be admitted to the Orphan School and it’s not clear if it was successful. He died, aged 23, in 1879 in Launceston of necrosis. He may have been the Joshua Grimshaw imprisoned for sodomy in 1873. Source: Mothers and children of the Cadet (1848 & 1849) by Maureen Mann (October 2018).

Crime: Stealing from the person (including picking pockets)
Convicted at: Lancaster. Boro of Manchester Quarter Sessions
Sentence term: 7

Sources

1. Mothers and children of the Cadet (1848 & 1849) by Maureen Mann (October 2018).
2. https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/crawley/ann/13144