Julia (Barnett) Brecht later Sheldricks

Hard Times

Julia Barnett seeme to have gone off the rails in the 1890s.

I have traced some of the entries in the workhouse and jail.

It is a mystery why she was in Ipswich in 1892 though I have not traced her in the 1891 Census.

Contents

Transcripts

1. Removal from Ipswich Union to City of London Union June 1892
2.2 entries in Records of Homerton Workhouse June 1892
3. Further entry in October 1892
4. Entry in Register of Habitual Criminals 1894/5

Transcriptions Homerton Workhouse (City of London Union Workhouse)
Admission & Discharge Records 1764-1921

1892

1. Removal from Ipswich Union to City of London Union June 1892

Name: Barnett, Julia Mary

Age: 18

Last Residence before Admission: Ipswich Union

Condition: Single

Calling: Servant

If Able-bodied:

By whose order admitted: Removal Order

Date of Admission: 19 Jan 1892

Date of Discharge: 16 June 1892

How or by whose order discharged: Own Request

Observations: -

2. Admission to Homerton Workhouse June 1892

Name: Barnett, Julia Mary

Age: 18

Last Residence before Admission: No Home

Condition: Single

Calling: Servant

If Able-bodied:

By whose order admitted: W. Booker

Date of Admission: 16 June 1892

Date of Discharge:

How or by whose order discharged:

Observations: -

Discharge from Homerton Workhouse

Name: Barnett, Julia Mary

Age: 18

Last Residence before Admission: No home 

Condition: Single

Calling: Servant

If Able-bodied:

By whose order admitted:  W. Booker

Date of Admission:  16 June 1892

Date of Discharge: 25 June 1892

How or by whose order discharged: Own Request

Observations: -

4. Further stay in  Homerton Workhouse June 1892

Name: Barnett, Julia Mary

Age: 18

Last Residence before Admission: No Home

Condition: Single

Calling: Servant

If Able-bodied:

By whose order admitted: W. Booker

Date of Admission: 21 Oct 1892

Date of Discharge: 24 Oct 1892

How or by whose order discharged: Own Request

Observations: -

Transcription of Entry in UK Registers of Habitual Criminals and Police Gazettes 1834-1934

Name/Alias: Shildricks, Julia alias Barnett

Date of Birth: 1873

Married/Single: M

Trade/Occupation: -

Complexion: pa

Hair: br

Eyes: br

Height: 4 9 1/2

Build: slender

Shape of Face: long

Distinctive Marks: Mole middle left cheek

Place where last offence committed: London

Date of Conviction: 7/8/1894

Prison from which liberated: Wormwood Scrubs

Date of Liberation: 6/2/1895

Destination of Discharge: Hackney, London

Period of Sentence: 6 ms

Remarks: 2 pre. cons.

Colin Bower
14 May 2023