Discover the names of your English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish ancestors who were executed between 1606 and 1955. The records have been sourced from www.blacksheepancestors.com. Additional details about the records can be found on the source website. Among the names in the records are the famous executions of Duke Of Monmouth in 1685, Josef Jakobs in 1941, and the last woman to be executed in Britain, Ruth Ellis in 1955.
Discover the names of your English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish ancestors who were executed between 1606 and 1955. The records have been sourced from www.blacksheepancestors.com. Additional details about the records can be found on the source website. Among the names in the records are the famous executions of Duke Of Monmouth in 1685, Josef Jakobs in 1941, and the last woman to be executed in Britain, Ruth Ellis in 1955.
The index provides you with the names of those who were executed in Great Britain and Ireland. The index was originally created by BlackSheepAncestors.com. The details in each result may vary depending on the event and date, but most will include the following facts:
Name
Age
Birth year
Event year
Crime/victim – details either the crime the person was convicted of or the name of the victim of the crime.
Execution year
Execution date
Execution place
Execution method
Hangman
If you have found the name of your ancestor in these records, you should continue your family history exploration with Findmypast’s England & Wales, crime, prisons & punishment, 1770-1935 records or Irish prison registers 1790-1924 to discover more about your criminal ancestor’s arrest and trail. You can link through to these records in the Useful links and resources section.