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Mary Ann WINDEATT convicted for disorderly conduct
A Mary Ann WINDEATT was convicted for disorderly conduct in a workhouse on October 16th 1837 according to the Devon Quarter Sessions transcription. It was her fifth offence and she was imprisoned for 21 days.
Who was this Mary Ann?
A possible candidates is Mary Ann (previously FROOM) who was married to John WINDEATT in 1830. A couple of months after the date of this report, our Mary Ann lost a son to measles. [More . . .]. She went on to have lots more children and ran an eating house - so it seems unlikely that she was also the lady in the workhouse. However, it is not impossible - she might have been an alcoholic who later reformed when they moved down to Teignmouth and opened the Temperance restaurant.
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