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Interesting that this too gives 1826 as birth year.

Thanks everyone for all your ideas and for joining in the search! Yes, I also had the handkerchief info from that edition of the Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. Also one from 7 Feb but for some reason I can't post an attachment. It said he was apprehended whilst...

Thanks Dave for the suggestions. It's so tricky, this John might not be him at all anyway! I wonder if there are records in the UK that would tell me what happened to John Eaton the handkerchief thief?

Hi, I'm brand new here and hoping someone might be able to help with a little quandary. I'm researching my great great grandfather John Allen Eaton who married in Australia in 1865. He's quite a mystery man and I'm trying to piece together his life prior to marriage. I am considering the...