Published

September 11, 2026

refersto::Melvin Elwood Sheirel

Source citation

This is a bifolio spread from a book with a printed two-page table of forms completed with hand-written data and stamped dated notes in all caps.

California State Archives; Sacramento, California; Secretary of State California State Archives San Quentin Prison Registers

Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Prison and Correctional Records, 1851-1950. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Original data:

Department of Corrections. Folsom State Prison Records, 1879–1949. ID California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, California. 

Department of Corrections. San Quentin State Prison Records, 1850–1950. ID California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, California. 

Department of Corrections. Youth Authority Dept. Records, 1872–1950. ID California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, California .

Transcription

Description of prisoners received at the state prison

At San Quentin May, 1941

Number of commitment Date Name Nativity Crime Term of years Court and County Occupation
66625-A 24 Melvin E. Sheirel Missouri Burg. 1st & A.D.W. CC 5 - Life 0 - 10 CC Los Angeles Oiler
Height Weight Eyes Hair Age Year schooling Social Status Religion Habits Birth Judge
Ft. 5 In 9 3/4 163 Hazel Brown 27 12 Div Prst TL 10-11-13 C.D. Nye

Mother Mrs. M. Sheirel 1020 1/2 N. Mariposa, Los Angeles, Calif.

RET. CHINO VIOLATOR W.N.T. JUL 30 1946 From Los Angeles Co. Burg. 2nd + 2Pr. CC 1-15-CC. W.P.T.

Granted 460 days Chino credits

RET FROM FOLSOM NOV 21 1946

DECLARED VIOLATOR B/M AUG 16 1946

FORFEIT CREDITS EARNED & TO BE EARNED 24 mo.2920 PC. B/M 9-18-46-(Parole Revoked put on July 1948 Cal. T.of A. Max. 50- + 10 - yrs. CC.

TRANSFERRED TO CHINO OCT 14 1941

TRANS. TO FOLSOM SEP 6 - 1946