William OLDRIDGE

Notes:

Apprenticed by parish officers to Mr Lane of Broadgate, Newton St Cyres.

Witnesses to marriage were Edward Woodman, Ann Oldridge and Mary Woodman; all made a mark - n

At baptism of son William, recorded as husbandman.

1841 census - aged 50 AgLab @ NSC with wife & Wm, Mary, Eliz, Thos, Edwin,Mark

1851 census - not showing as being at home with wife.

William married Tryphena WOODMAN on 26 Dec 1809 in Brampford Speke, Devon, England. Tryphena was born on 22 Nov 1789 in Newton St Cyres, Devon, England; died on 12 Feb 1855 in Newton St Cyres, Devon, England; was buried on 18 Feb 1855 in Newton St Cyres, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1841 census - aged 25, in Newton St Cyres with wife & Grace.

1842- witnessed of sister Mary in NSC on 25th September.

1850 signed son's birth certificate with an 'X'.

1851 - farm labourer at Whitton, NSC with wife and 6 children.

1861 - in NSC with wife, 8 children and mother in law, Grace Mitchell.

1871 & 1881 at Queen's Court, Crediton aged 52 & 62, miner, labourer.

James married Frances MITCHELL on 10 Sep 1839 in Newton St Cyres, Devon, England. Frances was born in Down St Mary, England; died in 1899 in England; was buried on 15 Jan 1899 in Crediton, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Witnesses at marriage were William Saxon and William Ware (parish clerk?).

1851 census - at 4 Waterloo Street, Charlestown, Plymouth aged 40 with wife Harriet (37), Wil

1861 census - at Amity Place, Charlestown with wife & children Elizabeth, Eliza A., John, Ell

1871 census - at 9 Belmont Street, Plymouth with wife and son William Frederick stated as bei

John married Harriet LUXTON on 10 Aug 1834 in Newton St Cyres, Devon, England. Harriet was born in 1813; died in 1885 in East Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1841 census - at home with parents, aged 25 (miner).

At marriage recorded as a miner.

1851 census at Westholm, Newton St Cyres, aged 35.

1861 census - @ Newton St Cyres aged 42 with wife & 4 children.

1871 census - @ Newton St Cyres aged 51.

Died aged 55, lung disease, farm labourer; Eliza Oldridge present at death.

William married Elizabeth TREMLETT on 27 Nov 1842 in Newton St Cyres, Devon, England. Elizabeth was born in 1819 in England; died on 5 Dec 1909 in England; was buried in Newton St Cyres, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1841 census - at home with parents; aged 20.

Witnesses at marriage were James Oldridge and Elizabeth Oldridge.

Family/Spouse: Robert CHAMBERLAIN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1841 census - aged 15 at home with parents.

1851 census - aged 29 at West Town, NSC with wife & lodger William Parsons.

1861 census - aged 40 at home with wife and nephew, 19 yr old labourer William James Pugsley.

1871 census - aged 47 at West Town, NSC with wife & Archibald Godfree.

1881 census - aged 59 at home with wife and her nurse.

Thomas married Eliza PARSONS on 16 Jun 1850 in Newton St Cyres, Devon, England. Eliza was born about 1826 in Newton St Cyres, Devon, England; died in 1881 in England; was buried on 8 Sep 1881 in Newton St Cyres, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary Ann TAVERNER in 1883 in England. Mary was born in 1833; died in 1925 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1841 census - at home with parents; aged 15.

Present at marriage of Mary Oldridge #821 on 25 Dec 1842.

Possible marriage at Lutterworth near Rugby in 1854? This seems unlikely - the marriage in 18 Oldridge. Both are given as living in Frowlesworth, a tiny hamlet 8 miles north of Rugby. Wit vague age.

In 1978 Edna Oldridge (Neyle) told Sidney Oldridge that Mark Oldridge had a sister who marrie

Notes:

1841 census - aged 10 at home with parents.

1851 census - aged 21 at home with mother, as AgLab.

Held in the Devon Record Office are the crumbling papers which record the attempt of the Guardians of the Poor of Plymouth to remove Edwin and his family.

The clerk to the Guardians, whose job it was to make the complaint and put it all on paper was a John Williams MATTHEWS. The first recorded 'complaint' is dated 22nd December 1865 and that 'Edwin OLDRIDGE and Trypheny his wife and four children, namely Henry, Matilda, Elizabeth Ann and Emma have lately come to inhabit and are now inhabiting in the said parish of St. Andrew, endeavouring to settle there contrary to law, not having resided or inhabited in the said parish for three years next ...'.

It is interesting that Edwin's 'wife' is Emma. I have not found any evidence of a marriage service having taken place. This citation refers to her as Tryphena - a family name of the WOODMAN's. Edwin's mother was Tryphena WOODMAN and if Emma was also a WOODMAN (a suggestion based upon other evidence) then she may well have had an aunt or great aunt called Tryphena. This was the first occasion whereupon her identity is confused. The marriage registers at the GRO have been searched from 1837 to 1857 but no marriage has yet been found.

In the 1861 census she is recorded as being 23 years old and living with her parents-in-law - John & Harriet OLDRIDGE. This is unless the Emma recorded in the census and this one are different people. Emma was, after all, their niece by marriage, her in-laws being William & Tryphena OLDRIDGE in Newton St Cyres.

It is also interesting to note that Henry is shown on the 1861 census as being the son of John & Harriet OLDRIDGE, aged 5. Edwin and Emma may well have claimed Henry as a settlor, attempting to enhance their claim to stay.

Upon examination by the Guardians it is shown that they were actually chargeable to the parish and that Edwin believed himself as to having been from the parish of Newton St Cyres about 38 years ago and that his parents were William & Tryphena OLDRIDGE. William is reported as having been apprenticed by the parish officers to a Mr Lane of Broadgate in Newton St Cyres.

Edwin's claim also states that his wife is Emma WOODMAN and that he married her 14 years ago. If this is correct, the Emma quoted as daughter-in-law in the 1861 census cannot be this Emma. The ages are incompatible, in 1865 the Emma Woodman would have needed to have been about 35 years old, being 14 years married; the Emma in the census was 23 in 1861, making her about 28 now. Edwin's claim now cites the children as being Matilda, Emma, Eliza and Edward - all of whom were present at the hearing. Quite what happened to Henry and where Edward suddenly appeared from is another anomaly. They did have a child Edwin who was born in 1856 - why this one (the oldest) should suddenly be recorded as an afterthought is confusing. When Edwin himself dies, the death is recorded as the death of Edward OLDRIDGE and the informant is his wife Emma. It seems they may well have called themselves Ed and left the rest to the imagination of any literate recorder. It is more reasonable to record Edward for Ed than to record Edwin.

At the end of his examination Edwin signs to say that his wife and children are receiving relief from the parish of St. Andrew by making his mark, an 'X'. The examination was before a Richard HICKS and a man called BROWN, who after the examination record the fact that 'Edwin & Tryphena his wife (yes! Emma's name has changed again - this would happen if the scribe referred to the front page of the complaint rather than to the recorded information during the examination) and their said family are now residing chargeably to and receiving relief from the said parish of Saint Andrew in Plymouth. The said Edwin OLDRIDGE is permanently ill.' This piece of evidence was offered by one William Edwin PENNEY who signed his own name. The surname is indistinct and this is my best effort, and is a compromise between the clerk's hand writing his name and the signature of the man himself. Messrs HICKS and BROWN record the fact that this was all heard before them on the 22nd of December 1865 at the Guildhall in Plymouth and ascribe their names.

Following this examination of their circumstances the Justices of the Peace then decide to remove him back to Newton St Cyres, not being convinced of his poor health ... 'Edwin OLDRIDGE and Tryphena his wife and their four children namely Henry aged 9 years, Matilda aged 6 years, Elizabeth Ann aged 2 years (3 in March) & Emma aged about 5 months, have come to inhabit and are now inhabiting in the said parish of St Andrew ...and that the parish of Newton St Cyres in the County of Devon is the place of their last legal settlement ... the said Justices ... do adjudge the complaint to be true, and that such relief is not made necessary by the sickness of the said Edwin OLDRIDGE which we are satisfied will produce in him permanent disability and that the place of legal settlement of the said Edwin OLDRIDGE is in the parish of Newton St Cyres.'

It is interesting to note that Henry's name has been restored and Edward's has disappeared. The judgement continues '... order you, the said Guardians ... of St Andrew ... to remove and convey the said Edwin OLDRIDGE and Tryphena and their said children from and out of your said parish to the said parish of Newton St Cyres and them to deliver, together with this order ... at the workhouse of such last named parish or of any Union of which the parish belongs, or unto the Churchwardens and overseers of the Poor of the said last named parish ... who are required to receive and provide for them according to the law'.

It is then signed under their seals as Justices of the Peace at the Guildhall in Plymouth by Rich. HICKS and H BROWN on the 22nd December 1865. Following the judgement the matter of Edwin's health was considered and it is recorded 'that the therein named Edwin OLDRIDGE is unable to travel by reason of sickness and infirmity of body, and it would be a danger to him so to do; We the said Justices do suspend the execution of the order of removal until we or any other two of Her Majesty's Justices of the peace for the said Borough of Plymouth, are satisfied that it may be safely executed without danger'.

This was sealed again by the same two justices on the same day. The Grounds for Removal are then recorded for the benefit of the receiving parish ... 'As to the removal of Edwin OLDRIDGE, his wife and family. To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the parish of Newton St Cyres in the County of Devon - Take notice that the above named pauper now residing in the parish of St Andrew in ... Plymouth has, with his said family become and is now actually chargeable to, and is receiving relief from the said parish of St Andrew and that an order under the hands and seals of Henry Brown and Richard Hicks Esquire ... has been obtained for their removal to your parish of Newton St Cyres as the place of their last legal settlement'.

The grounds for the removal and particulars of settlement are then repeated for the benefit of the Newton St Cyres officials restating that 'relief being made necessary by the sickness of the said Edwin OLDRIDGE which will produce in him permanent disability. That the said Edwin OLDRIDGE was born in the parish of Newton St Cyres about 38 years ago; that the said Edwin OLDRIDGE is the lawful son of William OLDRIDGE & Tryphena his wife; that the said William OLDRIDGE was duly apprenticed by the parish officers of Newton St Cyres to one Mr Lane of Broadgate in the said parish of Newton St Cyres and that he served with his said master throughout his his apprenticeship and resided during the whole time at Broadgate in Newton St Cyres; that the said Edwin OLDRIDGE married Emma Woodman his present wife about 14 years ago; that the children Henry, Matilda, Elizabeth Ann & Emma mentioned in the annexed order are the lawful children of the said Edwin OLDRIDGE and Emma his wife; that the said Edwin OLDRIDGE is permanently ill; that the said Edwin OLDRIDGE and Emma his wife and their said children have not resided in the parish for three years last past. That the said Edwin OLDRIDGE, his wife and family are now residing in, chargeable to and receiving relief from the said parish of St Andrew aforesaid, and are not irremovable'.

The officers of Newton St Cyres are then given 21 days to lodge any appeal they may before removal is carried out. The document is dated 28th December 1865 and signed by Wm ADAMS, Henry HEATHER and Josiah JOHNSON, being three of the Incorporation of the Guardians of the Poor of the town of Plymouth.

On the sixth of January 1866 a letter is written from Frankfort Chambers in Plymouth to the overseers of the poor in Newton St Cyres which is poor in quality but seems to reads as follows:- 'Sirs re:-OLDRIDGE The overseers have nothing to do with and <...> the deposition herein. <...> <...> <...> nothing more than <...> <...> <...> <...> order I believe:- If you have any reason to doubt the settlement I shall be happy to hear the grounds as it will be useless for either of the parties to be incurring unnecessary expense <...> <...> <...> <...> case as the pauper is now beyond <...>. I believe the settlement to be undoubtedly in your parish. <...> <...>

On the 14th of January 1866 Edwin OLDRIDGE died of phthisis (TB). The twenty one days had not expired and it became necessary to lodge a further complaint, given the changing circumstances of the family. It becomes apparent that they would prefer to remain where they were and have already fabricated some stories to place credence to their staying in Plymouth; such fabrications are to continue. The next complaint on the 8th February 1866 is registered against 'Emma OLDRIDGE and her three children, namely Matilda aged 6 years Eliza Ann aged about three years and Emma aged about five months' in the same terms insofar as they were receiving relief from St Andrews without legal settlement and were the responsibility of their last place of settlement, Newton St Cyres. The order was signed by Chas. BARDEN and Thomas HICKS (Mayor). The grounds for removal were cited as 'to the removal of Emma OLDRIDGE and her family to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of Newton St Cyres in the County of Devon, take notice that the above named pauper now residing at Neswick Street in the parish of St Andrew ... with her family ... an order ... has been obtained for their removal to your parish of Newton St Cyres as the place of their last legal settlement'.

The examination commences with the usual statement that they are chargeable to St Andrews and sickness or accident does not inhibit removal and 'that the said Emma OLDRIDGE is the lawful child of John OLDRIDGE and Harriet his wife; that the children mentioned in the annexed order namely Matilda aged about 6 years, Eliza Ann aged about three years and Emma about five months are the illegitimate children of the said Emma OLDRIDGE; that the said John OLDRIDGE the father of the said Emma OLDRIDGE was born in the parish of Newton St Cyres about 57 years ago; that the said John OLDRIDGE when about 12 years of age was bound an apprentice of the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Newton St Cyres to Mr Osmond of the said parish of Newton St Cyres and served as such apprentice with the said Mr Osmond until he was 21 years of age and during his servitude he resided with the said master in the said parish of Newton St Cyres aforesaid and acquired a settlement by apprenticeship in the said parish of Newton St Cyres; that the said Emma OLDRIDGE and her said children have not resided in Plymouth for three years last past free of parochial relief; that the said Emma OLDRIDGE and children now residing in chargeable to, and receiving relief from the said parish of St Andrew aforesaid and are not irremovable'.

This was signed by Wm ADAMS, Henry Heather and <...> Solomon.

The final document in this bundle is the bill for the expenses incurred and is addressed to The Churchwardens and Overseers of Newton St Cyres, being sent by their counterparts in Plymouth, St Andrew. The heading is difficult to read following the disintegration of the paper but the rest is an invoice dated January 1866:- <...> <...> <...> deposition and <...> 7 6 Expenses attending there [sic] journey to Crediton (4 miles from Newton St Cyres) to make certain enquiries as to settlement of said paupers 10 6 Horsehire from Newton St Cyres to Exeter 4 miles and back Fare by train from Exeter to Plymouth and back 15 8 Other out pocket expenses in connection with last mentioned journey 5 0 For journey from Newton St Cyres to Plymouth and back 1 0 0

Settled March 24th Thomas <...> 3 3 8

Stamp to be affixed.

Edwin died from phthisis (TB) at 6 Granby Street, Plymouth, Emma being present at his death w

Edwin married Emma OLDRIDGE about 1851 in Plymouth, Devon, England. Emma was born in 1838 in Exeter, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The family bible records his birth as being 10th February 1834, but the parish register shows 10th February 1833.

1841 census Newton St Cyres - Mark aged 8 at home with parents Brampford Speke - Emma aged 6 at home with parents

1851 census Newton St Cyres - Mark aged 18, ag lab at home with mother; Brampford Speke - Emma aged 16, servant at home with parents.

Bachelor at his marriage on Christmas Day 1855.

1861 census Brampford Speke - Mark (27) labourer and Emma (26) laundress at their home with children Charles & Emily.

1871 census Brampford Speke-Mark Oldridge, Head, Married, Aged 35, AgLab, born Newton St Cyres; Emma Oldridge, Wife, Married, Aged 35, Laundress, born Brampfor Emily Oldridge, daughter, Aged 13, scholar, born B Sidney Oldridge, son, Aged 8, scholar, bo Arthur Oldridge, son, Aged 3, scholar b Kate Oldridge, daughter, Aged 1

1881 census Pound Cottage, Brampford Speke- Mark & Emma with children Sidney, Arthur, Kate, Carry, Francis & Florence.

1891 census 1 Roberts Cottage, Brampford Speke - Mark (57) aglab & Emma (56) with Frank (16) aglab and Florence (14).

Mark was huntsman to the Stevenstone Hunt, finished working life as a gardener. His hunting h

At his death, the parish register records his home as Brook Cottage, Brampford Speke. Gravestone Inscription

'EMMA, BELOVED WIFE OF MARK OLDRIDGE, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE, MAY 24TH 1907, AGED 72 YEARS

Lord, all pitying Jesu blest Grant her thine eternal rest

Also of MARK OLDRIDGE, BELOVED HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED 19TH SEPTEMBER 1918, AGED 84'

Mark married Emma VENTON on 25 Dec 1855 in Brampford Speke, Devon, England. Emma was born on 8 Aug 1834 in Brampford Speke, Devon, England; died on 24 May 1907 in Brampford Speke, Devon, England; was buried on 29 May 1907 in Brampford Speke, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1841 census - aged 1, at home with parents.

1851 census - aged 11, scholar, at home with parents.

1861 census - not at home with parents.

1881 census - 69 Canterbury Rd, Gillingham with husband and Selina Passmore 2.

Died of dropsy/heart condition according to Rhoda (youngest sister) who went to Gillingham to

Family/Spouse: John GRIMES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1851 census - aged 9 in Newton St Cyres with parents.

1861 census - aged 19 @ Newton St Cyres at home with parents.

Fanny married Abraham PASSMORE on 8 Nov 1870 in Medway, England. Abraham was born in 1845; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1851 census - at home with parents, scholar, aged 7.

1877 - marriage witnesses were Alice Oldridge (younger sister) and Charles Poole; address for

William married Clara POOLE in 1877 in Tredegarville Chapel, Cardiff, England. Clara was born in 1857; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1851 census - aged 5 living with parents.

1861 census - aged 16, labourer at home with parents.

In 1878 a John Oldridge attested for the marines at Portsmouth along with a John Lowe. Could

1881 census - aged 34 living in Swindon with wife Rachel, but registered as ALDRIDGE.

John married Rachel _____ in 1874 in England. Rachel was born in 1851 in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England; died in 1899 in Medway, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1851 census - aged 3, with parents.

1861 census - aged 14, at home with parents, labourer.

1881 census - no Edwin Oldridge recorded in Devon most likely the 31 year old in Gillingham,

Notes:

Parents listed erroneously in parish register as John & Mary.

1851 census - aged 4 mths at home with parents.

1861 census - aged 12, scholar at home with parents.

1881 census - aged 29 living in Queen's Place, Crediton with wife Ellen (27), born Crediton,

Winesses to marriage were Mark & Ann OLDRIDGE, Alice Maud Nankivell. Married by John Nankivel

James married Ellen Eliza BISHOP on 15 Mar 1877 in England. Ellen was born in 1854 in Crediton, Devon, England; died in 1938 in Portsmouth, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1861 census - aged 10 (sic), scholar, at home with parents.

1871 census - aged 16, shop boy, Queen's Court, Crediton with family.

1881 census - aged 27, grocer lodging with George DOBBS.

1891 census - (37) 130 High Street with wife, 2 children & Richard SHORT (father-in-law).

There is a shopkeeper in 1893 Kelly's Directory at 130 High Street, Crediton, an agent for W

Recorded as death by suicide whilst of unsound mind by hanging at 130 High Street, Crediton.

Mark married Mary Ann SHORT on 6 Oct 1884 in England. Mary was born about 1856; died on 3 Mar 1937 in Redruth, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1861 census - aged 5 a scholar living at home with her parents.

1871 census - aged 14, a servant at Queen's Court, Crediton but living with parents.

1877 witness to marriage of brother John.

1877 marriage - living at Queen's Place, Crediton. Marriage witnessed by J. Manning and Alice Oldridge.

1891 census - aged 35 (Ann Burrage) of Mill Street, Crediton with family in 4 rooms.

1923 - died of influenza and myocarditis; son C W Burridge of 11 Albion Terrace, Lawes Bridge Torquay was informant.

Ann married James BURRIDGE on 16 Jul 1877 in England. James was born in 1856; died in 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1861 census - aged 2, scholar (sic), at home with parents.

1871 census - aged 12 (scholar) at Queen's Court, Crediton with parents.

Marriage certificate states he was living in Wigan at time of marriage.

Marriage witnessed by James Drake and William Arscott.

Harry married Ellen DRAKE on 16 Aug 1886 in England. Ellen was born about 1859; died in 1937 in Southwark, London, England.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1861 census - aged 8 months, at home with parents.

1871 & 1881 census - aged 10 (scholar) & 20 (boot machinist) at family home in Queen's Court,

1877 - witnessed marriage of older brother, William Mitchell Oldridge in Cardiff. A great nephew of George Morgan recalls visiting his Aunt Alice, unmarried in Crediton in the

Informant at death was A W Setter, son-in-law. She died from cardiac insufficiency, myocardia

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1871 & 81 census - aged 8 (scholar) & 18 (dressmaker) at family home in Queen's Court, Credit

As a young woman, apprenticed to a milliner in Crediton.

Left home to nurse her sister, Grace, who suffered from dropsy brought on by heart disease. S

Rhoda married John George MORGAN on 18 Dec 1886 in Medway, England. John died on 4 Jun 1921 in Southsea, Hants, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1851 census 4 Waterloo St, Charlestown, Plymouth aged 15 with family; employed as 'trading sugar refiner'

Not living with parents in 1861 census.

William married in 1867 in Stoke Dameral, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Unable to trace a birth in Wiltshire of Elizabeth, Eliza, Betty or Bessy.

1861 census - a domestic servant.

Notes:

1851 census - see father.

1861 census - aged 17 domestic servant.

Eliza married in 1869 in Stoke Dameral, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1851 census - recorded as aged 3. 1861 census - aged 8 as a scholar. 1871 birth cert of Harriet records him as a Seaman RN on board Narcissus. At time of marriage on HMS Cambridge. The PRO register of seaman's service records his attestation number as being #52535, he enlisted in 1862 having been born in Plymouth in 1848. At the time of their marriage one of the witnesses was a John Mooney; there is a John Mooney on 1871 census at 6 Buckland Terrace, Plymouth

John married Harriet LUXTON on 20 Aug 1870 in Plymouth, St Andrew, Devon, England. Harriet was born in 1845 in Menheniot, Cornwall, England; died in 1871 in Exeter district, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1861 census - aged 8, scholar.

Family/Spouse: _____ _____. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The PRO records of Seaman's Service list the enlistment of Henry OLDRIDGE in 1874 (#93840), declaring that Henry was born in 1856 in Plymouth. The 1861 census shows Henry as being the son of John OLDRIDGE and Harriet LUXTON aged 5.

Notes:

At baptism living at 6 Amity Place, Plymouth; joint baptism with Matilda, daughter of Edwin &

1861 census - aged 5 scholar.

Living with parents 1871 census (stated age = 10) recorded as Frederick.

1881 census - aged 21, a married lodger (occupation as licensed hawker) living with Rosy, his

William married Rose _____ in 1881 in Stoke Dameral, Devon, England. Rose was born in 1864 in Plymouth, Devon, England; died in 1947 in Plymouth, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1851 census - at home with parents in Newton St Cyres, aged 7.

1861 census - not at home with parents.

Notes:

Baptised on Easter day.

1851 census with parents, known as Emily, aged 2.

1861 census - aged 10 at home with parents.

Family/Spouse: _____ _____. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Recorded as William Oldridge at birth, baptism & marriage but variously recorded as William &

1861 census - aged 8 at home with parents.

1871 census - aged 19, mason, at home with mother.

1884 marriage certificate William is recorded as a stonemason of Oswyth Road, Camberwell.

Grandson Michael writes that his father, Percy, was six when this William OLDRIDGE (father to

William married Fanny Jane BUTT on 4 May 1884 in Camberwell Parish Church, England. Fanny was born in 1856 in Newton St Cyres, Devon, England; died on 23 Jun 1933 in Newton St Cyres, Devon, England; was buried in 1933 in Newton St Cyres, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1861 census - aged 6 at home with parents.

1871 census - aged 16, AgLab, at home with mother.

No further entries of marriage or death occur on the GRO listings.

Notes:

1861 census - aged 1 yr 2 months at home with parents.

1871 census - aged 10, scholar, at home with mother.

Possible marriage in Tiverton in 1889 and /or in St Saviour in 1891.

Probable death in Croydon in 1939, aged 79.

Notes:

1871 census - aged 11, in Newton St Cyres with adoptive parents.

Notes:

Possible marriage in Greenwich in 1882.

Emma married in 1883 in Plymouth, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Worked for Lord Iddesleigh @ Pynes as a footman, was invited to be his butler but refused, prefering to go to London to work; ultimately held 'prominent' position in treasury; once told sister Eliza that he waited on the Attorney General; this info from George Wilson. 1861 census - aged 5 at home with parents, scholar. At time of marriage, resident at St. Gabriel's, Pimlico; occupation shown as Treasury Messenger; witnesses were William & Susan Taylor.

Charles married Mary Ellen HADRELL on 11 Jul 1881 in Chittoe, Wiltshire, England. Mary was born in 1856; died in 1945 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1861 census - at home with parents, aged 3 1871 census - at home with parents, aged 13, scholar Spinster at time of marriage to John DALE.

Emily married John DALE on 1 Aug 1886 in Aylestone Parish Church, Leicestershire, England. John was born in 1864; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married after Banns. 1881 census - aged 18, at Pound Cottage with parents. Joined army - per George Wilson. 1871 census - at home with parents, aged 8. Confirmed at Upton Pyne Church 12/12/1878 by the Lord Bishop of Exeter, the confirmation card is with George Wilson.

Sidney married Mary Ann Elizabeth CRAIGIE on 3 Jun 1889 in Saint Peter & St Paul, Upper Teddington, England. Mary was born in 1865; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1881 census - 13 year old scholar at home with parents. Per Geo Wilson 'Uncle Arthur worked in the Post Office and retired as head postman (in London). Lived in retirement near St David's Station, Exeter. No children. 1871 census - at home with parents, aged 3.

Family/Spouse: Kitty WILSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Went to Leicester at age 13 to live with older sister, Emily. Upon return, worked in service at Rewe Rectory and then at Lady Dunboyne's nr Woodbury Salterton, married 1905. 1871 census - at home with parents, aged 1 recorded as Kate. 1881 census - at home with parents, aged 11, scholar, recorded as Kate.

Eliza married George WILSON in 1905 in Saint Thomas, Exeter, England. George was born in 1874; died in 1938. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived in Plymouth no children by either husband. 1881 census - as Carrie at home with parents, aged 8.

Family/Spouse: James LEGG. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Tom PEARCE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Widower at time of marr to Alice Lucas. Address at marriage = 51 Galloway Rd Shepherds Bush. 1881 census at home with parents in Brampford Speke. 1891 - at home with parents aged 16, aglab. Early working life in Langford manganese mine; worked on GWR changing broad to standard gauge; worked on horse buses in Leicester; joined Met Police 1900 and served until 1925; returned to live in Cowley nr Exeter in retirement; enjoyed a pint of beer or two!!

Francis married Ellen Maud GIBBONS on 17 Mar 1898 in Saint Paul's, Leicester, England. Ellen was born in 1877; died on 5 Apr 1919 in Marylebone Infirmary, Ladbroke Grove, England; was buried in Margravine Road Cemetery, Hammersmith, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Alice LUCAS on 22 Sep 1921 in Hammersmith Registry Office, England. Alice was born on 30 Jun 1888 in The Citadel, United Services Devonport, England; died on 26 Apr 1974 in Exeter, England; was buried in Exeter, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1881 census - at home with parents aged 4, scholar. William Tilt gave the family bible to Eliza Kate after the death of Florence. Florence died from 'consumptive bowels' sic per Eliza Kate via George Wilson. 1891 census - aged 14, at home in Brampford Speke with parents.

Family/Spouse: William Ernest TILT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There is a suggestion that her name may not be Emma or that she may not be one of John & Emma's children.

Notes:

She may have been a witness to the marriage of Rhoda OLDRIDGE and John G Morgan.

Ethelenda married in 1902 in Axbridge, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Campbell married Victoria E _____ in 1910 in Birmingham, England. Victoria was born in 1888; died in 1960 in Birmingham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1881 census aged 3, at home with parents.

Sidney married in 1910 in Maidstone, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not mentioned on the 1881 census in devon, although his parents were shown at home in Newton St Cyres.

Notes:

At time of mariage living at 'Fernbank', Searle Street, Crediton (father as Mark OLDRIDGE, gr wedding taken in Freemason's Hall, which may well be this marriage.

Florence married George Gilbert NOSWORTHY on 25 Oct 1915 in England. George was born in 1875; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of his father's death he administered the estate.

At time of marriage living at 'Fernbank'; witnesses were R BRICKNELL, M A OLDRIDGE, Sidney FR

Cause of death was Pulm Tubercule. Nurse & cousin F L Setter, informant.

Express & Echo

INTO REST

Funeral of Mr. William Oldridge at Crediton

The funeral of Mr. Wm. Oldridge, of 'Fernbank', Searle-street, took place at the Parish Churc Blinds were drawn and shutters put up in all the business houses enroute to the church. The inscription: 'William Oldridge, died August 7th, 1919, aged 31 years.' The chief mourners wer Setter (cousin), Mrs. F. Short (cousin), Mrs. F. Balsom (cousin), Mrs. M. Burridge (cousin), Mrs. J. Trott, Miss Bricknell (sister-in-law). Others present included Mr. S. B. Francis (Cha Oldridge), Messrs. J. Symes, W. Staddon, W. Doddridge, J. and W. Murch, W. E. Huntley, Ellawa Doddridge, W. Middleweek, F. Hartley, H. and F. Trickey, R. Webber, R. Elston, F. Madge, Bolt, S. Middleweek, W. Wade. The Ladies' Conservative Club was also represented. The firm of (general foreman). The firm also sent a beautiful wreath. Others present were: P.S. Webber, P Mr. And Mrs. Beer, Mr. And Mrs. L. Hall, and many others. Floral tributes included those from family (Teignmouth). 'A true friend and colleague, H.M.P.' Mr. And Mrs. W.E. Huntly, member Alice, Louie and Art, Len and Ivy, Ellen, Alb., and F. W. White, etc.

Family/Spouse: Vera Minnie BRICKNELL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Harold Austin STOYLE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At 1891 aged 13, an errand boy.

Marriage witnessed by William Henry Couch and Elsie Irene Couch.

Charles married Emma Elizabeth COUCH on 25 Dec 1908. Emma was born in 1878; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Home at time of marriage was Mill Street, Crediton. Witnesses to the marriage were J BURRIDG

Rhoda married Frances James BALSON on 4 Aug 1913. Frances was born about 1886; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A James OLDRIDGE marries in Southwark in 1938 to a Miss or Mrs WALKER and this is the James with the best fit. There are some children born in Kensington and Willesden in the 1935-40 period but I doubt if they were the product of this marriage.

Notes:

In the 1891 census she is recorded as living at home in Queen's Court in Crediton with her mo

Witnesses at her marriage were Mark OLDRIDGE (uncle?) and Florence Mary SETTER (Arthur's moth

In 1919 she lived at 2, North Street, Crediton.

Frances married Arthur William SETTER on 15 Aug 1905 in Independent Chapel, Crediton, England. Arthur was born in 1880; died on 7 Jul 1963; was buried on 11 Jul 1963 in Crediton Cemetery, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Illegitimate son of Alice OLDRIDGE

Notes:

George Picton (husband) was also a cousin.

When she was three years old she broke her leg and had to be carried. The doctor referred to

May have been born in Holborn, London.

Family/Spouse: George PICTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Unmarried; worked in Portsmouth dockyard; lived with common law wife Lily Williams - no issue

Birth registration in Hackney or St Olave in 1888 or 1889.

Notes:

Suffered from heart condition, died whilst his parents were attending funeral of paternal gra

Winifred married James Martin HARRIES on 1 Oct 1921 in Portsmouth, England. James was born on 6 Jan 1886; died on 17 Mar 1972. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence at time of death was 3a Selworthy Road, Taunton.

Cause of death was Bronchopneumonia and obstructive jaundice secondary to cholelithiasis.

Family/Spouse: Charles Stephen GRIFFITHS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Informant at birth was Mary Ann Moore, occupier of Mill Street, Crediton; birth registered 3\\7\\1871, 40 days after birth, probably born earlier than 23\\5\\1871. Reg Dist 5b 399 or 392

Notes:

Father was William Henry Oldridge of Grays, a stonemason & Fanny Jane Oldridge.

Notes:

Emigrated to Canada after WW1.

Family/Spouse: _____ BLACKMORE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived in Richmond upon Thames until her death.

Family/Spouse: _____ HANNELL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: _____ HILL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

GRO entry of death gives date of birth as being 18 Jan 1896.

Percy married Dorothy Margaret HAYCOCK in 1926 in Penzance, Cornwall, England. Dorothy was born on 5 Dec 1895; died in 1973 in Gulval, nr Penzance, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived with Mr Chudleigh at Newton station.

Temporary postman in village.

Buried in same grave as brother George.

Notes:

Lived with brother Tom & Mr Chudleigh at Newton station.

Buried in same grave as brother Tom, in Newton St Cyres churchyard.

Notes:

Lived in Surbiton; may have moved to France. Unmarried, worked as teacher until retirement. Death not registered in GRO registration.

Notes:

Lived in Surbiton. Unmarried, worked in Treasury, awarded MBE, died comparatively young from brain tumour.

Family/Spouse: _____ HINTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret _____. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Abraham J ROSENBERG. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: _____ PARKER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At time of birth of Edna the family home was 37 Mulgrave Road, Fulham. In a photograph in George Wilson's album.

Family/Spouse: Frederick NEYLE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Witness at mariage of son Kenneth.

Ernest married Constance MORRIS in 1928 in Hammersmith, England. Constance was born on 13 Oct 1904; died in 1981 in Cambridge registration district. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lilian HURST. Lilian died about 1994 in Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bessie GEORGE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Phyllis Mary IRVING. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gerald PERRY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lloyd DOMMETT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nell _____. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Kathleen _____. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]