See also

Family of Albert James Bridges and Eliza Elizabeth Wilkinson

  • Husband:

  • Albert James Bridges (1873-1929)

  • Wife:

  • Eliza Elizabeth Wilkinson (1875-1940)

  • Children:

  • Ruby Harriett Maud Bridges (1906-1983)

  • Marriage:

  • Q3 1904

  • Lexden "Registration District", Essex, England1

Husband: Albert James Bridges

  • Name:

  • Albert James Bridges2 1 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • hemp machinist then a bricklayer4 5

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1873

  • Wivenhoe, Essex, England2 6 4 5

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 7)

  • Lower Heath, Wivenhoe Cross, Essex, England6

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Thomas and Harriet, sisters Laura and Elizabeth, and brother Ernest. Born in Wivenhoe Essex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 17)

  • 3 Lower Cross, Wivenhoe, Essex, England4

  •  

  • unmarried som working as a hemp machinist and living in four rooms with his parents Thomas and Harriet, sisters Laura and Elizabeth, and brother Ernest. Born in Wivenhoe Essex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 27)

  • Wivenhoe Cross, Wivenhoe, Essex, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a bricklayer and living in four rooms with his widowed mother Harriet, and sisters Laura and Elizabeth. Born in Wivenhoe Essex

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 37)

  •  

  • Death:

  • Q1 1929 (age 56)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England3

Wife: Eliza Elizabeth Wilkinson

  • Name:

  • Eliza Elizabeth Wilkinson7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Alfred William Wilkinson (1853- )

  • Mother:

  • Eliza Ponder (1855- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • tailor / tailoress8 9

  • Birth:

  • 19 Jul 1875

  • Rowhedge, Essex, England7 10 8 9 11 12

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 5)

  • Chapel Street, Rowhedge, Essex, England10

  •  

  • daughter as Elizabeth attending school and living with her mother Elizabeth, and brothers William, Walter and Henry. Born in East Doneyland Essex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 15)

  • Chapel Street, Rowhedge, Essex, England8

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a tailoress and living in four rooms with her parents William and Eliza, brothers Willie, Walter Ernest and Benjamin, and sister Kate. Born in Rowhedge Essex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 25)

  • 2 Lion Villas, Regent Street, Rowhedge, Essex, England9

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a tailoress and living with her parents Alfred and Eliza, sister Elsie, and brothers Ernest, Benjamin and Albert. Born in East Doneyland Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 36)

  • 180 Greenstead Road, Colchester, Essex, England11

  •  

  • married wife living in six rooms with her daughter Ruby. Born in Rowhedge Essex and married for seven years with two children, both of whom are still living

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 64)

  • 64 Dorset Crescent, Moorside, County Durham, England12

  •  

  • widowed doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her son-in-law Thomas Borthwick, daughter Ruby, and granddaughter Jean. Born on 19th July 1875

  • Death:

  • Q3 1940 (age 65)

  • Durham "Central Registration District", County Durham, England13

Child 1: Ruby Harriett Maud Bridges

  • Name:

  • Ruby Harriett Maud Bridges

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Thomas Borthwick (1902-1983)

  • Birth:

  • 30 Apr 1906

  • Wivenhoe Cross, Wivenhoe, Essex, England14 11 12 15

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 4)

  • 180 Greenstead Road, Colchester, Essex, England11

  •  

  • daughter living in six rooms with her mother Eliza. Born in Wyvenhoe (sic) Cross Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 33)

  • 64 Dorset Crescent, Moorside, County Durham, England12

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Thomas, daughter Jean, and her widowed mother Eliza Bridges. Born on 30th April 1906

  • Death:

  • Q4 1983 (age 77)

  • Durham "Northern Registration District", County Durham, England15

Note on Wife: Eliza Elizabeth Wilkinson

1911 census suggests that there was one further child

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Lexden 1904 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1255. Cit. Date: 19 September 2022.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lexden 1873 quarter:3 volume:4a page:326. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1929 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1364. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.

4.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1413 folio:41 page:1 schedule:5. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.

5.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1712 folio:45 page:7 schedule:40. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.

6.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1794 folio:44 page:1 schedule:365. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lexden 1875 quarter:3 volume:4a page:357. Cit. Date: 24 November 2021.

8.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1414 folio:41 page:11 schedule:91. Cit. Date: 24 November 2021.

9.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1713 folio:22 page:1 schedule:3. Cit. Date: 24 November 2021.

10.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1795 folio:48 page:15 schedule:402. Cit. Date: 10 February 2022.

11.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10298 class:RG78 piece:543 registration district:198 sub-district:1 enumeration district:14 schedule:168. Cit. Date: 19 September 2022.

12.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:2767J page:12 line:34 letter code:FFJO. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.

13.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Durham Central 1940 quarter:3 volume:10a page:681. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.

14.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lexden 1906 quarter:2 volume:4a page:847. Cit. Date: 19 September 2022.

15.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Durham Northern 1983 quarter:4 volume:1 page:1333. Cit. Date: 19 September 2022.