See also

Family of Archibald Moffett and Elizabeth Ridgwell

  • Husband:

  • Archibald Moffett (1900-1972)

  • Wife:

  • Elizabeth Ridgwell (1917-1987)

  • Marriage:

  • Q1 1942

  • Swansea "Registration District", Glamorganshire, Wales1

Husband: Archibald Moffett

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Archibald Moffett

  • Name:

  • Archibald Moffett2 3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • plumber and gas fitter5 6

  • Birth:

  • 3 Jun 1900

  • Corbridge, Northumberland, England3 7 8 5 6 4

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 9 mns)

  • Main Street, Corbridge, Northumberland, England7

  •  

  • son living with his parents Archibald and Elizabeth, and sister Ethel. Born in Corbridge Northumberland

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 10)

  • Main Street, Corbridge, Northumberland, England8

  •  

  • son living in six rooms with his parents Archibald and Elizabeth, sister Ethel, and brother Thomas. Born in Corbridge Northumberland

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 21)

  • Main Street, Corbridge, Northumberland, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a plumber and gas fitter of common metals from home and living in six rooms with his parents Archibald and Elizabeth, brother Thomas, and a visitor. Born in Corbridge Northumberland

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 39)

  • Main Street, Corbridge, Northumberland, England6

  •  

  • a <unreadable could be widowed> master plumber living with his widowed father Archibald, brother Thomas, a closed record, and his sister Ethel. Born on 3rd June 1900

  • Death:

  • 4 Jul 1972 (age 72)

  • Northumberland "West Registration District", Northumberland, England4 9

  • Probate:

  • 11 Aug 1972

  • Probate Registry, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England9

  •  

  • of Wynstay Station Close Riding Mill Northumberland died 4th July 1972, probate of £14,864 (~£171,000 in 2017)

Wife: Elizabeth Ridgwell

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Elizabeth Ridgwell

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Ridgwell10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Betty

  • Father:

  • William Stanley Ridgwell (1890-1962)

  • Mother:

  • Catherine Cornelius (1890-1971)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • housemaid11

  • Birth:

  • 25 Jan 1917

  • Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales10 2 12 11 13

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 4 yrs 5 mns)

  • 189 Middle Road, Cwmbwrla, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales12

  •  

  • daughter living in two rooms with her parents William and Catherine, and sister Margaret. Born in Swansea Glamorgan

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 22)

  • The London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London, England11

  •  

  • an unmarried housemaid living with sixty-one others. Born on 25th January 1917 and married a Moffett at a later date

  • Death:

  • 27 Jul 1987 (age 70)

  • Northumberland, England2 13 14

  • Probate:

  • 12 Oct 1987

  • Probate Registry, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England14

  •  

  • of Wynstay 2 Station Close Riding Mill Northumberland died 27th July 1987, probate of £74,977 (~£186,000 in 2017)

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Swansea 1942 quarter:1 volume:11a page:2455. Cit. Date: 30 August 2024.

2.

Alan Goodwin Personal Communication. email dated 29th August 2024. Cit. Date: 30 August 2024.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hexham 1900 quarter:3 volume:10b page:390. Cit. Date: 30 August 2024.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Northumberland West 1972 quarter:3 volume:1b page:986. Cit. Date: 30 August 2024.

5.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:25260 registration district:561 sub-district:2 enumeration district:4, 5, 6, 7 schedule:67. Cit. Date: 30 August 2024.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:3019H page:11 line:29 letter code:GDME. Cit. Date: 30 August 2024.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:4823 folio:51 page:11 schedule:62. Cit. Date: 30 August 2024.

8.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:30913 class:RG78 piece:1768 registration district:561 sub-district:2 enumeration district:4 schedule:58. Cit. Date: 30 August 2024.

9.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1972 page:341. Cit. Date: 30 August 2024.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Swansea 1917 quarter:1 volume:11a page:1978. Cit. Date: 28 August 2024.

11.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:0537D page:8 line:3 letter code:AVCA. Cit. Date: 30 August 2024.

12.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:27138 registration district:594 sub-district:2 enumeration district:16 schedule:71. Cit. Date: 28 August 2024.

13.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Northumberland West 1987 quarter:3 register:787 volume:1 page:1781. Cit. Date: 30 August 2024.

14.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1987 page:5441 no:8752006469B. Cit. Date: 30 August 2024.