See also

Family of James Alexander Nicol and Margaret Ridgewell

Husband: James Alexander Nicol

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James Alexander Nicol

  • Name:

  • James Alexander Nicol1,2,3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Jim

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • solicitors law clerk then a commercial traveller4,5

  • Birth:

  • 22 Mar 1876

  • Islington, Middlesex, England2,4,5,6,7

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 5)

  • 29 Mildmay Road, Highbury, Middlesex, England6

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Alexander and Julia, sister Amy, brothers Robert and Bertie, widowed grandmother Harriet Conway, and a servant. Born in Islington Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 15)

  • 60 Mildmay Road, Highbury, London, England4

  •  

  • son James A Nicholl working as a solicitors law clerk and living with his parents Alexander and Amy, brothers Bertie, Frank and Ralph, sister Rosa, widowed grandmother Harriet Conway, a servant, and a boarder. Born in Islington

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 25)

  • 60 Mildmay Road, Highbury, London, England7

  •  

  • unmarried son and no occupation given living with his parents Alexander and Amy, brothers Frank and Ralph, sister Rosie, a visitor and a boarder. Born in Islington London

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 35)

  •  

  • Census absence:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 45)

  •  

  • Immigration:

  • 5 May 1936 (age 59)

  • to Southampton, Hampshire, England from Mombasa, Coast Province, Kenya

  •  

  • of no occupation travelling alone to 6 Raven Court Westcliffe on Sea on the the Union Castle Mail Steamship[ Company Limited's ship LLandovery Castle

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 63)

  • 1 Dunraven Road, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales5

  •  

  • a married and retired commercial traveller living with his wife's nephew John Ridgwell, his wife Irene, his widowed mother-in-law Margaret, and his wife Margaret Nicol. Born on 22nd March 1876

  • Death:

  • 24 Jan 1964 (age 87)

  • Southend-on-Sea "Registration District", Essex, England3,8

  • Probate:

  • 5 Feb 1965

  • Probate Registry, London, England8

  •  

  • of 329 Westbourne Grove Westcliff-on-Sea Essex died 24th January 1964, administration of £158 (~£2,800 in 2017) to Nora Ruby Boswell married woman

Wife: Margaret Ridgewell

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Margaret Ridgewell

  • Name:

  • Margaret Ridgewell9,10,11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Madge

  • Father:

  • John Ridgewell (1844-1924)

  • Mother:

  • Margaret Bowtle (1849- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • dressmaker12

  • Birth:

  • 1 Oct 1870

  • Beckenham, Kent, England5,10,11,12,13

  • Baptism:

  • 28 May 1873 (age 2)

  • Christ Church with St. Paul, Church Road, Forest Hill, Kent, England11

  •  

  • daughter of John Ridgewell (coachman) and Margaret of 5 Darreds Road Forest Hill, born 1st October 1870

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 10)

  • 2 St. Johns Cottages, Maple Road, Penge, Surrey, England13

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents John and Margaret, and brothers Frederick and William. Born in Beckenham Kent

  • Census absence:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 20)

  •  

  • Administrator:

  • 2 Feb 1897 (age 26)

  •  

     

    Margaret Ridgewell was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Edward Tannar on Tuesday on 2 February 1897 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 30)

  • 73 Thorold Road, Ilford, Essex, England12

  •  

  • widowed head of the household working as a dressmaker at home and living with a servant, and three boarders. Born in Beckenham Surrey

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 40)

  •  

  • Census absence:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 50)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 68)

  • 1 Dunraven Road, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales5

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with nephew John Ridgwell, his wife Irene, her widowed mother Margaret, and her husband John Nicol. Born on 1st October 1870

  • Administrator:

  • 8 Feb 1961 (age 90)

  •  

     

    Margaret Ridgewell was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of William Henry Ridgewell on Wednesday on 8 February 1961 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Death:

  • Q2 1962 (age 91)

  • Rochford "Registration District", Essex, England14

Note on Husband: James Alexander Nicol

James disappears between 1901 and 1936 presumably in Africa, no trace of a marriage record, did he meet his wife there?

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ongar 1904 quarter:4 volume:4a page:713. Cit. Date: 11 September 2024.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Islington 1876 quarter:2 volume:1b page:361. Cit. Date: 4 September 2024.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Southend-on-Sea 1964 quarter:1 volume:4a page:972. Cit. Date: 4 September 2024.

4.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:174 folio:67 page:7 schedule:47. Cit. Date: 4 September 2024.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:7290D page:14 line:26 letter code:XIBR. Cit. Date: 3 September 2024.

6.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:252 folio:107 page:5 schedule:1005. Cit. Date: 4 September 2024.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:197 folio:68 page:8 schedule:59. Cit. Date: 4 September 2024.

8.

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). London 1965 page:99. Cit. Date: 4 September 2024.

9.

Ridgewell Descendents web site. Cit. Date: 14 December 2002.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bromley 1870 quarter:4 volume:2a page:319. Cit. Date: 1 August 2017.

11.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Forest Hill Christ Church with St. Paul baptisms 1854-1922 page:111 entry:887. Cit. Date: 24 September 2023.

12.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1649 folio:7 page:6 schedule:38. Cit. Date: 11 September 2024.

13.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:824 folio:72 page:18 schedule:628. Cit. Date: 7 January 2018.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Rochford 1962 quarter:2 volume:4a page:708. Cit. Date: 4 September 2024.