Steve & Pauline Jones’ Family History
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Gil Scott-Heron
The Burridge Family of St Albans, Hertfordshire
© S M Jones
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10.
Thomas
William
BURRIDGE
[
Parents
]
.
Born
1/1/1884
in
Guildford,
Surrey,
Thomas
William
died
8/5/1944
in
Atkinson
Morley
Hospital,
Wimbledon,
age
60.
An
entry
in
the
National
Probate
Calendar
reads:
“BURRIDGE
Thomas
William
of
36
Crampton
Street
Walworth
London
died
8
March
1944
at
Atkinson
Morley
Hospital
Wimbledon
Surrey
Administration
Llandudno
24
March
to
Ada
Edith
Burridge
widow
and
Edna
Amelia
Coldham
(wife
of
William
Joyce
Coldham).
Effects
£2990
12s
2d.”
(Worth
around
£162,112
today.)
Occupation:
Variously
Labourer;
Iron caulker; Master mantle manufacturer.
On
4/8/1909,
when
Thomas
William
was
age
25,
he
married
Ada
Edith
CHALLIS
,
daughter
of
Alfred
William
CHALLIS
,
a
Stick
mounter,
in
St
Peter,
Islington.
Ada
was
born
16/9/1885
Islington
and died 1956 in Southwark, age 70.
They had the following children:
(1)
Dora
Edith
,
born
1/6/1910
in
Millbrook,
Cornwall
and
died
28/1/1985
in
Whitstable,
Kent,
age
74.
On
27/10/1934,
when
Dora
was
age
24,
she
married
Alfred
Edward
COOK
(1912-1989)
in
St
Paul,
Southwark.
It's
assumed
they
divorced
because
in
1948,
when
Dora
was
age
38,
she
married
Hew
Hutchinson
GREIG
(1892-1963)
in
Southwark.
(2)
Edna
Amelia
,
born
1914
in
St
Germans,
Cornwall
and
died
December
2001
in
Surrey,
age
87.
On
8/7/1933,
when
Edna
was
age
19,
she
married
William
Joyce
COLDHAM
(1908-1983)
in
St
Paul,
Southwark.
(3)
Stanley
William
,
born
8/10/1921
in
St
Germans, Cornwall, and died 1998 in Surrey, age about 77.
11.
Harry
George
BURRIDGE
[
Parents
].
Born
18/12/1894
in
Southwark,
Harry
George
died
3/1/1976
in
Greenwich,
age
81.
He
was
cremated
on
6/2/1976
in
Lewisham.
An
entry
in
the
National
Probate
Calendar
reads:
“BURRIDGE
Harry
George
of
470
Westhorne
Avenue
Eltham,
London
SE9
died
30
January
1976
Probate
London
13
May
£29448.”
(Worth
around
£294,185
today.)
Occupation:
Insurance
manager.
Between
19/8/1917
and
28/2/1919,
Harry
served
in
the
London
Regiment,
1st
City of London Battalion (Royal Fusiliers).
On
5/10/1913,
when
Harry
George
was
age
19,
he
married
Ella
Elizabeth
BAKER
,
daughter
of
James
William
BAKER
,
a
Manager,
in
All
Souls
Church,
Newington,
London.
Ella
Elizabeth
was
born
26/12/1894
in
Southwark
and
died
1965
in
Surrey,
age
70.
There’s
no
evidence they had any children or that the couple divorced.
In
1939,
when
Harry
George
was
age
44,
he
married
Laura
Kathleen
BRONSDON
in
Lewisham.
Laura
Kathleen
was
born
13/6/1909
in
Lewisham
and
died
12/3/1976
in
Greenwich,
age
66.
They had two children who may still be living.
12.
Albert
Edward
BURRIDGE
[
Parents
].
Born
30/11/1883
in
Holborn,
London,
and
baptized
19/12/1883
in
St
Clement
Danes,
Westminster.
Albert
Edward
died
3/4/1955
in
Fairmile
Hospital,
Wallingford,
Berkshire,
age
71.
An
entry
in
the
National
Probate
Calendar
reads:
“BURRIDGE
Albert
Edward
of
31
Harveys
Nurseries
Caversham
Reading
died
3
April
1955
at
Fairmile
Hospital
Wallingford
Berkshire
Administration
Oxford
27
May
to
Florence
Rose
Burridge
widow.
Effects
£3127
7s.
1d.”
(Worth
around
£102,000
today.)
Occupation:
Stage
carpenter
(1905); Stage manager (1911); Cinema manager (1939).
On
17/9/1905,
when
Albert
Edward
was
age
21,
he
married
Florence
Rose
RAYFIELD
in
St
Saviour,
Brixton
Hill,
London.
Florence
Rose
was
born
15/12/1884
in
Lambeth
and
died
21/9/1973
in
Bridport,
Dorset,
age
88.
An
entry
in
the
National
Probate
Calendar
reads:
“BURRIDGE
Florence
Rose
of
4
Slades
Green
Bridport
Dorset
died
21
September
1973
Probate
Bristol
6
November
£3739.”
(Worth
around
£58,700 today.)
They had the following children:
(1)
Albert
Edward
,
born
8/6/1906,
baptized
24/6/1906
in
St
Paul,
Brixton
and
died
later
that
month
in
Lambeth.
(2)
Arthur
Ernest
,
born
1/5/1907
in
Lambeth
and
died
6/12/1967
in
Reading,
age
60.
An
entry
in
the
National
Probate
Calendar
reads:
“BURRIDGE
Arthur
Ernest
of
41
Brockley
Clo
Tilehurst
Reading
died
6
December
1967
Administration
Oxford
1
February
[1968].
£1128.”
(Worth
around
£25,000
today.)
In
1940,
when
Arthur
Ernest
was
age
about
33,
he
married
Irene
Gladys
Mary
PAINTER
(1912-2002)
in
Reading.
They
had
one
child
who
may
still
be
living.
(3)
Dorothy
Violet
,
born
14/3/1909
in
Reading
and
died
9/2/1981
in
Bothenhampton,
Dorset,
age
71.
An
entry
in
the
National
Probate
Calendar
reads:
“BATTEN
Dorothy
Violet
of
4
Slades
Green
Bothenhampton
Bridport
Dorset
died
9
February
1981
Probate
Bristol
23
March
£10092.
(Worth
around
£51,570
today.)
In
1941,
when
Dorothy
Violet
was
age
32,
she
married
Benjamin
Horace
BATTEN
(1900-1973)
in
Reading.
There’s no evidence they had any children.