James Bligh Ridge (1811 - 1886)

Born 19 Jul 1811 in Lower Portland Head, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Sophia (Huxley) Ridge — married 21 Jul 1835 (to 1866) in Sackville Reach

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1886 at age 75 in Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia

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Baptism

Date: 29 OCT 1811; Place: Windsor

Burial

Place: Rookwood

Sources

au NSW BDM (Australian, New South Wales, Births Deaths Marriages)
1811 - Birth -au NSW BDM 2519/1811 V18112519 1A RIDGE JAMES B to (f=) RICHARD (m=) MARGARET
1835 - Marriage 1 - au NSW BDM 1346/1835 V18351346 19 RIDGE JAMES B to HUXLEY SOPHIA at CN
1881 - Marriage 2 - au NSW BDM 3568/1881 RIDGE JAMES BLIGH to TUCKWELL SUSAN A at PARRAMATTA

• Death notice, Evening News, Wednesday 6 October 1886

RIDGE. — September 22, at his residence, Carehalton street, Ashfield, James Bligh Ridge, senr., Esq., native of the colony, and for more than half a century a much respected resident of the Hawkesbury district, eldest brother of Richard Ridge, Esq., late of Trevelyan, Windsor, and Robert Ridge, Esq., of Putty, leaving a large family of children and. grand children to mourn their loss. W.B.R. and V.P.

• Death notice, Australian Town and Country Journal, Saturday 23 October 1886

RIDGE. - September 22, at Ashfield, Mr. James Bligh Ridge, aged 75, late of Windsor, the dearly beloved father of Mrs. John Alderson, of Kidgerie, Nyngan, late of Windsor.

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Birth 1811 43 16 Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia

Source: Ancestry.com. Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Text: Name: James B Ridge Birth Date: 1811 Birth Place: New South Wales Registration Year: 1811 Registration Place: Windsor, New South Wales, Australia Father: Richard Ridge Mother: Margaret Volume Number: V18112519 IA Baptism 29 September 1811 Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia

Source: Black, Lyn, [various titles] email messages to Marion Purnell, Jan 2011 Citation details: Entry 2519 Vol 1. Reel 5001 Text: Baptised at St Matthews, son of Richard and Margaret Census November 1828 (Age 17) Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia

Source: Census of New South Wales November 1828, ed. by Malcolm R. Sainty and Keith A. Johnson. Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1985 ie. 1980 Citation details: p. 317 Text: Ridge, Richard, 60, free by servitude, Atlantic, 1791, 7 years, Protestant, farmer, Portland Head Ridge, Margaret, 34, born in the colony Ridge, Thomas, [sic] 17, born in the colony Ridge, Richard, 15, born in the colony Ridge, John, 13, born in the colony Ridge, Isabella, 11, born in the colony Ridge, Robert, 9, born in the colony Ridge, Martha, 7, born in the colony Ridge, William, 2, born in the colony Ridge, Mary Ann, 3m, born in the colony Marriage Sophia Huxley - View family 1835 (Age 24) , Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia

Source: Ancestry.com. Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Text: Name: Sophia Huxley Spouse Name: James B Ridge Marriage Date: 1835 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Sackville Reach, New South Wales Registration Year: 1835 Volume Number: V Death 22 September 1886 (Age 75) Ashfield, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Source: National Library of Australia. Trove: one search...a wealth of information. [database on-line]. Citation details: Australian Town and Country Journal Sat 23 Oct 1886 p. 35 Text: RIDGE. - September 22, at Ashfield, Mr. James Bligh Ridge, aged 75, late of Windsor, the dearly beloved father of Mrs. John Alderson of Kidgerie, Nyngan, late of Windsor.