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Geoffrey Tidy (1893 - 1976)

Geoffrey "Jeffrey" Tidy aka Proudfoot
Born in Rotherhithe, Southwark, London, Englandmap
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Husband of — married Oct 1920 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdommap
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Died at age 83 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdommap
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Biography

Geoffrey Tidy was born 13 January 1893. He was the son of William Tidy and Emma Ship. [1] 2 Born 13 Jan 1893. Rotherhithe

Died 1976 Yorkshire

Sources

  1. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 03 October 2021), database entry for Tidy Geoffrey (Mother's maiden surname: Ship), GRO Reference: 1889 M Quarter in St Olave Southwark, Volume 01D Page 322.

"England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26L5-Q9B : 13 December 2014), Mabel Egginton and null, 1920; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1920, quarter 4, vol. 9C, p. 1152, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.





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David Farman
Hi, Jef

I believe that the numbers stated in the 1911 Census, relating to children of Emma's "current" marriage, are correct: a total of 5, of whom 3 were still living (Violet ["Dolly"], Leslie & William) and 2 who had died (Marjorie & John); Mildred Maude Proudfoot was the daughter of different parents. I have been able to identify only 8 children of her first marriage to William Tidy, so I am still 2 shy of her claimed total of 15 by 1911!

As regards the 1901 Census, the eldest three children (William, Eva and Geoffrey ["Jeffrey"] predate her second marriage, and only the younger two (John & "Dolly") were the offspring of William Leslie Proudfoot.

I agree that William Leslie Proudfoot's birthplace, as stated in the 1911 Census, amounts to no more than romantic association with his forebears; he was, indeed, born and baptised at Bromley, Kent.

I feel that there is overwhelming evidence that the "Jeffrey Proudfoot" who appears in the 1901 Census was, in fact, Geoffrey Tidy, born to Emma Tidy nearly 4 years before she married William Leslie Proudfoot.

I can still find no trace of Elizabeth Proudfoot, born 2 Jan 1917: grateful if you could point me to your source!

Regards, David

posted by David Farman
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Thank you David, that was most illuminating, although it appears that the plot thickens. Emma and William were married on 25/12/1896. She is described as a widow but I've never been able to find a death record for William Tidy. On the 1901 census they lived at 57, Eugenia Road, Deptford with their five children, Eva, William. 'Jeffrey', John & Dolly. By 1911 they'd moved to 9a, Barbel Street, Southwark with their three children Violet, Leslie and William. I make that eight altogether but the column asking for total was filled in as 15 then amended to 5. William's place of birth is recorded as Sutton or Dundee. He was actually born in Bromley. The marriage certificate gives his middle name as Leslie but that isn't on his birth certificate.
posted by Jeffrey Proudfoot
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So what happened to Jeffrey G Tidy who was known as Proudfoot? Was his father William Tidy or William Proudfoot, regardless of what it says on his birth certificate? Where did he disappear to?
posted on Proudfoot-254 (merged) by Jeffrey Proudfoot
David Farman
Birth, baptism, child workhouse admissions, military service, 1911 Census, marriage, 1939 Register and death records are all in the name of Geoffrey Tidy; his two sons were both baptised with the surname Tidy. The only reference I can find to "Jeffrey Proudfoot" is in the 1901 Census, following Geoffrey's mother's marriage to William Proudfoot, three years after Geoffrey's birth.

I can find no documentary evidence of the birth of Elizabeth Proudfoot on 2 Jan 1917, or that she was the daughter of "Jeffrey Proudfoot". I should be most interested to learn the source of this information.

posted by David Farman

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