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Charlotte (Last) Ridley (abt. 1875 - 1961)

Charlotte Ridley formerly Last aka Hook
Born about in Stowlandtoft, Suffolk, Englandmap
Wife of — married 1904 [location unknown]
Wife of — married 30 Aug 1920 in Deptford, Kent, Englandmap
[children unknown]
Died at about age 86 in Eltham, Kent, Englandmap
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Profile last modified | Created 19 Jan 2014
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Biography

In 1881 census Charlotte Last was living in 18 Taunton Road, Lee, Kent with her mother, father and siblings Eliza, Rose, Anna and Lily. They had two lodgers Joseph Hillyer and Marcia Hillyer.

In the 1891 census the transcriber recorded the family as Lash instead of Last. Charlotte is now a dressmaker, still living at home with her mum and dad, Lily and new siblings Isaac and Florence S. At the time of the census they were living at 2 Well Hall Road, Eltham. Charlotte's sister Eliza was working as a servant for the Hobbs family in Lee, Kent.

In the 1891 census Charlotte was still living at home, working as a dressmaker but they had moved to number 7 Well Hall Road, Eltham with her mum and dad and brother Isaac who was now a turner at the Gun Factory.

In 1904 Charlotte married George Hook (1875 born in India) and in 1911 she is recorded as living in Mercut, India in an Army Barracks. It is possible they had a son called William K Hook who was born in 1912 in Gharial Station, Madras, the home town of George but I have not substantiated this.

In 1911 her family had moved to 2 Halons Road, Eltham. Only Isaac and Lily are at home. Lily is a Parlourmaid and Isaac is a House Painter.

I think that William Hook died on 3rd Jan 1918 in Secunderabad, Madras, India and was buried on 4th January in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India.

Charlotte married Alfred John Ridley in 1920, ten years after the death of his first wife, Martha. She had no children with Alfred.


Sources

<1881 Census, 1891 Census, 1911 ships and overseas census RG14PN34982 RD641 SD7 ED19 SN9999 1911 Ref/>

  • "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q3KX-92M : 2 May 2019), Charlotte Lash in household of William Lash, Eltham, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, London county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.




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