Heber George (Riddle) Riddell (1853 - 1946)

Born 20 Aug 1853 in Caerwent, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Hilderley) Riddell — married 11 Mar 1881 in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 17 Jan 1946 at age 92 in Innerkip, East Zorra-Tavistock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Heber (1853-1946), who spelled his name Riddell, was a son of Thomas and Ann Riddell and was born at Caern (not far from Cardiff and Newport), Monmouthshire, Wales, England. He had six brothers and two sisters. At the age of nineteen he came to Canada and went to the home of his Uncle George. later he manager the large Parson's farm on the old stage road. In 1881 he married Susan Hilderley (1850-1922), daughter of of John and Sophia Hilderley of East Zorra. They lived at Innerkip where Heber was the very efficient caretaker of the Innerkip Cemetery for 36 years. Until he took this position, the grass had never been cut at the cemetery and much of the credit for its present condition is due to his interest and hard work. Heber and Susan Riddell had three children.

Sources

• Hotson, Zella M. The Early Days of Innerkip District (Updated). Dec 1984.
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NY4J-6YY : 11 February 2018, Heber George Riddle, 04 Nov 1855); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 104,853.
• Province of Ontario Vital Statistics of Death (viewed on ancestry.ca)
• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJW-WL9 : 11 March 2018), Heber Riddle and Susanah Helderly, 11 Mar 1881; citing registration , Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,511.