John Riddle (abt. 1861 - 1949)

Born about 1861 in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland

Ancestors

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Biography

John Riddle was born on 7 Oct 1861 at Arbroath, Angus, Scotland to William Riddle and Jane More.^[1][2]

In the 1861 census the young family were doing quite well for themselves, William was working as a baker employing 4 men and the family employed a domestic servant named Elizabeth Fairweather. The family residence was at 43 St Mary Street, Arbroath. John would be born a few months later on 7 Oct 1861 to William Riddle and Jane More.^[3][4]

John was only 1yr3mth old when his father passed away in 1863. Within days of William's death Jane had to sell the bakery at the corner of Spink and St Mary Street. The advertisement for the sale was published in the local newspaper and the property was described as having a living space above the bakery.

When John was 9 he was living at 23 Spink Street with his mother and siblings as well as his maternal uncle James and a boarder named David Scott. His mom had a small shop and was now "married" to a man named Mr Mcdonald. ^[5] Local newspapers published a story about a Jane Riddle who had been scammed by a neighboring town resident named Mr Mcdonald whom she had thought she had married, however he was already married at the time to another lady.

It is not known where John was at the time of the 1881 census, he is not found living with his mother. John's brother Alexander however was living with their mother at 32 Fergus Sq, St Vigeans, Forfar.

John's brother William married a fellow St Vigean's girl named Jane Malcolm probably in about 1876 in St Vigeans, Arbroath. John, Jane, William, and Alexander all left Scotland and set sail for South Africa. Jane and William went to Kimberley and set up a bakery, while John and Alexander married Craddock sisters Gertrude and Jessie Trollip.^[6]

Occupation

(1891) Mason^[7]

CHILDREN:

Lydford Riddle

John Trollip Riddle^[8], born on 12 Oct 1891and baptized on 22 Nov at Bloemfontein, Bethulie, OFS^[7]

William James Hunter Riddle

Jean Moore Riddle ^[8]

Dulcie Riddle ^[8]

Ernest Riddle ^[8]

May Margaret Riddle ^[8][9]

Isabel Riddle ^[8]

Dorothy Riddle ^[8]

John died on 8 Jul 1949 at Far East Rand Hospital Springs, aged 89. Gerty died just a few months later, of that same year.^[10][8] He and Gerty are buried together at Brenthurst Cemetery, Brakpan.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYB4-5LV : 2 January 2015), William Riddle in entry for John Riddle, 07 Oct 1861; citing ARBROATH,ANGUS,SCOTLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,035,516.
2. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYB4-5LJ : 12 February 2020), John Riddle, 1861.
3. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYB4-5LV : 2 January 2015), William Riddle in entry for John Riddle, 07 Oct 1861; citing ARBROATH,ANGUS,SCOTLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,035,516.
4. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYB4-5LJ : 12 February 2020), John Riddle, 1861.
5. ↑ "Scotland Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB55-MXG : 4 February 2020), John Riddel in household of Jane Mcdonald, Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland; from "1871 England, Scotland & Wales census," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing p. 16, PRO T 1, The National Archives UK, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 103,938.
6. ↑ www.1820settlers.co.uk "Heese, J.A. & Lombard, R.T.J. “South African Genealogies 1” Human Sciences Research Council, 1992, ISBN 0-620-23962- v.13 page No.391" [McArthur-306 : Ian McArthur - 21 Mar 2016]
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVS4-ZHL9 : 13 December 2020), John Riddle in entry for John Trollip, 22 Nov 1891; citing Baptism, Orange Free State, South Africa, p. 26, William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7} "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJM-4N9G : 7 April 2020), Gertrude Ann Trollip Riddle, 1949; citing Probate, Transvaal, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm .
9. ↑ "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFNS-6LD : 16 August 2019), Gertrude Riddle in entry for May Margaret Riddle, 10 Jul 1904; citing Baptism, All Saints, Booysens, Johannesburg and Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, p. 49, William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.
10. ↑ "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WCJX-PM2M : 16 October 2019), Gertrude Ann Trollin Riddle, 29 Dec 1949; citing Death, Brakpan, Transvaal, South Africa, Department of the Interior. Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Transvaal.
11. ↑ eGGSA.org ID2267365; eggsa.org Electronic Genealogical Society of South Africa (Graves); accessed by Pam Cormac Smith on 16 Dec 2020