Great Gran ALDRIDGE

Elizabeth ALDRIDGE (nee BURNETT)

(1873 - 1952)

Elizabeth also died at the hospital on Smithdown Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool aged 78 in 1952 and her daughter Annie Leay PLIMMER was the informant.

NB: In 1911 her step-father William James WILSON died aged 78. Her half-brother James WILSON is the informant.

In 1901 she is with her husband and family at 5 House, 3 Court, Beresford Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool. They had been married in 1892 at St James, Toxteth Park, Liverpool.

Her mother Mary WILSON (prev BURNETT, nee HOWARD) died on 14th Feb 1901 at 3 Court, Beresford Road, no house number is indicated.

In 1891 I find her at 280 Upper Mann Street, Toxteth Park as a domestic servant living with her family, a combination of BURNETT / WILSON.

In 1881 the BURNETT family members are incorrectly transcribed as "Bennet WILSON", at 10 Rankin Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool:

William James 46

Mary 40

Charlotte 74 (his mother)

George 16 (his nephew)

John Bennett 18

William Bennett 12

Elizabeth Bennett 7 (m. 1892 to ALDRIDGE)

Mary Bennett 5 (m. 1898 to William (Emmanuel?) ROBERTS)

James 1 (their son)

Elizabeth STANTON 63 (her aunt)

Larah LEWIN 42 (lodger)

John LEWIN 15 (lodger)

Her own grandmother (Elizabeth BURNETT {nee PEARSON}) and perhaps her name sake, died soon after the 1881 census was taken in that same year.

Her father James BURNETT, carpenter or sometimes as a shipwright, died in 1877 due to an accidental fall into a graving dock. He died at 12 Rankin Street, Toxteth Park and was concussed for 10 hours before he passed over. An inquest was held on 14th December 1877.

It would have been just before Elizabeth's fourth birthday when the accident happened.

She was born on 19th December in 1873 at 4 Court, Blair Street, no house number given.

Here is the BURNETT family in 1871 at 13 House, 4 Court, Blair Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool:

James 35 (b. Scotland)

Mary 30

Johana 9 (m. 1880 to John WINCKLE)

John 6

William 2

Jane 4 months (d. aged 3 in 1874?)

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Great Grandfather ALDRIDGE

William John ALDRIDGE

(1873 - 1932)

Sadly I do not have a picture of him.

He died in 1932 aged 58 at the hospital in Smithdown Road, Toxteth Park; he was resident at 8 Rankin Street, Toxteth Park and was described as a Team Owner's Carter.

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?ToxtethPark/ToxtethPark.shtml

I am unaware of his role in the 1st WW at this time.

In 1901 he is with his wife and family at 5 House, 3 Court, Beresford Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool. They had been married in 1892 at St James, Toxteth Park, Liverpool.

I find his mother, whom has made herself younger, remarried by 1901; his siblings are known as "Aldridge GARRAWAY" and two new half-siblings are all together under one roof at 52 Woodruff Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool:

(marriage speculations in brackets)

William Hy 31

Anne 39

Joseph Aldridge 23 (m. 1908, Nellie GARROWAY)

Robert Aldridge 22 (unknown)

Jane Aldridge 19 (m. 1903, Jacob BENNETT)

Ada Aldridge 17 (m. 1903, David T. HUGHES)

Samuel Aldridge 15 (m. 1913, Martha J. MAKIN)

Lilly Aldridge 10 (m. 1917, William LEWIS)

Henry Thos 1 (died 1902, aged 2)

Albert Edwd 2 months (died before 1911)

In 1891 the ALDRIDGE family doesn't look much different, except that they are at 24 Tamworth St, Toxteth Park, Liverpool and Ann is head of the household:

Ann 34 (widow)

William 17

Joseph 15

Robert Ed 13

Jane Lou 9

Ada 7

Samuel Jam 5

Lily Eliz 8 months

His father, John ALDRIDGE, died in 1890 aged 34 due to a sack of flour falling on to him, he was a carter of the above address and died at the Royal Southern Hospital, Toxteth Park, Liverpool. An inquest was held on 07th August 1890.

The 1881 census gives a very different picture, the family are living in the cellar of 20 Tamworth Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool:

John 25

Annie 24

William 7

Joseph 5

Robert E 3

Martha J(ane) 1 (she died later in that year, aged 1)

William John ALDRIDGE was actually born in November 1873 at 35 Tamworth Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, the first child of John ALDRIDGE and Ann ALDRIDGE (later GARRAWAY, nee STUBBS, aka KNOX).

It All Begins With Annie

My ALDRIDGE link to the past begins with my Gran PLIMMER, Annie Leay (previously NUGENT, nee ALDRIDGE).

I hate to repeat myself but here are some of the facts extracted from my PLIMMER blog.

She was born in 1897 at 8 Rankin Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool to William John ALDRIDGE, a carter and Elizabeth ALDRIDGE (nee BURNETT)

In 1901 I find her with her parents and older siblings, Florence and William at 5 House, 3 Court, Beresford Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool.

In 1920 she was married at St Cleopas, Liverpool to Thomas William NUGENT, able seaman; witnesses: Francis RICE and Elizabeth Jane McCALLAGN. Both Annie and Thomas where resident at the address of Annie's birth.

She had her first child, a son, named William Thomas NUGENT in 1922 (died 2009) and a long while after came the second child, another son, in 1927.

Stanley Reginald NUGENT was born in 1928 (died about 1997) and then came the sisters, one born in 1931 and another registered in March qua 1933.

Sadly for my Gran her husband died aged 35 and the death was registered in the March qua 1933 also. I wonder how did she cope on her own at that time with such young children.

In 1938 she married Harold Edward PLIMMER at Christ Church, Norris Green, Liverpool; witnesses: Stanley BAKER and Florence Adelaide BAKER. He is listed as a labourer and was living in Faresham Road, Norris Green, Liverpool. My Gran was living in Kingsland Crescent, Norris Green, Liverpool.

My father followed soon after!

I arrived in 1973 and have some happy if too few memories of her.

She died in 1979 aged 81 from breast cancer.

Her Siblings:

Facts about her siblings are very vague at the moment and I am in the process of researching them, so any help out there would be most welcome.

Florence Adelaide ALDRIDGE, I have as being born in Dec qua 1894. Her marriage to Stanley BAKER I have as 1914 at St Matthew's, Toxteth Park, Liverpool. I am unaware of her death details at this time.

Willliam ALDRIDGE, I have no information at all except born either 1895 or 1896, when money allows I will send off for a birth certificate.

A younger sister, Mary (Elizabeth) ALDRIDGE was given a birth-date of 03rd November 1906 and I did find a (GRO) ref. in Dec qua 1906. Her marriage puzzles me though, I was told she married a Patrick (Paddy) MILLER but my search so far has only found a marriage to a Hercules MILLER in 1934 at St Cleopas, Toxteth Park, Liverpool.

There are nine years between my Gran's birth and her sister Mary's birth. I have discovered there were many more that didn't survive much beyond toddler years.