The Bridge to ALDRIDGE

A brief history of my ALDRIDGE ancestry.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Great Great Grandmother

Anne GARRAWAY (prev. ALDRIDGE, nee STUBBS aka KNOX)
(1855 - 1945)



She died a widow in 1945, aged 88, in Toxteth Park, Liverpool; her daughter A(da). DUGDALE was present at the time.

She was widowed in 1938.



I know very little about her life, as Mrs GARRAWAY.

In 1922 on 04th Feb, at 52 Woodruff Street, Toxteth Park her step-father died aged 87. She is listed as a daughter of the same address.



In the 1911 census at 52 Woodruff Street, Toxteth Park, her husband is listed as W. GARRAWAY, head of the household and she is listed as Anne, aged 52. Her step-father W. KNOX is listed as the father-in-law and her children are listed as: R. ALDRIDGE, S. ALDRIDGE (step-sons) and L. ALDRIDGE (step-daughter).

In 1901 she is at 52 Woodruff Street, Toxteth Park with her husband William Henry GARRAWAY and two children from this marriage, Henry Thomas aged 1 and Albert Edward aged 2 months, sadly they both die not long after the census was taken. Listed in the household are her other children from her first marriage, as Aldridge GARRAWAY. She is aged 39, so someone was fibbing! (LOL)

She married William in 1899 at St Matthew's, Toxteth Park, her age is stated as full but his is revealed as 30; I think she had bagged herself a toy-boy and somebody seemed bothered about it. They were both living at 33 Longville Street. Her father is listed as Charles STUBBS, deceased, carpenter.

At the time of the 1891 census (aged 34) she had been recently widowed, as her husband John ALDRIDGE had died a few months before in the previous year, after a tragic accident.
The seven off-spring were: William, Joseph, Robert E, Jane L, Ada, Samuel J and Lily E.

In 1881 (aged 25) I found her living in the cellar of 20 Tamworth Street with her husband, John ALDRIDGE and four off-spring; William, Joseph, Robert E. and Martha J. It is possible that her mother and step-father KNOX are living in the cellar next door, at number 18.

She married in April 1873 at the Parish Church of Liverpool to John ALDRIDGE. They are both resident at Kitchen Street and her father is listed as Charles STUBBS, shipwright. It doesn't state it but I am sure he had died by then. A witness is named as Thomas KNOX.

I have yet to locate her in the 1871 census.

I have her in 1861 at 40 John Street, Toxteth Park aged 5, with her widowed mother Ann STUBBS, aged 29, a mangle woman. I have yet to find the death of her father before this date. She has an older sister, Jane and a younger sister, Martha. It is Martha who appears as Martha KNOX with their mother Ann and step-father William KNOX in 1871.

The marriage of Ann STUBBS to William KNOX in 1863 confirms this:



I now have her birth certificate from 1855.




Her parents married in 1853 and her mother's maiden name appears here as HEALY, not HEALING as it did in the marriage certificate to Ann's step-father, William KNOX.


These certificates inform us that Anne's grandfather Edward HEALING or HEALY was a painter, unsure of what kind, as I have yet to find another reference to him. Her step-grandfather was William KNOX, a shipwright. On her father's first marriage certificate, it reveals her grandfather was Joshua STUBBS, a moulder, slightly different to the occupation of engineer as on the above marriage certificate of 1853.


I have yet to trace the STUBBS family line beyond this point.

Taken by Chris Howells, 13th September 2005.

Great Great Grandfather

John ALDRIDGE
(c1856 - 1890)

He died in 1890 at the Royal Southern Hospital, Toxteth Park, Liverpool due to an accidental fall of a sack of flour, which caused injuries to his head and body. He was a carter at the time and was living at 24 Tamworth Street.

In 1881 I found him living in the cellar of 20 Tamworth Street with his wife and four off-spring; he is listed as a carter.

He married Ann STUBBS in April 1873 at the Parish Church of Liverpool. They are both resident at Kitchen Street and his father is listed as Robert ALDRIDGE, carpenter.
I have yet to find John and his ALDRIDGE family in the 1871 census.

In 1861 I did find them in Kitchen Street, his parents are Robert and Fanny ALDRIDGE and there are five children in all; William, Elinor, John, Elizabeth A. and Thomas.
I have to save up for his birth certificate but as soon as I have it, I will post the results.