Re: Ridges in North Devon (Bideford and East Putford)
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Re: Ridges in North Devon (Bideford and East Putford)
Glenn Moreton 3/22/06
Hello
My maiden name is Ridge and some of my ancestors came from Shirwell, Devon, which is the next village to Loxhore.
I recently visited the church in Shirwell and found a gravestone for Benjamin Ridge, who died June 13 1872. I have looked at the census records for Benjamin for 1841 - 1871 and found that he was born in Loxhore. He must have been born c1800 from the information on the census transcriptions. He was an agricultural labourer and lived in Shirwell at all the censuses I have. He had a wife, Ann, and a daughter Mary, who was 9 in 1841. There was a son, John, who was 23 in 1851, but doesn't appear on the earlier census.
I have not yet established how/if Benjamin is related to me, but my great great grandfather was William Ridge, born in Shirwell in 1817. When time allows I will seek out bmd certs for Benjamin in the hope I can get some more info.