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Couldn't find Richard Aldridge in earlier census. He's very specific about birthplace on 1911 census so I thought first name/ age might differ.

Reckon this is him:


Name: Harry Aldridge
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Kings Stanley, Gloucestershire, England
Civil parish: Aston
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England


Registration district: Aston
Sub-registration district: Duddeston
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 71
Piece: 2867
Folio: 167
Page Number: 13
Household Members:
Name Age
Sarah Lock 52
Eliza Gasevine 61
Laura Clarke 16
Harry Aldridge 38
Maggie Satchell 19
Alice Adye 17
Betsy Douglass 68

Address is 66 St.James Street - same as Albert Edward's birth address!

Julie

Looks like he still wasn't telling the truth:

Births Mar 1861
ALDRIDGE Henry Richard Stroud 6a 287

Rose

Death?

Deaths Dec 1940
Aldridge Henry R 79 Birmingham 6d 561

Rose

Checking Rose's hit in the local index:

Child Surname Child Forename Father Surname Mother Surname Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
ALDRIDGE Henry Richard ALDRIDGE ALDRIDGE LEECH 1861 Stroud Stroud, Rodborough 8 147
http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/

1871 England Census
Henry Aldridge Age: 10 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William Aldridge Mother's name: Mary Aldridge
Gender: Male Where born: Kings Stanley, Gloucestershire, England
Civil parish: Kings Stanley
Ecclesiastical parish: Kings Stanley
Town: Kings Stanley County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England Registration district: Stroud Sub-registration district: Rodborough
ED, institution, or vessel: 4 Household schedule number: 83 Piece: 2636
Folio: 58 Page Number: 13
William Aldridge 51 Cloth worker Kings Stanley
Mary Aldridge 51 Rodborough, Gloucestershire
Maria Aldridge 14
Henry Aldridge 10

YES ROY HE WAS ILLEGITIMATE ,AND HE WAS REGISTERED IN BIRMINGHAM ON THE 17/09/1902 , BUT ITHINK HE WAS ADOPTED VERTUALLY STRAIGHT AWAY. THE NAMES OF THE HALF BROTHERS AND SISTER THAT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN DO NOT TIE UP WITH THE NAMES IN THE HOUSE HOLDS THAT YOU HAVE SO KINDLY SUPPLIED. I HAVE LEARNED THAT MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS IN THE ARMED FORCES AND DIED AS A RESULT OF MUSTARD GAS POISONING AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR. BUT I'M NOT SURE IF HIS NAME WAS BEESELEY OR IF THAT WAS HIS MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME. I WILL CHECK HARRY ALDRIDGE OUT AS THIS MIGHT BE A LEAD.THANKS TO EVERY ONE
MARK

Mark,

I am very certain we have found the correct Albert. Look at the information again. The address for Richard in 1901 fits with the address where Albert was born and the 1911 census lists Albert Ed Aldridge with mother Bertha and father Richard.

What names have you been given for the "half" siblings?

Rose

Who gave you the names of the half brothers and sisters?
Also, as Rose put, could you tell us them with ages and birth places?
Thank-you

Hi rose and patchem i was given the names billy , george and moira by my mother whose father it is. i do not have any ages or birth dates but i was told that william was the oldest george was next then albert and then moira. but that is all i have.

mark

You want the children to be William, George, Albert and Moira, in that birth order.
These are the children that we found in 1911:
Albt Ed Aldridge 9 (Albert)
William Hy Aldridge 7 (William)
Myra Aldridge 2 (Moira)
So birth order is wrong, but 3 of the 4 children are there.
And this has already been posted by Rose for the 4th child:
Births Sep 1911
ALDRIDGE George E Beesley Aston 6d 615 (George)

All those children appear as adults with Henry Richard Aldridge in the Midlands electoral rolls.

The first 3 entries are all for 40 Curzon Street

Ward or Division/Constituency: Duddeston
Residence Place: Birmingham

Year: 1920

Moore, Emily
Windle, James
Aldridge, Henry Richard

Year: 1922

Moore, Emily
Aldridge, Henry Richard


Year: 1927


Aldridge, Henry Richard
Aldridge, Emily
Aldridge, William Henry
Aldridge, Albert Edward
Barber, Henry John

Year: 1935

Ward or Division/Constituency: Deritend
Street Address: 8 Hollier Street

Aldridge, Henry Richard
Aldridge, George
Flynn, John
Flynn, Myra

Year: 1939

Ward or Division/Constituency: Deritend
Street Address: 1 court 4 Marston Green
Residence Place: Birmingham

Aldridge, Albert Edward
Aldridge, Rose Katherine
Aldridge, Henry Richard






So it looks like Henry Richard married Emily Moore.

Marriages Jun 1924   (>99%)
Aldridge  Henry R  Moore  Birmingham  6d 480   
Moore  Emily  Aldridge  Birmingham  6d 480   

Myra married John Flynn:

Marriages Jun 1931   (>99%)
Aldridge  Myra  Flynn  Birmingham S.  6d 781   
Flynn  John P  Aldridge  Birmingham S.  6d 781   

Albert Edward married Rose Ford:

Marriages Sep 1932   (>99%)
Aldridge  Albert E  Ford  Birmingham S.  6d 54      
Ford  Rose C  Aldridge  Birmingham S.  6d 54   


Julie