The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Alfred Riddall (1878-1959)

Personal data Alfred Riddall 

  • He was born on January 27, 1878 in Southwark, London, England.
    Name: Alfred Ridall
    Registration Year: 1878
    Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
    Registration District: St Olave Southwark
    Inferred County: London
    Volume: 1d
    Page: 294
  • He was baptized on July 12, 1885 in Parish Church, Rotherhithe, London.
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    Name: Alfred Riddall Gender: Male Record Type: Baptism Baptism Date: 12 Jan 1885 aptism Place: Rotherhithe Christ Church, Southwark, England Father: Thomas James Riddall Mother: Susan Riddall Register Type: Parish Register
  • Profession: in the year 1939 Newsagent, Tobacconist..
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: 2 Matson Street, Rotherhithe, London.
      Name: Albert Riddall [Alfred Riddall] Age: 3 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878 Relationship to Head: Son Father: Thomas J. Riddall Mother: Susan Riddall Gender: Male Where born: Bermondsey, Surrey, England Civil Parish: Rotherhithe County/Island: London Country: England Street Address: 2 Matson St
      Registration District: St Olave Southwark ED, institution, or vessel: 22 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 581 Folio: 32
      Page Number: 31 Household Members: Name Age Thomas J. Riddall 30 Susan Riddall 26 Thomas J. Riddall 6
      William J. Riddall 5 Albert Riddall 3 Fortune Riddall 1 Albert Riddall
    • in the year 1891: 21 Gallywall Road, Rotherhithe, London.
      Name: Alfred Riddall Gender: Male Age: 13 Relationship: Son Birth Year: 1878 Father: Thomas J Riddall
      Mother: Susan Riddall Birth Place: Bermondsey, London, England Civil Parish: Rotherhithe Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints
      Residence Place: Rotherhithe, London, England Registration District: St Olave Southwark Sub registration district: Rotherhithe
      ED, Institution or Vessel: 18 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 383 Folio: 131 Household Members: Name Age
      Thomas J Riddall 43 Susan Riddall 37 Thomas J Riddall 16 William Riddall 15 Alfred Riddall 13
      Florence E Riddall 10 Albert Riddall 9 Bertram Riddall 7 Edwin Riddall 5 Rosina Riddall 3
      Ada Riddall 10/12
    • in the year 1901: 21 Gallywall Road, Rotherhithe, London.
      Name: Alfred Riddall Age: 23 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878 Relation to Head: Son Gender: Male
      Mother: Susan Riddall Birth Place: Bermondsey, London, England Civil Parish: Rotherhithe Ecclesiastical parish: St Augustine
      County/Island: London Country: England Registration District: St Olave Southwark Sub-registration District: Rotherhithe ED, institution, or vessel: 15 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 399 Folio: 54 Page Number: 50
      Household Schedule Number: 348 Household Members: Name Age Susan Riddall 47 Alfred Riddall 23
      Florence E Riddall 22 Albert Riddall 20 Bertram Riddall 19 Edwin Riddall 5 Rosina Riddall 13
      Ada Riddall 11 Elizabeth Riddall 9 Fredk Riddall 6
    • in the year 1911: 147 Brookdale Rd, Catford, Lewisham, London.
      Name: Dorcas Riddall Age in 1911: 29 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882 Relation to Head: Wife Gender: Female
      Birth Place: Jevington Civil Parish: Lewisham Country: England Street Address: 147 Brookdale Rd, Catford
      Marital status: Married Registration District Number: 29 Sub-registration District: Lewisham ED, institution, or vessel: 31
      Piece: 2780 Household Members: Name Age Alfred Riddall 33 Dorcas Riddall 29 Florence May E Riddall 7
      Henry Sidney Riddall 2 William T White 53
    • on 1918 - 1926: 92 Evelina Road, Camberwell, Southwark, London.
      Name: Dorcas Riddall with Alfred. Electoral Date: 1924 Street Address: 92 Iio Ward or Division/Constituency: Camberwell
      County or Borough: Southwark, England

      Name: Dorcas Riddall Electoral Date: 1926 Street Address: 92 Evelina Road Ward or Division/Constituency: Camberwell
      County or Borough: Southwark, England
    • in the year 1939: 175 Edward Street, Brighton, Sussex.
      Name: Dorcas Riddall Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 13 Oct 1881 Residence Year: 1939
      Address: 175 Edward St. Residence Place: Brighton, Sussex, England Occupation: Unpaid Domestic Duties Line Number: 4
      Schedule Number: 239 Sub Schedule Number: 2 Enumeration District: EGND Borough: Brighton Registration district: 79/2 Inferred Spouse: Alfred Riddall Inferred Children: Florence M E Riddall Cecil A Riddall
      Household Members Age Alfred Riddall 61 Dorcas Riddall 58 Florence M E Riddall 35 Cecil A Riddall 23

      Name: Alfred Riddall Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 27 Jan 1878 Residence Year: 1939
      Address: 175 Edward St. Residence Place: Brighton, Sussex, England Occupation: Newsagent, Tobacconiel & Confletionary Retail
      Line Number: 3 Schedule Number: 239 Sub Schedule Number: 1 Enumeration District: EGND Borough: Brighton Registration district: 79/2 Inferred Spouse: Dorcas Riddall Inferred Children:
      Florence M E Riddall Cecil A Riddall Household Members Age Alfred Riddall 61 Dorcas Riddall 58
      Florence M E Riddall 35 Cecil A Riddall 23
  • He died on December 28, 1959 in Brighton, East Sussex. England, he was 81 years old.
    Name: Alfred Riddall
    Death Age: 82
    Birth Date: abt 1877
    Registration Date: Oct 1959
    Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
    Registration District: Brighton
    Inferred County: Sussex
    Volume: 5h
    Page: 181
  • This information was last updated on July 9, 2021.

Household of Alfred Riddall

He is married to Dorcas Pocock.

They got married on April 13, 1903 at St. Olave, Southwark, London. England, he was 25 years old.

Name: Dorcas Pocock Registration Year: 1903 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: St Olave Bermondsey
Inferred County: London Volume: 1d Page: 398 Records on Page: Name Matthew John Hudson
Dorcas Pocock Alfred Riddall George Thomas Thorne Mabel Whiffen

Name: Alfred Riddall Gender: Female Marriage Age: 25 Record Type: Marriage Birth Date: abt 1878
Marriage Date: 13 Apr 1903 Marriage Place: St Anne, Bermondsey, Southwark, England Father: Thomas Riddall
Spouse: Doreas Pocock Register Type: Parish Register

Notes about Alfred Riddall

Spouse & Children Dorcas Pocock 1881–1960

Florence May Elizabeth Riddall 1904–1972
Henry Sidney Riddall 1908–1981
Cecil Alfred Riddall 1916–2006

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Historical events

Birthday January 27, 1878

  • The temperature on January 27, 1878 was about -1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
    • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
    • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
    • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
    • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
    • November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.

Christening day July 12, 1885

  • The temperature on July 12, 1885 was about 17.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
    • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
    • April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
    • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
    • July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
    • November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

Day of death December 28, 1959

  • The temperature on December 28, 1959 was between 4.4 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
    • February 20 » The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
    • June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
    • August 14 » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
    • October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
    • November 15 » The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood.


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