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Wednesday 23 December 2015

Wordless Wednesday 11 - Alverstoke home of many Titheridge families

Alverstoke ,Hampshire
23 December 2015


Alverstoke village Church. 
The site of many Titheridge
baptisms marriages and burials
from 1809





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Monday 21 December 2015

Family Bibles

Family Register taken from
the Meaker Family Bible
In the Victorian era it was common for families to own a family bible.  Most of these bibles were large, decorative bibles with graphic illustration and of considerable expense to purchase.  The family bible was handed down through the family and within its pages was a family register to record births, marriages, deaths, and baptisms through the generations.  Other items such as letters newspaper cuttings and photograph were often stored inside. 

Few families own a family Bible these days but if they are in existence they a fantastic source for genealogy research, most being over 100 years old and a piece of family heritage.  My paternal grandparents, born in the 1890s, owned one such bible.   Although they were very religious, my grandfather being a Methodist lay preacher, the bible was destroyed in one of their many moves.  My grandmother did however tear out the family register and I am the proud owner of theses scraps of scribbled paper containing names and dates of important family events.

I wonder how many Bibles or Family Registers remain for the Titheridges, Titheradges, Tidridges, Tytheridges etc.  In my communication with various family members over the years I have been made aware of three such bibles or family registers still in existence.

Twenty years ago there was is existence a family Bible belonging to Albert Edward Titheridge of Gosport (1881-1971) and Edith Margaret Ayling (1877-1963).  I was told about it in correspondence with relatives, but I have never seen a copy of it .

There was also a bible belonging to William Titheridge born in West Tisted and died in Guildford (1842-1927) and Amelia Pointer (1849 – 1922).  A relative kindly sent me a copy of the family register but somewhere in my filing I have misplaced this copy (if you were the person who sent it to me I’d be very grateful for another copy).

The third family bible belonged to the family of James Fabian Titheradge from Portsea (1816 – 1877) and Dianah Frances Jamison (1819-1884).  I have a copy of the family register for this one and it is transcribed below.  It lists the children of James Walter Titheradge.  The writing is faded and an image as shown.  Judging by the change of ink in the original it was probably written about 1859.

James Fabian Titheradge
Born October 18 1816

Dianah Frances Titheradge
Born October 10 1819

James Walter Titheradge
Born March 14 1843

Matilda Dianah Titheradge
Born March 71854

Edwin Joseph Titheradge
Born February 13 1856
Died February 29 1856

Henrietta Ann Titheradge
Born April 2 1857

Victoria Julia Titheradge
Born November 12 1859

Frederick George Titheradge
Born November 10 1861

 Does anyone have a Family Bible they can tell us about? or the Family Register from one that they could share an image of?

The family bible is usually with older relatives often forgotten in the attic, or just forgotten in some unused cupboard.  They were a commonplace during the Victorian era, and they can’t have all vanished and I don’t think most people would have thrown them out!  Can you discover if your family has a family Bible? Start by asking your parents to see if they remember anything, then all your older relatives.   If you find a Bible related to Titheridge, Titheradge, Tidridge or Tytheridge family name please share your find.



Wednesday 2 December 2015

Wordless Wednesday 10 - James Walter Titheradge from Portsmouth

James Walter Titheradge and Family
2 December 2015



 
Titheradge family from Portsmouth Hampshire
From left to right
Ellen Shaxon Titheradge (nee Stanbury) (1902-1969),
Walter James Titheradge (1927-1995),
Gertrude Marie Christina Titheradge (1925-2010),
Grace Shaxon Titheradge (1922-2002)
James Walter Titheradge (1903- 1959)
 

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Saturday 28 November 2015

Inquest into the Death of William Tidridge in 1873


Clock in the Square at
Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire
William Titheridge and Priscilla Pargent, married in Alverstoke, Hampshire. They moved to Bishop’s Waltham, Hampshire where they had four children, Fanny born 1806, William born 1809, Charles born 1812 and Henry born 1815. While William and Priscilla started life as Titheridges by the 1851 census they, and all their children, were spelling the surname Tidridge.  Henry was the only child to marry and he and his wife had eleven children.  It is these children that went on to produce all the Tidridge clan.

The 1851 census shows widowed William Tidridge senior living at Gosport Road, Bishop’s Waltham with sons William aged 41, a tailor and Charles aged 39, a groom.  Fanny aged 43 was housekeeper to her Uncle William Pargent and they were living in the High Street, Bishops Waltham, while Henry, a carpenter/cabinet maker was living in the High street 4 doors away with his wife and 6 children.

 The 1861 census shows Henry, his wife and three children living next door to William Pargent and Fanny Tidridge, still in the High Street Bishop’s Waltham.  William Tidridge now aged 57 was living at Gosport Road Bishops Waltham with his 13 year old niece Mary Tidridge. Charles was lodging at The Kings Head, St Georges Square, Bishop’s Waltham.

The 1871 census shows William Tidridge residing at The Black Dog, Shedfield with niece Mary Tidridge his housekeeper.

The four Tidridge siblings died within 11 years of each other Charles aged 50 in 1862 in Bishop’s Waltham, Fanny aged 50 in 1866 in South Stoneham registration district, Henry aged 53 in 1868 in Droxford registration district and William aged 64 in 1873 in Isle of Wight.

Many years ago when searching probate records I came across the following two relevant records.

Probate September 1873
William Tidridge 30th September 1873:
Administration of the effects of William Tidridge late of Bishop’s Waltham in the county of Southampton tailor a bachelor who died 25th August 1873 at Newport Isle of Wight in the said county was granted at Winchester to Mary Tidridge of Bishop’s Waltham spinster the niece and one of the next of kin.  Effects under £300.

Probate January 1874
Tidridge Charles 22nd  January 1874
Administration of the effects of Charles Tidridge late of Bishop’s Waltham of the county of Southampton labourer a bachelor who died 26 April 1862 at Bishops Waltham left unadministered by William Tidridge brother and one of the next of kin was granted at Winchester to Mary Tidridge of Bishops Waltham spinster the administratrix of the effects of the said William Tidridge former grant at Winchester May 1862

When I found these records the two questions I asked was “Why was William in the Isle of Wight when he lived in Bishops Waltham” and “Why did William not do anything with the estate of his late brother?”

Recently I found this article below, it is the story of the death of William Tidridge taken from the local paper, the story may start to give some answers to the two questions above.

Hampshire Advertiser
30 August 1873
Heading Isle of Wight Coroner’s Inquest

Mr E. F. Blake, deputy coroner, held an inquest at The Shoulder of Mutton public house, near Pan Bridge, on Thursday, on view of the body of William Tidridge, aged 64.  Deceased was a stranger here, and there were evidence which went to show that he wandered to the Island for the purpose of committing suicide.  

Mary Tidridge, a young woman of good address, who kept house for deceased, a bachelor, at Bishop’s Waltham, on the other side of the Solent, deposed,  - deceased was my uncle. I last saw him alive on Monday about 5 o’clock in the morning from my room window. It was his usual time to be out.  Lately on two or three occasions he has told me that he should go away, and not tell me where he had gone.  I asked why, and he told me he thought we were getting tired of him.  He was at home on Sunday last, and conversed rationally, but in the evening I notice a strangeness in his looks.  I have lived with him 14 years.  Not long since we came from a short distance to reside at Bishop’s Waltham.  During the last three years he was less kind to me than before, and he was rather strange in his manner.  On Monday week, as I was coming downstairs, he attempted to put his hand up to my throat, but I turned his hand aside, and questioned as to why he did so.  He replied that he wanted to stop me.  He had no pecuniary difficulty to trouble him, and was not entirely dependent on his labours as a tailor for sustenance.  The paper I now produce is in deceased’s handwriting.  It sets forth his consent that £200 out on mortgage at Subberton shall be surrendered to me, as he should not return home, but it is neither dated nor witnessed so as to constitute a will.  He had been a teetotaller 18 or 20 years, and used to study religious subjects very closely.  Last Monday week he told me that he intended going away a fortnight before and not coming back, but some work came in.  Before I went to live with him he had some very strange religious notions, and having, as he said, a presentiment that he ought to do no more work, he ceased to work for a time, but the impression wore off.  None of his family have been insane.

Herbert Cooper, stoker at the gasworks, deposed to finding the dead body of deceased in the slipway at Pan Bridge, lying on the shingle, where at that time there were only a few inches of water. It was lying face downward, and was wet, as though it had been covered, or nearly so.  About midnight the water there must have been about two or three feet deep.  It seemed to him that the man had walked into the water and laid down in it.  There was gaslight there, and the man could not have gone in and been drowned by accident.  

John Tee, miller at Pan Mill, noticed deceased passing backward and forward by the mill before dinner, three or four different times.  There was something peculiar in his look.  Witness saw him again about 6 o’clock passing during a heavy storm of rain, of which she seemed to take no heed, although he was evidently wet to the skin.  

William Rayner, labourer, and of Barton’s Village, when going homeward, about 11.15 on Monday night, met deceased walking close to Sharland’s coal store.  Deceased’s head was bowed, and his hands were behind him. Witness bade him “good night”, and deceased seem to take no heed of the salutation. Witness stopped and watched him turn and come back, and then it seemed that deceased noticed that he was being watched, and passed round the corner towards the bridge.  

Harry Tidridge, of Foundry Lane, Freemantle, near Southampton said the deceased was his uncle.  He had seen and conversed with him on the 19th ult., when he was tolerable cheerful for a man who was very reserved and studied the religious subjects very closely.

Mr W F Foster, surgeon, deposed hat at about 5 o’clock on Tuesday morning he was called to see the body, which appear to have been dead about five or six hours. There were no marks of violence about the body, which would indicate foul play and there was no shingle found in the clenched hands, which would favour the supposition that an effort had been made by the deceased to save himself from drowning.

Verdict “That deceased drowned himself, but there was no evidence to show his state of mind at the time.”

Thursday 26 November 2015

Wordless Wednesday 9 - In memory of Cissie

Eastbourne seafront
25 November 2015




Found on Eastbourne seafront  Inscribed
"In loving memory of my mother Cissie Ethel Titheridge"
Cissie Ethel Sutcliffe born 1891, died 1974 and
married Bertram Titheridge in 1916.
Connection to Eastbourne unknown.
 
 
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Wednesday 18 November 2015

Wordless Wednesday 8 - Robert Arthur Titheradge

Robert Arthur Titheradge and Family
18 November 2015

Robert Arthur Titheradge (1861-1915) with wife
Alice Amelia Marion Viney (1860-1943) 
who lived in the Paddington area of London.
Photographed with their children Arthur (b1887),
Charles (b 1888), Dorothy (b 1896), Eric (b 1898).
Photo taken around 1901



 
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Monday 16 November 2015

The 1939 Register


At the start of November “The 1939 Register” was released on the Find My Past website.  This register was a comprehensive survey of the civil population of England and Wales at the outbreak of World War 2.  The survey was taken on 29 September 1939, just 4 weeks after war was declared on Germany.  65,000 enumerators were employed to visit every house in England and Wales and record names, addresses, dates of birth, marital status and occupations of every person.  The information collected was used to issue identity cards, which had to be carried at all times during the war, and to set up Rationing books. Post war the register was used to issue NHS cards when the NHS was born.  After 1939 when a woman married her name was changed on The 1939 Register, thus the register contains both the woman’s married and maiden name.

The register is available to search on Find My Past and can be searched for free, but you see limited information.  However, if you want to see the original entry in its entirety a payment is required.

Because of data protection names of persons who were born after 1915 are hidden, unless they are known to have died. This does mean that many names are not available to search and on the register the data is blacked out.  Even with this limitation the register provides some interesting data. 

I have searched the register and can tell you the following about our family names

I have found 295 family members named on the 1939 register plus 26 women who were later to marry into the family.  The occurrence of the family name is as shown below
  
Surname
Number of Individuals
Titheridge
212
Titheradge
49
Tytheridge
14
Tidridge
7
Tutheridge
6
Teatheredge
2
Tedridge
1
Ones where I'm unsure
? Titheridge/Titheradge
5

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I expected the spelling of the surname to be better than on censuses but alas no, there are 22 spelling variations of the surnames occurring (probably even more that haven’t been found).

The name variations are

Fitheridge; Litheridge; Teatheredge; Teatheridge; Tedridge; Teteridge; Tetheridge; Tettiridge; Thitheride; Tidridge; Tiheradge; Titheradge; Titherage; Titheridge; Titherridge; Tithridge; Tittheradge; Totheridge Tothridge; Tutheride; Tutheridge; Tytheridge.
 
The most popular family Christian names were William Annie Albert and Dorothy.

The distribution of the family was much as expected with most of the family living in Hampshire (35%) followed by London (14%).  Nearly all the individuals lived south of Birmingham with just 4% living in Warwickshire or further north

The top ten counties where family members lived were

County
Number of Individuals
Hampshire
104
London
41
Essex
25
Surrey
22
Sussex
20
Middlesex
17
Berkshire
9
Kent
8
Dorset
7
Isle of Wight
6

 At a town level the greatest concentration of family members was in Droxford Rural District with 26 individuals listed.

Town (Rural District or County Borough or Municipal Borough)
Number of Individuals
Droxford R.D.
26
Southampton C.B.
17
Gosport M.B.
11
Islington
9
Wanstead and Woodford M.B.
8
Portsmouth C.B.
7
Petersfield R.D.
6
Reading C.B.
6
New Forest R.D.
6
Winchester M.B.
6


If you have viewed The 1939 Register and found out anything interesting about your Titheridge / Titheradge etc  ancesters please add a comment to tell us what you have learnt.?