Week 23 (June 7-13): Bridge
Week 23 (June 7-13): Bridge This weeks theme of “ Bridge ” would have been great for where we scattered my parents ashes at Ashness “ Bridge ” in the Lake District but I used it for a favourite place. An uncle lives in “ Bridgewater ” but not much I can write about him, I had thought I may end up using a lady called “ Bridget ” but when I started to type in her name, a distant ancestor came up with the surname “ Bridge ” so I started to look into him. Edward " Bridge " was the husband of my 3rd great-grand aunt on my mothers side. Edward “Bridge” was the eldest child and 1 st son of James “Bridge” and Susannah Starling, and brother to 9 known siblings. Edward was born on 15 th July 1834 in Westerly Waterless, Cambridgeshire, UK, he was baptised 29 th March 1835 at Westerly Waterless, Cambridgeshire. On the 1851 census Edward was 16 and listed as a farm labourer, in 1861 and 1871 census he is listed as an ag labourer. In 1881 he is listed as a Hawker (I had to look ...