Henry PRIDDLE - Death 1977

[SheilaM]

Do you know when his first wife died?  Just to narrow it down a little.

Sheila

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Hi Sheila

No I'm afraid I don't.

All I know is that Ellen was working in service.

Census 1901: Cowdray, Easebourne (near Midhurst) | Ellen West | Serv | 17 | House Maid Domestic | Sussex, Rackham.

She progressed to the position of governess.  She went with the family she worked for to Marseilles and had an affair with a French MP.  She then returned to the UK with a 3 year old daughter and ended up marrying Mr Priddle. She had a great fear of dentists and she more or less had to visit one because she had to have some teeth extracted and she died in the dentists chair under anesthetic.

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[lavinia p]

I reckon BV Mary stands for "blessed virgin". Was it a Catholic churchyard?

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Hi Lavinia

I've no idea, but it is a plausible explanation.

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[bicker]

Hi there

There is a web link for the church

http://www.crewkerne-ilminster-deanery.org/bvm_isle_abbots.htm

Seems to be referred to St Mary The vVrgin or The Blessed Virgin, it is C of E

[bicker]

There was a marriage in the April Q 1938 Bridgwater area ref 5c 741

between a Henry G Priddle and a Violet Habberfield

[bicker]

Some possible marriages??

Marriage Henry G Priddle and Florence M Littler
Jan Q 1915 Salford Reg Dist

Burial for Florence Mary PRIDDLE Date 24 Aug 1921 Aged 26 Place Bickenhall Description St Paul Denomination Anglican County code SOM

Bickenhall is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated five miles south east of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district.

Marriage Henry G Priddle and Ellen L Reed
 Langport reg dist ref 5c 537 Oct Q 1929

Happy hunting

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Thanks for that Bicker.

Marriage Henry G Priddle and Ellen L Reed
Langport reg dist ref 5c 537 Oct Q 1929

That is very interesting and might explain why I cannot find a marriage for Ellen L West, although I have no record of her having married anyone other than Mr Priddle.  Your information has given me some food for thought.

If that is the 3rd marriage marriage of Henry G Priddle then I have information that Violet Priddle (nee Habberfield) is still alive in a care home near Isle Abbotts, so potentially I might be able to crack this one some way or another.

PS I just noticed this on the link you provided:-

ChurchWarden
 Tony Habberfield
 01460 281526
 

I wonder if he is related to Violet?