Ridgard Family from Derby

[Bella1900]

Hello,

I am looking for information about John (Jack) Neville Ridgard born 1900 in Derby.

He married Dorothea Williams in 1926 in Derby (St Anne's Church) and they had 5 boys:

Robert born 1926 (died 1926).

Frederick

George

Albert

Derek

After 1936 he and his family seemed to have disappeared from official records.

I would love to know what happened to them all.


TIA,

Isabella.

[suzard]

do you know the middle names of the children ? and Dorothea's d.o.b.

Suz

[groom]

We need to be a bit careful here as some of the children could still be alive.

[suzard]

I can'teven find the parents ??
Suz

[groom]

At least some of the children had middle initials on their birth registration. I wonder if they emigrated as I can't find any sign of them either.

[Bella1900]

Hi, I'm afraid I don't know the children's middle names and I couldn't find Dorothea's d.o.b. either :-(  Jack's birthday was 5th February 1900 and he was a twin.  I know a lot about his parents and siblings but have no clue as to what happened to him.  The family thought he had left Dorothea and emigrated to Canada in the 1920s - but it was later found out that he hadn't done either of those things.  My Mother searched for him via the Red Cross in the 1960s but they couldn't find him either.

[suzard]

If he left Dorothea in the 1920's how come children were born in 1930's??

What ages are given on the marriage cert and what was Dorothea's father's name??

Suz

[groom]

Hi, I'm afraid I don't know the children's middle names and I couldn't find Dorothea's d.o.b. either :-(  Jack's birthday was 5th February 1900 and he was a twin.  I know a lot about his parents and siblings but have no clue as to what happened to him.  The family thought he had left Dorothea and emigrated to Canada in the 1920s - but it was later found out that he hadn't done either of those things.  My Mother searched for him via the Red Cross in the 1960s but they couldn't find him either.

He can’t have left in the 1920s as they didn’t marry until 1926 and all the children were born after that!

Maybe they changed their name, not unheard of.

[Bella1900]

Sorry - its a very long story and I was trying to shorten it (especially as some of the people involved may still be alive).  But, (briefly) Jack had a row with his Mother and Father (Harriet and Fred) and told them he was leaving Dorothea (but this was before any children were born).  He told his Mother he was emigrating to Canada and leaving everything behind.  He left their house that night and was never heard of again apart from sending them a photograph of himself supposedly on a ship bound for Canada.  In the 1960s my Mother got in touch with The Red Cross and they searched for him in Canada but they couldn't find him.  That is where the story ended until I started to research my family tree a few years ago.  I discovered that Jack hadn't left England at all and that he had stayed with Dorothea and they had had five boys.  When I told the older members of the family about this situation they were completely astounded.  None of them knew anything about it and they felt deeply sad that they had never known the boys.  I can't find out anything about what happened to any of them (or their offspring) but I would love to find them all.  They are a missing part of my family.