Bristol - Riggs

[Ferg28]

I'm looking for any information about Edith Riggs, born Mullingar (Ireland) in 1884. She was in Mullingar for the 1901 census and according to a newspaper item (re a family wedding) she was in Bristol, England in 1906. No sign after that, any help appreciated.

[CaroleW]

Have you already checked the Irish 1911 census? If the report is from a wedding in England perhaps she was just a guest and returned to Ireland

Have you checked for a marriage for her in both countries?

Did she have a middle name as there are 2 Edith Riggs marriages on freebmd in Dorset
www.freebmd.org.uk

[rosie99]

This looks like the birth registration on familysearch
Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958
Edith Mary Riggs
Birth: Apr - Jun 1884
Event Place: Mullingar, Ireland

[CaroleW]

An Edith M Riggs married Sept qtr 1911 Dorchester but there are 2 Edith M Riggs births in Dorchester in 1888 and 1892 so probably not your Edith

[Ferg28]

Hi

Thanks for the replies. The wedding was in Ireland, it was her cousin getting married and she is mentioned amongst the list of presents. The inference is that she did not attend the wedding but was resident in Bristol.
She does not appear in the 1911 census.
I had checked the Dorset Riggs, but they are not her.

[CaroleW]

Can you clarify what you mean by "the inference is"?  Do you have actual documentation that she was resident  in Bristol in 1906?

[Ferg28]

Can you clarify what you mean by "the inference is"?  Do you have actual documentation that she was resident  in Bristol in 1906?

Hi, I have a newspaper report (Meath Chronicle 27/10/1906) of her cousins wedding. She is mentioned in the list of gifts received, Miss Edith Riggs,Bristol.
I see that there is a death of an Edith Riggs in Bristol, 1965.
Her given age at death is about 2 years out but I think I will order the death certificate to check.

[rosie99]

Before ordering that certificate I would suggest that you check the 1939 register for possibilities

[CaroleW]

Death certs are not always a good source of confirmatory info.  They are dependant on what knowledge the person reporting the death had of the deceased

It will show if she was married/widowed which will immediately rule her out