GAY-GRIDLEY

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GAY FAMILY HISTORY

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GRIDLEY

THE GRIDLEY FAMILY, LEYTONSTONE, ESSEX

including THE EADE FAMILY, ESSEX

GENERATIONS ARE NUMBERED FROM THE FIRST TRACED ANCESTOR, THOMAS GAY (about 1763?-1838?), AND HAVE THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND COLOUR:

JAMES GAY’s CHILDREN (continued)

ELIZABETH GAY I

GENERATION

born about 1831, Broughton Gifford, Wilts^CENSUS

died Q1 1906, West Ham, Essex R/D, age 78?^BMD

married Q4 1858, West Ham, Essex R/D, WILLIAM GRIDLEY?^BMD, son of Daniel Gridley and Mary --^CENSUS

born about 1836, Stanfield, Suffolk

died after 1901?

● an ELIZABETH GAY, daughter of JAMES, labourer, and ANN, was born 15 MAY/AUG 1828, baptized 27 SEP 1846, St James, Trowbridge, Wilts^BMD - this may be her

● if the above death record is for the correct person, the age makes her born about 1828

● nothing more is known about William Gridley

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

WILLIAM GEORGE GRIDLEY I

Q3 1859, Leytonstone, Essex

SEE BELOW

EDWIN CHARLES GRIDLEY I

Q1 1862, Leytonstone, Essex

ELIZABETH ANN GRIDLEY

Q4 1865, Leytonstone, Essex

FREDERICK GRIDLEY

Q4 1874, Leytonstone, Essex

ELIZABETH GAY I’s CHILDREN

THE GRIDLEY FAMILY, LEYTONSTONE, ESSEX

WILLIAM GEORGE GRIDLEY I

GENERATION

born Q3 1859, Leytonstone, Essex

died ?

married Q3 1883, West Ham, Essex R/D, FANNY BAILEY

born about 1862, Rainham, Essex

died ?

nothing more is known about Fanny Bailey

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

ETHEL ELIZABETH GRIDLEY

Q1 1884^BMD, Canning Town, Essex^CENSUS

8 JUN 1946, Great Clacton, Essex^WILL,age 62 WILL

SEE BELOW

WILLIAM GEORGE GRIDLEY II

Q4 1885^BMD, Canning Town, Essex^CENSUS

nothing more is known about them

EDWIN CHARLES GRIDLEY II

Q3 1889^BMD, Silvertown, Essex^CENSUS

DORA ELSIE MAY GRIDLEY

Q2 1903^BMD, Romford, Essex^CENSUS

EDWIN CHARLES GRIDLEY I

GENERATION

born Q1 1862, Leytonstone, Essex

died ?

married 5 AUG 1883, St Martin, Upper Clapton, Hackney, Middx, ELIZABETH LILIAN LAWRANCE, daughter of Charles Lawrence, labourer^CERT

born about 1857, Heylesbury?, Wilts

died ?

nothing more is known about Elizabeth Lilian Lawrance

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

LILIAN ANN GRIDLEY

Q2 1884, West Ham, Essex

SEE BELOW

VIOLET ETHEL GRIDLEY

Q3 1885, West Ham, Essex

ELSIE FLORENCE GRIDLEY

Q4 1888, Leyton, Essex

Q2 1892, West Ham, Essex R/D, age 3

nothing more is known about her

ELIZABETH ANN GRIDLEY

GENERATION

born Q4 1865, Leytonstone, Essex

died ?

married Q4 1885, West Ham, Essex R/D, WILLIAM HENRY PERCY BONNER

born about 1865, Leytostone, Essex

died ?

nothing more is known about William Henry Percy Bonner

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

ELIZABETH MAUD BONNER

Q4 1890, Mile End, Middx

nothing more is known about them

FREDERICK EDGAR BONNER

Q3 1892, Mile End, Middx

HARRY BONNER

Q1 1895, Mile End, Middx

NELLIE BONNER

Q1 1897, Mile End, Middx

OTHERS?

FREDERICK GRIDLEY

GENERATION

born Q4 1874, Leytonstone, Essex

died ?

married Q2 1899, West Ham, Essex RD, ANNIE JOSEPHINE ALLEN

born about 1872, Poplar, Middx

died ?

nothing more is known about Annie Josephine Allen

CHILDREN?

WILLIAM GEORGE GRIDLEY I’s CHILDREN

ETHEL ELIZABETH GRIDLEY

GENERATION

born Q1 1884^BMD, Canning Town, Essex^CENSUS

died 8 JUN 1946, Great Clacton, Essex^WILL,age 62 WILL

married Q3 1906, Romford, Essex R/D, FREDERICK WILLIAM EADE^BMD

born about 1881, Mistley, Essex^CENSUS

died 25 JAN 1944, Brightlingsea, Essex^WILL,age 64^BMD WILL

nothing more is known about Frederick William Eade

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

LILIAN VIOLET EADE

Q2 1907^BMD / 3 MAY 1907?^{DEATH BMD}, Wivenhoe, Essex^CENSUS

MAY 1986, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk R/D, age 79?^BMD

SEE BELOW

total 1 child by 1911 census, alive

EDWIN CHARLES GRIDLEY I’s CHILDREN

LILIAN ANN GRIDLEY

GENERATION

born Q2 1884^BMD, West Ham, Essex^CENSUS

died ?

married Q2 1915, West Ham, Essex R/D, FREDERICK WILLIAM FROGGATT^BMD

born about 1885^BMD

died 29 NOV 1962, Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, Essex^WILL, age 77 WILL

nothing more is known about Frederick William Froggatt

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

FREDERICK ALBERT FROGGATT

Q1 1916, West Ham, Essex R/D^BMD

nothing more is known about them

JACK E. FROGGATT

OTHERS?

VIOLET ETHEL GRIDLEY

GENERATION

born Q3 1885, West Ham, Essex

died ?

married Q3 1910, West Ham, Essex R/D, WILLIAM H. LEE, son of Aaron Lee and Amelia Rolfe

born about 1876, Battersea, Surrey

died about 1914^FAM

nothing more is known about William H. Lee

CHILDREN?

ETHEL ELIZABETH GRIDLEY’s CHILDREN

THE EADE FAMILY, ESSEX

LILIAN VIOLET EADE

GENERATION

born Q2 1907^BMD / 3 MAY 1907?^{DEATH BMD}, Wivenhoe, Essex^CENSUS

died MAY 1986, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk R/D, age 79?^BMD

married Q3 1930, Tendring, Essex R/D, ARTHUR STANLEY MARTIN^BMD

born 25 SEP 1905?^{DEATH BMD}

died 17 OCT 1992^WILL, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk R/D, age 87^BMD? WILL

as both deaths took place in the same R/D, it is likely that these are the correct people

nothing more is known about Arthur Stanley Martin

1 DAUGHTER?^BMD

CHILDREN

BORN

NOTES

SHEILA MARTIN

Q2 1932, Tendring, Essex R/D^BMD

● it is only assumed that she is Lilian Violet’s daughter because she was born in the same R/D that Lilian Violet was married in

● nothing more is known about her

NOTHING MORE IS KNOWN ABOUT THESE FAMILIES

· NOTES:

Roman numerals after a person’s name, eg. John I, are purely to distinguish different people with the same name

R/D = Registration District

R/O = Register Office (for an explanation of these two terms, see homepage)

i = odd notes

● SOURCE ABBREVIATIONS:

^BMD online birth/marriage/death indexes ^CENSUS various census records ^CERT birth/marriage/death certificate ^FAM family sources

^IGI International Genealogical Index (not always completely reliable) ^WILL will/letters of administration/probate details

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