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Record #4645
Name :
: Arthur ALLDRIDGE (1897 - )
  aka : Alfred Aldridge


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1 May 1897

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham

Hospital Street
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 11 Jun 1904
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Carthaginian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesEllen Wallis married Harry (Henry) Alldridge in the March quarter of 1889 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. They had children together both before and after marriage.

Henry Alldridge was a drunk who beat his wife. He died in 1893 in Birmingham aged 32. In November 1894, Ellen placed William Henry and his 2 brothers John Leonard and Francis, and sister Ruth Rebecca, in the Middlemore Children's Home in Birmingham. Notes from the home describe Ellen's plight as dire with no money to feed her 6 starving children. She sold all their possessions and furniture trying to keep the children fed. The children where in rags and infected with lice.

Ellen kept the 2 youngest children with her. Her son, Arthur Alldridge, (Year of Registration: 1897; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; District: Birmingham; County: Warwickshire; Volume: 6d; Page: 150) was born 4 years after Harry/Henry died and there is no father on his birth certificate. She remarried and had one more child, then Ellen died in 1901, aged 38. Her new husband placed the remaining 3 children in the Middlemore Home.

In 1904, Alfred Aldridge, 6, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 104 Middlemore children. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-01-23 17:48:30 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-12-13 20:33:18 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
4645 ALLDRIDGE, Arthur1897ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4640 ALLDRIDGE, Francis1889ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
7895 ALLDRIDGE, George Gage Notcut1910ENG, SAL, Newport (Salop) Jul 1925 : Montrose CAN Salvation Army  
4644 ALLDRIDGE, Harry1892ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4639 ALLDRIDGE, John Leonard1884ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
4641 ALLDRIDGE, Ruth Rebecca1890ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
4643 ALLDRIDGE, Violet1893ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4642 ALLDRIDGE, William Henry1886ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore