RIDGWAY & TRIPP

[DaveHam9]

Charles Ridgway b. 1801 Surrey

Frances Ann Tripp baptised 15 Oct 1835 St Sidwell Exeter, Devon to William Upton Tripp (1804-19 Sept 1876) & Elizabeth Leigh (1809-25 Sep 1899 )

Arrivals ??

Vic. Marriage 1856 RIDGWAY Charles (b. ) - TRIPP Frances Ann (b. ) Vic. #2339

That was the second marriage for Charles. I don't have the first one, probably in England.

 

[Bootzy]

Vic marriage cert has
2nd Sept at St Peter’s Church Charles Ridgway Widow (wife dec 1840) b Stockwell? Surrey age 55 Gentleman – parents James Phillip Hobson?& Ann Campbell
to Frances Anne Tripp spinster b Execter age 20 – parents William Upton Tripp & Elizabeth Leigh

Ann Campbell married 26 April 1800 St Mary’s Lambeth Surrey to James Philip Hobson – FHL 1041638 ref p128 item 383

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks Val.

Hobson ?

 

[Bootzy]

threw me too - its what is the Marriage cert....
nothing is coming up on A with that name except for marriage to Ann... nothing for Hobson-Ridgway

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154872552?searchTerm=charles ridgway

is this his death?
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5740288?searchTerm=charles ridgway

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks Val.

Yes, I think so.

Death 1865 RIDGWAY Charles 64 - James Philip - Ann CAMPBELL - b. Surrey d. Vic. #5172

 

[Bootzy]

found James Philip Hobson’s death on findagrave – 18 May 1809 buried Protestant Cemetery Penang Malaysia
Late Accountant and Auditor of this Presidency age 38
Uk Reg for East India Co has
Establisments
Senior Merchant – James Philip Hobson 18 May 1809 – Prince of Wales Island

James Philip Hobson baptised 21 July 1771 St Nicholas Deptford Greenwich – father Jeremiah Hobson
So trying to find a marriage for Ann to a Ridgway.. nothing showing

James & Ann also had daughter Anna Maria Barnard Hobson b 1802 who married 10 June 1826 Tannah Bombay India to Thomas Charles Fraser who also employed by East India Co died onboard ship Caroline in Jan 1831

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks Val.

But, if James died 1809 and Charles born 1801 then ...

 

[DaveHam9]

... Charles was born where ?

 

[Bootzy]

marriage for Ann in India ? and birth for Charles in India like his sister Anna Maria in 1802....

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks Val.

I can't find any earlier.

Birth Date 8 - Feb
Birth Year 1807
Baptised Surname Hobson
*** Female
LDS Film Reference None
IOR Reference None
Source Name East India Register
Source Year 1809
Source Edition 1
Source Presidency Prince of Wales Island
Source Event Birth
Entry The lady of Philip Hobson, Esq., of a daughter
Transcribed by FIBIS Volunteers

 

[DaveHam9]

I can't find the marriage or a baptism for Charles.

 

[emeltee]

James Philip Hobson and Ann Campbell had three children that I can find, all baptised in Lamberh, Surrey, all with surname Hobson

Campbell Wright 24 February 1801
Anna Maria Barnard & August 1802
John 17 November 1803

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks emeltee.

I'm not sure what is going on re Hobson and Ridgway.

 

[emeltee]

Campbell Wright Hobson married Julia Ansley 25 August 1829. Interestingly there is a death for a Julia Hobson 1840 in Richmond Surrey.

Julia Hobson Sep 1840 Richmond Surrey 4 255 aged 34

I can find him in 1841 but no other Census

www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQJS-QG2

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks emeltee.

This is getting rather odd.

So Campbell Wright Hobson becomes Charles Ridgway. ?

 

[emeltee]

It rather looks as though he decided to make a fresh start after Julia's death, took on a new name and moved to a new country. Charles Ridgway and Campbell Hobson have to be one and the same person, surely.

 

[DaveHam9]

Seems so emeltee.

 

[DaveHam9]

So arrival for Charles 1841 - 1856.

Also Frances Ann Tripp by that date.

I can't find the Tripp family in 1841.

 

[emeltee]

I have found an entry in the London Gazette 1849 where he is declared Bankrupt. This may have been the reason for the name change etc, to avoid creditors.

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks emeltee.