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Thomas William Ridley                 1857-1939
Thomas was born about 1857, the son of Thomas Dawson Ridley and Sarah Hindmarch, at Hexham, Northumberland.
Emily Gordon                                 1859-1915
Emily was born 3 March 1859, in Ireland.
I have identified the following children.
  Thomas Kenneth Gordon Born 9 Apr 1895   Redcar, Yorkshire Married Zela Margaret Bowlby
Stewart Gordon "Riddles" Born 6 Jul 1896   Redcar, Yorkshire Died 18 Jun 1916
Margaret Kathleen Gordon Born 18 Nov 1898   Redcar, Yorkshire  
Charles Hindmarch Gordon Born abt 1900   Redcar, Yorkshire  
Elspeth Gordon Born 12 Sep 1902   Redcar, Yorkshire  

Birth of Parents
Thomas William Ridley b: abt 1857               Northumberland       1857 3Q Hexham 10b 190
son of Thomas Dawson Ridley and Sarah Hindmarch

Emily Gordon b: 3 Mar 1859         Ireland

Marriage
17 Sep 1892
Thomas William Ridley
Emily Gordon 		St. Andrew's, Cardiff, Wales       1892 3Q Cardiff 11a 380

Evening Express, Monday, Sep 19, 1892             Marriages
Ridley - Gordon , - On September 17, at St. Andrew's, Cardiff, by the Rev.T.L.H. Jenkyn, B.A., Thomas William Ridley, second son of Thomas Dawson Ridley, J.P. of Coatham, Redcar, to Emily, youngest daughter of the late Stewart Gordon, C.E., of Aber-foyle, Londonderry.

Children
Thomas Kenneth Gordon Ridley b: 9 Apr 1895               Coatham, Redcar, Yorkshire
son of Thomas William Ridley and Emily Gordon, Teresa-terrace

The Times, Saturday, April 13, 1895   BIRTHS
RIDLEY - On the 9th April, at Teresa-terrace, Coatham, Redcar, the wife of T. W. Ridley, of a son.

Stewart Gordon Ridley b: 6 Jul 1896               Coatham, Redcar, Yorkshire       1896 3Q Guisbro' 9d 507
son of Thomas William Ridley and Emily Gordon, Teresa-terrace

The Times, Wednesday, July 8, 1896   BIRTHS
RIDLEY - On the 6th July, at Teresa-terrace, Coatham, Redcar, the wife of T. W. Ridley, of a son.

Margaret Kathleen Gordon Ridley b: 18 Nov 1898               Coatham, Redcar, Yorkshire       1898 4Q Guisbro' 9d 499
daughter of Thomas William Ridley and Emily Gordon       Died 1 Feb 1969
Charles Hincmarch Gordon Ridley b: abt 1900               Coatham, Redcar, Yorkshire       1900 3Q Guisbro' 9d 526
son of Thomas William Ridley and Emily Gordon

1901 Census RG11-4570 1 April 1901 Coatham, Yorkshire
Willimoteswick
Thomas W. Ridley
Emily (Wife)
Thomas H.
Stewart G.
Margaret H.
Charles H.
Eliza Stobbs (Aunt)
Plus 5 Servants 		Age 43
Age 41
Age 5
Age 4
Age 2
Age 10 Mo.
Age 69 		Pub Works Contractor





Living on own means 		Coatham

Redcar
Redcar
Redcar
Redcar
Wringham 		Yorkshire
Ireland
Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Northumberland 		abt 1857
3 Mar 1859
9 Apr 1895
abt 1896
abt 1898
abt 1900
abt 1931

Elspeth Gordon Ridley b: 12 Sep 1902               Coatham, Redcar, Yorkshire       1902 4Q Guisbro' 9d 507
daughter of Thomas William Ridley and Emily Gordon       Died 18 Mar 1970

1911 Census RG14-1 3 April 1911 Coatham, Yorkshire -North Riding
Redcar   (14 Rooms)
Thomas William Ridley
Emily (Wife)
Elizabeth Stobbs (Aunt)
Margaret Kathleen Gordon
Elspeth Gordon
Plus 4 Servants 		Age 53
Age 51
Age 79
Age 12
Age 8 		Public Works Contractor Hexham
Londonderry
Harton Hill
Redcar
Redcar 		Northumberland
Ireland
Northumberland
Yorkshire
Yorkshire 		abt 1857
3 Mar 1859
abt 1839
18 Nov 1898
12 Sep 1902
Married 18 Years, had 6 Children, 5 still alive, this date.

The Times, Wednesday, June 18, 1916   DEATHS
ON ACTIVE SERVICE
  RIDLEY - Stewart Gordon, "Riddles", R.F.C.,
Libyan Desert, 18 June 1916.
"His rest shall be glorius"

The Times, Wednesday, June 28, 1916   DEATHS
KILLED IN ACTION
  RIDLEY - On the 15th June, Lieut. Stewart Gordon Ridley, R.F.C., son of T. W. Ridley, "Willimoteswick", Redcar, in his 20th year.

IN Memory of
SECOND LIEUTENANT STEWART GORDON RIDLEY
Royal Flying Corps
Who Died Age 19
ON 18 JUNE 1916

SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM and EMILY GORDON RIDLEY,
of Willimoteswick, Redcar
REMEMBERED WITH HONOR
CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY,
Cairo, Egypt

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

Death
Emily (Gordon) Ridley Died 12 May 1915, Age 56,     Redcar       1915 2Q Guisbro 9d 623

LONDON   18 Aug 1915                         Probate
RIDLEY, Emily, of Willimsteswick, Coatham, Redcar, Yorkshire (wife of Thomas William Ridley), died 12 May 1915, Probate London, 18 August, to the said Thomas William Ridley, contractor.   Effects £6,568 14s. 2d.

Death
Thomas William Ridley Died abt 1939, Age 75,       1939 4Q Woolwich 1d 1416