See also

Family of Harold Charles Liberty and Doris H Ridley

  • Husband:

  • Harold Charles Liberty (1904-1990)

  • Wife:

  • Doris H Ridley (1909- )

  • Status:

  • Divorced

  • Marriage:

  • Q1 1934

  • Watford "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England1

Husband: Harold Charles Liberty

  • Name:

  • Harold Charles Liberty2,3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Liberty (1861- )

  • Mother:

  • Emily Buckingham (1868- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • garage attendant then a lorry driver4,5

  • Birth:

  • 19 Sep 1904

  • Watford, Hertfordshire, England2,3,4,5,6

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 6)

  • 39 Parker Street, Watford, Hertfordshire, England6

  •  

  • son living in five rooms with his parents William and Emily, sister Lily, and brothers Ernest, Alfred, Horace and Stanley. Born in Watford Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 16 yrs 9 mns)

  • 39 Parker Street, Watford, Hertfordshire, England4

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a garage attendant for Waterloo Bros. and Layton (printers) of Milton Street Watford and living in five rooms with his parents William and Emily, sister Lilian, brothers Ernest, Alfred, Horace and Stanley and lodger and his future brother-in-law Frederick Tallett. Born in Watford Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 35)

  • 98 Church Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, England5

  •  

  • a married heavy motor driver for Pri? to H.M.S.O. (heavy worker) living with his wife Doris. Born on 19th September 1904

  • Death:

  • 23 Sep 1990 (age 86)

  • Watford "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England3,7

  • Probate:

  • 6 Nov 1990

  • Probate Registry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England7

  •  

  • of 98 Church Road Watford died 23rd September 1990, probate not exceeding £115,000 (~£238,000 in 2017)

Wife: Doris H Ridley

  • Name:

  • Doris H Ridley1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 29 Oct 1909

  • Fall River, USA5,8

  • Immigration:

  • 7 Jun 1910 (age 6 mns)

  • to Liverpool, Lancashire, England from New York, New York, USA

  •  

  • travelling with her mother Ada on the Cunard ship Mauretania

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 1)

  • 59 Argyle Street, Burnley, Lancashire, England8

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents Richard and Ada, and two lodgers. Born in Fall River USA

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 29)

  • 98 Church Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, England5

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Harold. Born on 29th October 1909 and married a Norman at a later date

Note on Marriage

Divorce assumed as they both remarried in 1949

Note on Wife: Doris H Ridley

After divorcing Harold Doris married Geoffrey Norman in Watford in 1949. Unsure about Doris's death details9

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Watford 1934 quarter:1 volume:3a page:1813. Cit. Date: 19 January 2022.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Watford 1904 quarter:4 volume:3a page:796. Cit. Date: 17 January 2022.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Watford 1990 quarter:3 register:990 volume:10 page:671. Cit. Date: 19 January 2022.

4.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:7186 registration district:140 sub-district:2 enumeration district:4 schedule:98. Cit. Date: 27 May 2023.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1645D page:2 line:2 letter code:DEXR. Cit. Date: 19 January 2022.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:7702 class:RG78 piece:380 registration district:140 sub-district:2 enumeration district:4 schedule:414. Cit. Date: 18 January 2022.

7.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Oxford 1990 page:5206 no:9052209948D. Cit. Date: 19 January 2022.

8.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:24857 class:RG78 piece:1422 registration district:472 sub-district:2 enumeration district:34 schedule:306. Cit. Date: 19 January 2022.

9.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Watford 1949 quarter:2 volume:4b page:630. Cit. Date: 19 January 2022.