George SMALRIDGE

  General Notes:

Births Mar 1882
Smalridge George St. Thomas 5b 42

Marriages Jun 1901 St.Thomas 5b 159
BEST Kate Helena
MARKS Alice Maude
Smalridge George
Vinnicombe Edwin

Marriage Certificate
Maried at The Parade Chapel, Exmouth on Thirtieth June 1901
George Smalridge, 19 years, Bachelor, Mariner, Meeting Street Exmouth. Father George Smalridge, Horse Driver
Kate Helena Best, 20 years, Spinster, Shop Assistant, 7 George Street Exmouth. Father Samuel John Best, Tailor
Witnesses were Samuel J Best (father) and Frederick W Smalridge (brother)

After Kate's death, he married Margaret Clarke in 1919, who was the children's school teacher. They emigrated to Canada about February 1920. Details are on ancestry.co.uk for George, Margaret, Louisa and Lilian travelling to St John, New Brunswick.
They travelled on "Empress of France" and arrived at St John on 6 March 1920 from Liverpool

Entry 265472 are
Smalridge George (christened George Sunderland), 7, S, (child)
Smalridge Margaret, 30, M, H Keeper,
Smalridge Louisa, 15, S, Shop Assist
Smalridge Lilian, 13, S, (child)
- S is single, M is Married
- destination was Montreal P.Q.
- hence George is George Sunderland Smalridge, not his father!

The entry form completed by son George Sunderland Smalridge states he was to join his father. Hence George travelled first and was later joined by his family - Alf first and then the others

Marriages Jun 1919 St.Thomas 5b 180
Clarke Margaret Smalbridge
Griffin Ann C M Minton
Minton Hampden A Griffin
Smalridge George Clarke

Marriage Certificate
Twenty ninth June 1919 at The Parade Chapel, Exmouth
George Smalridge, 37 years, Widower, Shop Assistant, 114 Egremont Road Exmouth. Father George smalridge, Council Labourer
Margaret Clarke, 29 years, Spinster, School Teacher, 21 Bicton Street Exmouth. Father Tom Butters Clarke, Brickyard Engineer
Witnesses were Tom Clarke and Emily Beavis

1891 census
46 Bicton Street, Exmouth, Devon
RG12/1675 P21 F42
George Smalridge head 47 hauler (carman) born Lustleigh
Sarah Smalridge wife 47 b Bovey Tracey
Laura E Smalridge daur 22 b Knowle
Lilian Smalridge daur 15 b Bovey Tracey
Harry Smalridge son 13 errand boy b Newton Abbot
Charles Smalridge son 11 errand boy b Littleham
George Smalridge son 9 scholar b Exmouth
Frank Smalridge son 5 scholar b Exmouth

1901 Census
RG13/2029 F700 P30
Meeting Street, Exmouth (Withycombe Raleigh), Devon
George Smalridge, Head, M, 57, D Council (Carter), Devon Lustleigh
Sarah A do, Wife, M, 57, , Devon Bovey Tracey
Charles do, Son, S, 21, Labourer In Timber Yard, Devon Exmouth
George do, Son, S, 19, Labourer In Timber Yard, Devon Exmouth
Frank do, Son, S, 15, Stable Boy Groom , Devon Exmouth

1911 census (indexed as Smabridge)
RG14PN13587 RD291 SD1 ED5 SN53
87 West Street, Millbrook, Cornwall (St Germans)
George Smalridge, Head, 29, Married 9 years, Captain Steamship, Exmouth Devon
Kate Smalridge, Wife, 30, Married 9 years, House Duties at home, Exmouth Devon
Alfred Smalridge, Son, 7, , Scholar, Exmouth Devon
Louisa Smalridge, Daughter, 6, , Scholar, Exmouth Devon
Lilian Smalridge, Daughter, 4, , Scholar, Exmouth Devon
- against George it was stated they had 3 children born alive and 3 still alive, in this marriage
- house had 4 rooms

During the first world war he was a Rear Gunner in the 4th Devon Regiment - presumably away at war when wife Kate died - explaining why her mother was the informant

Buried in the Field of Honour in Montreal

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Labourer in timber yard, 1901, Exmouth, Devon, England.

• Occupation: Mariner, 30 Jun 1901, Exmouth, Devon, England.

• Occupation: Private 4th Devon Regiment (Grocer), 9 Jul 1916.

• Occupation: Shop Assistant, 29 Jun 1919, Exmouth, Devon, England.

George married Kate Helena BEST, daughter of Samuel John BEST and Elizabeth Jane HOOPER, on 30 Jun 1901 in Exmouth, Devon, England.¹ (Kate Helena BEST was born on 25 Apr 1881 in Exmouth, Devon, England ³ and died on 9 Jul 1916 in Exmouth, Devon, England ⁴.)

George next married Margaret "Daisy" CLARKE, daughter of Tom Butters CLARKE and Georgina DRAKE, on 29 Jun 1919 in Exmouth, Devon, England.² (Margaret "Daisy" CLARKE was born on 5 Feb 1890 in Exmouth, Devon, England and died in Oct 1962 in Canada.)