Person Sheet


Name Sophia BALE, 6027
Birth 1785, Bristol
Death 1854, Stoke upon Trent area Age: 69
Death Memo IoD 4Q1854 Stoke upon Trent 6d86
Father Philip Gould BALE, 6042
Mother Elizabeth MORGAN, 16157
Spouses:
1 John RIDGWAY, 5G Uncle, 1687
Birth 1785, Stoke upon Trent
Death 1860 Age: 75
Occupation 1841: pottery manufacturer. 1851: china manufacturer.
Father Job RIDGWAY, 797 (1759-1814)
Mother Elizabeth MAYER, 798 (1754-1810)
Marriage 18 10 1810, St Thomas Church Bristol
Marriage Memo IGI M018256
Notes for Sophia BALE
MR: maiden name. Ancestry230908: census1841, 1851, IoD.
Census
Census1841 992/3/13/19: aged50-55, hd at Cauldon Place Shelton, LOOM. Census1851 2005/140/24: aged65 assYofB1785, wife at Cauldon Place Shelton, PofB Bristol.
Census Notes for John (Spouse 1)
Census1851 2005/140/24: aged64, mar, hd at Cauldon Place Shelton, occ, PofB Stoke upon Trent.
Misc. Notes
Online160703: www.thepotteries.org/ location/hanley/hanley.html: "Job Ridgway's son John became the first Mayor.": www.thepotteries.org: YofB and YofD, father Job founded Cauldon Place in 1802 and John became partner in 1808 (with brother William), taking over works on death of father in 1813. In 1830 John kept Cauldon Place and passed Bell Works on to William (see uncle George). Ancestry230908: census1851.
Notes for John & Sophia (Family)
LDSOnline230908: MR.
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