John Thomas Ridge, 18651926 (aged 61 years)

Name
John Thomas /Ridge/
Given names
John Thomas
Surname
Ridge
Name
John /Ridge/
Given names
John
Surname
Ridge
Birth
Christening
Type: Mum's note: 'baptised in New Orleans, St Alphonus Church'
Emigration
Type: Mum's note: 'came to Australia from America, New Orleans, 6 months old' so 1880 or 1881
Occupation
Engineman, South Australian Railways
Merged Gramps ID
I0001
Merged Gramps ID
I0016
Marriage
City: Peterborough
State: South Australia
Country: Australia
Death
1926 (aged 61 years)
Citation details: Family Notices. (1926, March 19). The Times and Northern Advertiser
Text:

DEATH.

RIDGE.—On 15 March, at Peterborough Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, John, beloved husband of Mary Ellen Ridge, aged 60 years: leaving a widow, three sons, one daughter, and one grandson to mourn their loss.— R.I.P.

Family Notices. (1926, March 19). The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia (SA : 1919 - 1950), p. 2. Retrieved April 6, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125024106

Research task
View 1860 US Census records for New Orleans Ridges
25 April 2014
User: mia

From FamilySearch.org:

Name: Thomas Ridge
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: The First Rep. Ward N Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Race: White
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1825
Birthplace: Ireland
Page: 297
Household ID: 2357
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film Number: 803415
Digital Folder Number: 004231226
Image Number: 00421
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Thomas Ridge M 35 Ireland
Ellen Ridge F 28 Ireland
Mary Ridge F 6 La
Margaret Ridge F 4 La
Eliza Ridge F 3 La
Edward Ridge M 1 La
James Tottheim M 20 La
(John born 1865 so not on this and they might have left by 1870).

Also view Thomas Ridge, "United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865"
Name: Thomas Ridge
Event Place: Louisiana
Document Type: Citizen
Document Number: 53
Affiliate Publication Title: Confederate Papers Relating to Citizens or Business Firms
Affiliate Publication Number: M346
Affiliate Film Number: 865

Research task
Is the John Ridge mourned by his nieces, Alice, Nellie, and Florrie?
5 April 2015
User: miawebtrees
Family with parents
father
mother
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
7 years
himself
18651926
Birth: 1865 40 33 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
Death: 1926
Birth
Occupation
Marriage
Death
Citation details: Family Notices. (1926, March 19). The Times and Northern Advertiser
Text:

DEATH.

RIDGE.—On 15 March, at Peterborough Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, John, beloved husband of Mary Ellen Ridge, aged 60 years: leaving a widow, three sons, one daughter, and one grandson to mourn their loss.— R.I.P.

Family Notices. (1926, March 19). The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia (SA : 1919 - 1950), p. 2. Retrieved April 6, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125024106

Shared note

RIDGE*— On the ISth March, at Peter borough (suddenly), John Ridge (late S.A.B.). B.I.P. — Deeply regretted by his nieces, Alice, Nellie, and Florrio. Adelaide.

Family Notices. (1926, March 20). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), p. 19. Retrieved April 6, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89641496

Research task
Shared note

From FamilySearch.org:

Name: Thomas Ridge
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: The First Rep. Ward N Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Race: White
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1825
Birthplace: Ireland
Page: 297
Household ID: 2357
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film Number: 803415
Digital Folder Number: 004231226
Image Number: 00421
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Thomas Ridge M 35 Ireland
Ellen Ridge F 28 Ireland
Mary Ridge F 6 La
Margaret Ridge F 4 La
Eliza Ridge F 3 La
Edward Ridge M 1 La
James Tottheim M 20 La
(John born 1865 so not on this and they might have left by 1870).

Also view Thomas Ridge, "United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865"
Name: Thomas Ridge
Event Place: Louisiana
Document Type: Citizen
Document Number: 53
Affiliate Publication Title: Confederate Papers Relating to Citizens or Business Firms
Affiliate Publication Number: M346
Affiliate Film Number: 865