Sarah Eliza Aldridge

Brief Life History of Sarah Eliza

When Sarah Eliza Aldridge was born on 2 September 1854, in London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Daniel Aldridge, was 31 and her mother, Jane or Ann Rolfe, was 19. She married John Christian Riddle on 11 January 1873, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 13 April 1925, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Christian Riddle
1840–1902
Sarah Eliza Aldridge
1854–1925
Marriage: 11 January 1873
William Daniel Riddle
1873–1888
Ida Joan Riddle
1875–1926
Sarah Blanche Riddle
1878–1881
John Frederick Riddle
1880–1947
Henry Arthur Riddle
1881–1882
Kathryn Rosina Riddle
1883–1978
Frank Otto Riddle
1887–1961
Norman Roscoe Riddle
1890–1951
Charles Marcus Riddle
1893–1893

Sources (58)

  • Sarah Clorman, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Sarah E Riddle, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Sarah E Riddle, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"

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World Events (8)

1855 · London's First Pillar Box

The pillar box is a form of mailbox. Until 1855, people would have to walk the distance to go to the post office in order to send mail.

about 1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English:

from the Middle English personal names Alrich or Elrich and Aldrich or Eldrich, representing any one of three Old English personal names, Æthelrīc, Ælfrīc, and Ealdrīc, formed respectively from æthel- ‘noble’, ælf ‘elf, sprite’, and (e)ald ‘old, honored’ + rīc ‘ruler’.

habitational name from Aldridge (Staffordshire), Aldridge Grove in Hampden (Buckinghamshire), or from a similarly named unidentified place in the West Midlands, recorded in Domesday Book as Alrewic, from Old English alor ‘alder’ + wīc ‘specialized farmstead’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

Sarah Eliza Aldridge Riddle

(Taken from letters written in 1963 and 1964 by her daughter Kathryn Riddle Thompson to Edna C. Riddle, Kathryn’s sister-in-law, and other sources.) “Mother was born in London proper, not a subur …

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