Florence Eliza Renwick - Research Notes

David Bridge (Living Family info validation)

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Florence Eliza Renwick - Research Notes.

10 (8+2) Children in Total, I have established 10 births & 9 deaths to date (William Bridge 1910 Death to be found)

Apparently the lady who shared nans house in Cornbury Road took the downstairs rooms even though she didn't have as many kids and it was primarily nans house. the 4 Bridge boys slept in the Kitchen/Scullery room in one bed and 3 girls in a single bed in Nan Florence's bedroom. Hencethe need for a man in her life after Albert died.

Bertha Dungey (Nee Bridge) Daughter (LG) tells of her Dad Stan Dungey arriving on his motorbike at the Bridge/Miller home (232 Valence Ave) and asking two "dirty little urchins" whether Bertha lived at the house, one wiped her runny nose on her sleeve and said "no one with that name lives ere mate"; the other said "ere he means Sis (Bertha Bridge)". The two urchins were Mary & Voilet Miller.

was living at 232 Valence Avenue Dagenham when she died.
Cemetary began clearing unvisited graves Aug-2000 - status as of Jan-2003 following visit by David Bridge.

19-Mar-2004 - Grave No 101732-398 (Square398) confirmed as burial plot- Cemetery official records Entry No 427736, Grave is recorded as a 2nd Class Common Grave (Consecrated), in which others, unrelated, are likely to be buried.
Location is 36 Paces from behind the shelter located on Limes Avenue, going away from Limes Ave. & Main Entrance in Easterly direction. It is located In front of and to Left of a large Deciduos Tree.
Plot 399 spans both sides of Limes Avenue on master plot plan (not little reference maps) and 398 backs onto it.
From Limes Ave grave is therefore 5 rows of Sq 399 + 8 rows of Sq 398 and then 11 graves from the earth bank between sq 396 & 398.
19-Mar-2004 nearby existing Graves were:
101730-398 Michael Willliam Barry Died 5-Mar-1950 & Edith Eliza Barry (Died 10-Mar-1991) - Nearly new headstone with all details clearly readable.
101731-398 - details not noted
101734 (Albert Edward Thomas died 1950) very old headstone, barely readable.
4-Jan-2003 Notes following Visit to City of London Cemetary (Manor Park)
Gravestone no longer present. An August 2000 Notice stated: "City of London Unattended Graves are to be removed in next 3 years." Unattended Tombstones cleared between Aug 2000-Jan2003
Found a gravestone No 101741 & 101710 Numbers closest to Nans (101732-398 (Square398)).

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Florence Eliza RENWICK