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RIDLERS OF EASTCOMB, ENGLAND.
FOURTH GENERATION.
Anna Ridley' (1), eldest daughter of John (1), was born May 16,
1859.
Willie Ridley' (1), eldest son of John (1), was born July 2, 1860.
Freddie Ridley (1), second son of John³ (1), was born Oct. 25, 1873.
Emma Ridley' (1), eldest daughter of Jesse (1), was born July 20,
1867.
James Ridley' (1), eldest son of Jesse (1), was born March 20, 1869.
RIDLERS OF EASTCOMB, ENGLAND.
William Ridler¹ (1), a cloth-weaver, birth-place and parents unknown,
was a resident of Eastcomb, Gloucester,* Eng., married, and had issue
three sons and probably other children.
SECOND GENERATION.
John Ridler² (1), son of William¹ (1), was born in 1778; married
about 1818, and had five sons, of whom hereafter. Weaver by trade.
Lived at Heavens, Strand. He died in 1864, aged 86.
William Ridler² (2), son of William' (1), was weaver by trade; lived
at Heavens, Strand, and had issue two sons, of whom hereafter. No par-
ticulars.
Nathaniel Ridler² (1), son of William¹ (1), was a weaver at Heavens,
Strand, and had issue three children, of whom hereafter.
THIRD GENERATION.
William Ridler (3), eldest son of John2 (1), was born at Heavens,
Strand, in 1819; married in 1842, and lives at Eastcomb, Gloucester.
He is a stone-mason by trade. He says their surname was always spelled
Ridler. Four children.
John Ridler (2), second son of John² (1), was born in 1821, and died
unmarried in 1877; wood-cutter.
Samuel Ridler (1), third son of John² (1), was born in 1823; mar-
ried in 1858, and died in 1876; wood-cutter.
George Ridler (1), fourth son of John² (1), was born in 1824, and
resides at Eastcomb (1878), unmarried; wood-cutter.
Nathaniel Ridler³ (2), fifth son of John² (1), was born in 1826; mar-
ried in 1850, and lives at Eastcomb; stone-mason.
*The Ridler family seems to have originated in Gloucestershire. Tradition says
they are an offshoot of the Ridleys of Northumberland, and that they had the same
arms; but I do not find any coat-of-arms assigned to the Ridlers. William Ridler
died at Cheltenham, Eng., in May, 1856, aged 59 years. He had filled the post of
Manager of the Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Bank from its establishment many
years ago; its business had been transferred to the County of Gloucester Bank, and
Mr. Ridler had been laboriously engaged in winding up its affairs. He was found
dead in his bed. He had a daughter Clara, who was married in 1860 to Augustus
W. Eres, surgeon, and resident of Douglas, in the Isle of Man, son of A. Eres, Esq.,
M. D., of Cheltenham. (See "Gleanings and Notes" in this book.)
