18 Aug 2023
Wife: Ruth Shipp
Born: 27 Feb 1879 in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire 1,2 (see note 1) Census: 1891 in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire (see note 2) Census: 1911 in Middlesex (see note 3) Resided: 1937 - 1965 at 146 Shelford Road, Trumpington 3 Died: 1966 in Cambridgeshire 4 (see note 4) Father: David Shipp (1854 - ) Mother: Mary Ann Pratt (1856 - )
Husband: Walter Bridgeman Married: 1906 in Middlesex 1 (see note 5)
Born: ABT 1881 in Berkshire Occupation: Police Constable 5 Census: 1911 in Middlesex (see note 6) Occupation: 1911 Temporary Police Pensioner Died: 1930 in Cambridgeshire 4 (see note 7) Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Roland Leslie Bridgeman Born: 9 Jun 1907 in Middlesex 2 Census: 1911 in Middlesex (see note 8) Occupation: 1939 Soldier 2 Resided: 1939 - 1948 in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire 2 Occupation: 1948 Motor Mechanic 6 Member: 1948 Trumpington Allotment Society 6 Resided: 1949 - 1969 at 36 Bishops Road, Trumpington 3 Died: 1994 in Cambridge 4 (see note 9) Wife: Olive Irene Elbourne b. 12 Apr 1905 d. 1984 Married: 1930 in Cambridgeshire 1 (see note 10)
F Child 2: Edith Victoria Bridgeman Born: 26 Aug 1908 in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire 1,2 (see note 11) Census: 1911 in Middlesex (see note 12) Resided: 1939 in Cambridge 2 Resided: 1946 - 1952 at 56 Foster Road, Trumpington 3 Died: 1993 in Norfolk 4 (see note 13) Husband: John Henry C Clayton b. 23 Oct 1906 Married: 1931 in Cambridgeshire 1 (see note 14)
M Child 3: Robert Bridgeman Born: 3 May 1910 in Middlesex 2 Census: 1911 in Middlesex (see note 15) Resided: 1937 - 1970 at 146 Shelford Road, Trumpington 3 Died: 1977 in Cambridgeshire 4 (see note 16) Notes
F Child 4: Cissie Bridgeman Born: 6 Mar 1912 in Cambridgeshire 1,2 (see note 17) Resided: 1939 at 146 Shelford Road, Trumpington 2 Occupation: 1939 Grocers Shop Assistant 2 Resided: 1945 - 1970 at 146 Shelford Road, Trumpington 3 Died: 1995 in Bedfordshire 4 (see note 18) Husband: Herbert James Scott Married: 1943 in Southampton, Hampshire 1 (see note 19)
F Child 5: Kathleen Vera Bridgeman Born: 15 Apr 1913 in Cambridgeshire 1,2 (see note 20) Resided: 1937 - 1963 at 146 Shelford Road, Trumpington 3 Occupation: 1939 Waitress (Restaurant) 2 Died: 1989 in Cambridgeshire 4 (see note 21) Husband: William Ernest Braybrook b. 30 Jun 1901 d. 1972 Married: 1962 in Cambridge 4 (see note 22)
M Child 6: Walter William Bridgeman Born: 11 Nov 1916 in Cambridgeshire 1,2 (see note 23) Resided: 1938 - 1947 at 146 Shelford Road, Trumpington 3 Occupation: 1939 Bakers Assistant 2 Occupation: 1940 Confectioner Occupation: 1946 Baker 7 Died: 1995 in Cambridge 4 (see note 24) Wife: Bertha Harriet Cousins b. 7 Dec 1913 d. 1998 Married: 17 Feb 1940 in Trumpington (see note 25)
Sources: (1) FreeBMD website. (2) 1939 Register. (3) Electoral Register. (4) Index on ancestry.co.uk. (5) Marriage record of child. (6) Trumpington Allotment Society records. (7) Baptism records of children.
Event Notes Note (1) Mar 1879 Chesterton 3b 490 Note (2) Age 12, born Dry Drayton, with family Note (3) Age 31, born Dry Drayton, with husband Walter Bridgeman and children Note (4) Dec 1966 Cambridge 4a 254 age 87 Note (5) Jun 1906 Brentford 3a 243 Note (6) Age 29, born Inkpen, Berkshire. Temporary Police Pensioner, with wife Ruth and 3 children Note (7) Sep 1930 Chesterton 3b 413 age 48 Note (8) Age 3, born Isleworth, with family Note (9) Mar 1994 Cambridge born 9 Jun 1907 Note (10) Dec 1930 Chesterton 3b 1087 Note (11) Dec 1908 Chesterton 3b 385 Note (12) Victoria Edith Bridgeman: age 2, born Dry Drayton, with family Note (13) Jan 1993 Kings Lynn born 26 Aug 1908 Note (14) Jun 1931 Chesterton 3b 1187 Note (15) Age 10 months, born Sunbury, with family Note (16) Mar 1977 Cambridge 9 0788 born 3 May 1910 Note (17) Jun 1912 Chesterton 3b 767 mothers surname Shipp Note (18) Nov 1995 Bedford born 6 Mar 1912 Note (19) Dec 1943 Southampton 2c 31 Note (20) Jun 1913 Chesterton 3b 804 mothers surname Shipp Note (21) Oct 1989 Fenland 9 1609 born 15 Apr 1913 Note (22) Dec 1962 Cambridge 4a 618 Note (23) Dec 1916 Chesterton 3b 676 mothers surname Shipp Note (24) Jan 1995 Cambridge born 11 Nov 1916 Note (25) Feb 17 BRIDGEMAN Walter William 23 bac confectioner otp son of Walter police constable (deceased) COUSINS Bertha Harriet 26 sp waitress otp dau of John William stud groom wits: J W COUSINS, M A COUSINS Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index