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I have just found my grandfather on the 1911 census - the spelling of his name is wrong but it is him. The problem is I don't understand what he is doing as a Stoker. Looks like he was in service somewhere but I can't make head or tail of it. Is he on a ship or what. What is the address.

Hope somebody on Find my Past will be able to find out more

Can somebody help please

Susanne

WOOLRIDGE, Claude Single M 20 1891 Stoker Middlesex Shepherds Bush VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
3961 Reference:
RG14PN3961 RD47 SD2 ED33 SN9999

Registration District:
Medway Sub District:
Gillingham Enumeration District:
33 Parish:
Gillingham

Address:
Chatham County:
Kent

the previous images show stokers and ships officers

born where?

For info he was at the Royal Naval Barracks

1881 - is this the same family?



John Pellow WOOLDRIDGE Head M Male 54 Lewaick, Cornwall, England Ag Lab Shepherd & C
Elizabeth Pellow WOOLDRIDGE Wife M Female 49 Laneast, Cornwall, England Dressmaker
William Pellow WOOLDRIDGE Son U Male 27 St Cleather, Cornwall, England Agriculter Labourer
Martha A. P. WOOLDRIDGE Daur U Female 20 St Cleather, Cornwall, England Dressmaker
Claud P. WOOLDRIDGE Son Male 5 St Cleather, Cornwall, England Scholar
William GOURDING Father Law W Male 77 Launcel, Cornwall, England Formerly Agricultur Labourer


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Source Information:
Dwelling Coldnorthcot Hamlet
Census Place St Clether, Cornwall, England
Family History Library Film 1341546
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 2273 / 84
Page Number 6

Claud Woodbridge
England and Wales Census, 1901

birth: 1890 —Brentford, Middlesex
residence: 31 Mar 1901 —Stoke Within, Surrey, England
census: 31 Mar 1901 —Stoke Within, Surrey, England

record title: England and Wales Census, 1901
name: Claud Woodbridge
event: Census
event date: 31 Mar 1901
gender: Male
age: 11
relationship to head of household: Son
birthplace: Brentford, Middlesex
record type: Household
registration district: Guildford
sub-district: Guildford
ecclesiastical parish: St Johns Stoke
civil parish: Stoke Within
county: Guildford, Guildford, Stoke Within, Surrey

he was in the Royal Navy Barracks

Have had a quick look on the NationalArchives site and For £3.50 there is some documents you can download immediately.

http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/

Description Name Woolridge, Claude Sidney Gordon
Official Number: K9043
Place of Birth: Shepherds Bush, London

Date 28 April 1891
Catalogue reference ADM 188/885
Dept Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
Series Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services
Piece 9001-9500
Image contains 1 document of many for this catalogue reference


Number of image files: 1


Image Reference Format and Version Part Number Size (KB) Number of Pages Price (£)
43 / 43 PDF 1.2 1 184 1 3.50

Yes that is him

I have all his records from birth baptism marriages through to death.
Yes it looks like a ship. I know the port my nephew is in service around there.
The address is very vague - usually there is a sign off
What ship


Susanne

He is a Stoker in the Royal Navy, and at the time of the census he was in the barracks at Chatham, not on a ship

Person: WOOLRIDGE, Claude
Institution: Royal Naval Barracks, R.N. BARRACKS


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WOOLRIDGE, Claude Single M 20 1891 Stoker Middlesex Shepherds Bush VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
3961 Reference:
RG14PN3961 RD47 SD2 ED33 SN9999

Registration District:
Medway Sub District:
Gillingham Enumeration District:
33 Parish:
Gillingham

Address:
Chatham County:
Kent



George

Wow thank you so much everybody. My family especially Neph Matthew will be impressed. He was livng there for year and now has been tranferred to Devon.

I've never tried buying online from the Nat archives before. Will give it a go.

So chuffed the last piece of the puzzle has now veen solved

Thks again

Susanne