Abner Pidgeon was born in Manchester and married Amelia SAMMONS in Worcester in 1846.  His profession of organ builder took him to many places, but the family settled in Aston, Birmingham.  Most of his descendants still live in the Birmingham area, though a few have moved to Stafford.

Contributors:  Steve & Elaine Pidgeon, Janet Todd.

Notes:    ab. = about,  b. = born,  bp. = baptised,  bu. = buried,  d. = died,  m. = married,  + = extramarital relationship.

Abner PIDGEON (b.ab.1819, Manchester – d.1883, 65y, Birmingham)  Organ Builder

   m.(1846, Worcester) Amelia SAMMONS (b.ab.1829, Worcester –d.)

    |    1851:  at No.2 Court, Coventry Rd, Bordesley, Aston – Abner & Amelia; Thomas

    |    1881:  at  8 Butler St South, Aston – Abner & Amelia;  Alfred, William

    |    1881:  at 18½ Monmouth Place, Walcot, Somerset - Abner (boarder with John ELBRO & family)

    |    1891:  at 76 Park Lane, Aston – Amelia (wid, 65), visitor of Mary Fletcher & family

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    |– Thomas Abner PIDGEON (b.1849, Worcester – d?1906, 57y, Reading) Soldier (private)

    |            1881:  at “New Infantry Barracks" Fulford Rd, Gate Fulford, York – Thomas Abner

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    |– Alfred PIDGEON (b.ab.1852, Birmingham – d.1907, 55y, Aston) Printer Compositor, Packer in Brass

    |      m.(ab.1882) Lucy ? (b.ab.1854, Birmingham – d.1908, 54y, Aston)                                          Foundry

    |       |    1891:  at 73 Glover St, Aston – Alfred & Lucy;  Lucy, Ellen, Eliza

    |       |    1901:  at 6 Vict.Terr, Westley St, Aston – Alfred & Lucy;  Lucy, Ellen, Eliza, Nancy

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    |       |– Alfred PIDGEON (b.1883, Aston – d.1883, 0y, Aston)

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    |       |– Lucy PIDGEON (b.1884, Aston – d.)

    |       |      m.(1904, Aston) George ROBERTS or Raymond Arthur FIELD

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    |       |– Ellen PIDGEON (b.1886, Aston – d.)

    |       |      m.(1911, Aston) Philip Charles SPEAKE (b.1885, Aston – d.)

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    |       |       |– Edwin A SPEAKE (b.1911, Aston – d.)

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    |       |– Eliza PIDGEON (b.1889, Aston – d.)

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    |       |– Nancy PIDGEON (b.1892, Aston – d.)

    |       |      m.(1911, Aston) Thomas E FELLOWS or Charles MANTON

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    |      └? Sarah PIDGEON (b. 1894, Aston – d.1895, 1y, Aston)

    |                  daughter of William or Alfred?  [see below]

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   └  William Benjamin PIDGEON (b.ab.1862, Dublin – d.1895, 32y, Aston)  Stove Fitter, Brass Polisher

            :    1881:  at Charles Henry St (5 Ct, 15 House), Bir’m – Sarah (wid);  Fanny, James, Ambrose, Eliza,

            :                                                                                                                  John FOSTER, Selina SMITH

           m.(1884, Aston) Fanny FOSTER (b. 1862, Leominster, Hereford – d.)

            |                            m2.(1900, Aston) Henry (Harry) BRADLEY (b.ab.1855, Birmingham – d.) Bedstead Dresser

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            |    1891:  at no.2 back of 20 Bolton Rd, Aston – William & Fanny; William, Beatrice PIDGEON + John FOSTER

            |                                                                                                                                                    (boarder)

            |    1901:  at 208 Bolton Rd, Aston – Harry & Fanny;  Alfred, William, May, Agnes BRADLEY  + William,

            |                                                                                                                          Beatrice, Edwin PIDGEON

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            |– William Abner PIDGEON (b.1885, Aston – d.1921, 35y, King’s Norton)  Tube Drawer

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            |– Fanny Elizabeth PIDGEON (b.1886, Aston – d.1889, 2y, Aston)

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            |– Beatrice PIDGEON (b.1891, Aston – d?1942, 50y, Upton, Worcs)

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            |– Edwin John PIDGEON (b.1893, Aston – d.1951, 58y, Birmingham)

            |      m. (1919, Aston) Amy Florence LATHAM (b.6/6/1889 – d.1970, 81y, Birmingham)

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            |       |– Edwin William PIDGEON (b.1921, Birmingham – d.1967, 45y, Birmingham)

            |       |      m.(1947, Birmingham) Ellen May PAUL (b.6/4/1920 – d.1969, 49, Solihull)

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            |       |                                 ΰ Steve & Elaine PIDGEON

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            |       |– Stanley PIDGEON (b.7/12/1922, Birmingham – d.1981, 59y, Birmingham)

            |       |      m.(1942, Birmingham) Iris Nancy PAUL (b.16/11/1922 – d.1995, 72y, Redditch)

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            |      └  Terence PIDGEON (b.28/7/1924, Birmingham – d.1979, 54y, Birmingham)

            |              m. (1948, Birmingham) Edna Joan HARRIS (b.12/11/1923 – d.2/1986, 62y, Birmingham)

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            |               |– Jeffrey PIDGEON (b.1949 – d.1949, Birmingham)

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            |                                        ΰ Janet TODD

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           └? Sarah PIDGEON (b. 1894, Aston – d. 1895, 1y, Aston)

                       daughter of William or Alfred?  [see above]

Page Updated  08 Feb 2009

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