William Pidgeon was born in County Clare, Ireland, but married Eliza Jane in County Kildare.  They settled there for a time, bringing up a young family, but emigrated to England in the late 1870s.  They first settled in Withycombe Raleigh in Exmouth, Devon, but later moved to Portsmouth and finally Plymouth.  Their youngest son was killed in action in the Boer War in South Africa.  Their two eldest sons are not to be found in the 1901 census, so were they, too, fighting in South Africa?

Information from Basil Pidgeon

William PIDGEON (b.ab.1847, Co Clare, Ireland – d.9/11/1913, 67y, Plymouth)

   m.(ab.1870, Kildare, Ire) Eliza Jane ? (b.ab.1850, Co Kildare, Ire – d.31/12/1922. 73y, Plymouth)

    |    1881:  at Village, WRal – Eliza Jane;  Thomas George, Edwd Wm, John Chas, + Mary Ellen (23, visitor)

    |               at Stoke Lyne, WRal – William (butler to Edwd COLE)

    |    1891:  at 11 Jubilee Cottages, WRal – William & Elizabeth;  John C, Annie E

    |    1901:  at 20 Hawke St, Portsmouth – William & Elizabeth; Annie

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    |– Thomas George PIDGEON (b.ab.1871, Co.Kildare – d. 3/3/1950, 79y, Plymouth)

    |      m.(1896, Stoke Damerel) Caroline BAILEY (b.ab1874, Liverpool – d.1948, 74y, Plymouth)

    |       |    1901:  at 11 Mt Edgcombe Terr, Antony, Corn – Thomas G & Catherine, Catherine A, Charles W

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    |       |– Caroline Annie PIDGEON (b.1897, Antony – d.)

    |       |      m.(1917, Plympton) Percy R RAYNER (b. – d.)

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    |       |– Charles William G PIDGEON (b.1900, Antony – d.1965, 65y, Plymouth)

    |       |      m.(1949, Plymouth) Winifred M M LUSCOMBE (b.ab.1913 – d.1963, 50y, Plymouth)

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    |– Edward William PIDGEON (b.ab.1873, Co Kildare – d.19/2/1937, 63y, Plymouth)

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    |– Benjamin PIDGEON (b.ab.1875, Co Kildare – d.24/6/1935, 60, Beddington, Surrey) Footman

    |       :    1901:  at The Parade, Portsmouth – Benjamin (servt to Pelham ALDRICK, Rear Admiral)

    |      m.(1901, Portsmouth) Lois WEST (b.1871, Midhurst, Sur – d.1958, 87y, Croydon, Sur)

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    |      └? Gladys Irene PIDGEON (b.1904, Portsmouth – d.1904, 0y, Portsmouth)

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    |– John Charles PIDGEON (b.ab.1877, Co Kildare – d.6/1/1900, 22y, k.i.a.Wagon Hill, South Africa)

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   └  Annie Elizabeth PIDGEON (b.1885, Withycombe Raleigh – d.1/4/1969, 74y, Plymouth)

           m. (1907, Plymouth) Christopher Adolphus SOPER (b.ab.1883, Plympton – d.6/7/1966, 82y, Plymouth)

Page Updated  07 Feb 2009

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