Pidgeons of Honiton (John)

John PIDGEON and Ann HODY were married in 1732 at Hawkchurch, Devon where two of their five children were baptised. But they went to live in Honiton and this is where all their grandchildren and great-grandchildren were born. Their youngest daughter Betty married William FILDEW in 1767 and, with 10 children, they founded the FILDEW family.

John Pidgeon was a cordwainer, or boot- and shoemaker. This trade was passed down to his grandson Samuel, then his sons and grandsons became tailors, carpentors and braziers. Many of them left Devon in the 19^th century for London.

Main contributor: Basil Pidgeon. Additional contributions: Peter WALLIS, Roland ARNOTT and Greg JENKINS

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

Hon = Honiton

John PIDGEON (b. – d.) Cordwainer “of Honiton”

m. (1/5/1732, Hawkchurch) Ann HODY (b. – d.)

|– Samuel PIDGEON (bp.19/12/1732, Hawkchurch – d.)

| m.(6/11/1754, Hon) Dianna WEBBER (bp. – d.)

|– John PIDGEON (bp.11/4/1736, Hon – bu.22/2/1818, Sidmouth)

|– Joan PIDGEON (bp.18/2/1738/9, Hawkchurch – d.)

|– Robert PIDGEON (bp.26/4/1743, Hon – bu.10/6/1808)

| m1.(16/2/1764, Hon) Jane PARRISH (b. – bu.14/5/1766, Hon)

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| └ Sarah PIDGEON (bp.26/12/1765, Hon – bu.22/6/1766, Hon)

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| m2.(9/6//1767, Hon) Mary POWELL (b. – bu.13/2/1809, Hon)

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| |– John PIDGEON (bp.14/6/1767, Hon – bu.20/3/1768, Hon)

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| |– Sarah PIDGEON (bp.3/4/1769, Hon – d.)

| | m.(22/3/1796, Hon) James KNOTT (b. – d.)

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| |– Joan PIDGEON (bp.5/5/1771, Hon. – d.)

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| |– Samuel PIDGEON (bp.3/5/1774, Hon – bu.14/3/1830, 57y, Hon) Cordwainer

| | m.(21/8/1796, Hon) Mary PIKE (b. – d.)

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| | |– John PIDGEON (b.24/7/1798, Honiton – d.1871, 73y, Axminster) Brazier & Tin Plate Worker

| | | m.(2/12/1819, Honiton) Sarah SPARK (b.ab.1793, Stockland – bu.4/6/1861, 68y, Axminster)

| | | | 1841: at Pursbrook, Axminster – John & Sarah; John

| | | | 1851: at Pursbrook, Axminster – John & Sarah + 1 lodger

| | | | 1861: at South Sreet, Axminster – John & Sarah

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| | | └ John PIDGEON (bp.16/8/1822, Axminster – d.1883, 63y, Exeter) Tailor

| | | m.(15/2/1844, Axminster) Mary Ann BURCH (b.ab.1821, Budleigh Salterton – d.1885, 64y,

| | | | Exeter)

| | | | 1851: at Trinity Square, Axminster – John & Mary; Sarah Ann, Thomas John, William

| | | | James

| | | | 1861: at West Street, Axminster – John & Mary A; Sarah A, William J, Bertha E, Mary A,

| | | | Alice, Ellen, John C, Isaac + 4 lodgers

| | | | 1871: at 4 Paragon Place, South St, Exeter – John & Mary A; Robert B, Mary A, Alice,

| | | | Isaac B

| | | | 1881: at Paragon Place, Exeter – John (travellor for a tailor) & Mary; Isaac B

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| | | |– Sarah Ann PIDGEON (b.1844, bp.29/1/1845, Axminster – d?1926, 82y, Cardiff) D.S.

| | | | 1871: at Bonner’s Cottage, Lyme Rd, Axminster – Sarah (servt to Jane TYTHERLEIGH

| | | | & family)

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| | | |– Thomas John PIDGEON (bp.27/1/1847, Axminster – d.7/2/1874, 27y, St Thomas)

| | | | : Merchant’s Clerk

| | | | m.(1867, Brentford) Helen NORTHAM (b.1843, Exeter – d.1927, 84y, Wells) Nurse

| | | | 1861: at Rack St, Exeter – Thomas J with Elizabeth AUSTIN (moth-sis) & family

| | | | 1871: at Regent Street, St Thomas – Thomas J & Helen

| | | | 1874: T J died – schoolmaster at Devon County Prison

| | | | 1881: at “City Workhouse”, Exeter – Helen (38y, Wid, Nurse)

| | | | 1901: at Cottage Hospital, Bath Rd, Wells – Helen (wid, Matron) + 2 servts + 2

| | | | patients

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| | | |– William James PIDGEON (b.1848, bp.25/1/1849, Axminster – d.) Railway Clerk,

| | | | : Factory Manager

| | | | m.(24/51868, Awliscombe) Sarah Ann SHUTE (b.1843, Awliscombe – d.1927, 82y,

| | | | | 1871: at South Street, Axminster – William (Railway Clerk) & Sarah A; Fred^k C

| | | | | 1881: at 77 Dorset Road, Lambeth, Sur – William (Managing Clerk of a Vinegar

| | | | | 1891: at 77 Dorset Road, Lambeth, Lon – William J (Manager - Vinegar Factory)

| | | | | 1901: at 1 Chestnut Villa, Teddington, Sur – William J (Rail Clerk) & Sarah A; Katie

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| | | | |– Frederick Charles PIDGEON (b.22/8/1868, Awliscombe – d.) Engine Driver

| | | | | m.(1897, Windsor) Lucy DOBSON (b.1870, Eton – d? 20/2/1945, 74y, Nanaimo, BC,

| | | | | | 1901: at 5 Penn Road, Datchet, Berks – Frederick & Lucy; Lucy Kathleen

| | | | | | 1916: at corner 5^th Ave/17^th St, Prince Albert, Sask, Canada – Attestation to

| | | | | | Canadian Oversees Expeditionary Force (disch’d 17/1/1919)

| | | | | └ Lucy Kathleen PIDGEON (b.1899, Lambeth – d.)

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| | | | └ Katie PIDGEON (b.1882, Lambeth – d.)

| | | | m.(1906, Kingston) Charles James FARNSWORTH (b. – d.)

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| | | | |– Kathleen A FARNSWORTH (b.1911, Kingston – d.)

| | | | |– Nora N FARNSWORTH (b.1913, Kingston – d.)

| | | | |– Doris FARNSWORTH (b.1915, Kingston – d.)

| | | | └ Charles W FARNSWORTH (b.1919, Kingston – d.)

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| | | |– Bertha Elizabeth PIDGEON (bp.1/5/1851 – d.1868, 16y, Exeter)

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| | | |– Robert Burch PIDGEON (bp.11/9/1853, Axminster – d.1897, 43y, Wandsworth) GPO Porter

| | | | m.(1874, Marylebone) Kathleen FITZJAMES (b.ab.1850, Dublin – d.1908, 59y, Southwark)

| | | | | 1881: at 140 Lisson Grove, St Marylebone, London – Robert B & Kathleen

| | | | | 1891: at 111 Queen Victoria St, Lon – Robert B & Kathleen; Robert T B, Ethel E

| | | | | 1901: at 34 Maiden Lane, Westminster – Kathleen & Robert T B; Elizabeth E

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| | | | |– Robert Thomas Burch PIDGEON (b.1883, Marylebone – d.1956, 72y, Surrey SW)

| | | | | m1.(1908, West Ham) Minnie Emily TUCK (b.1880, West Ham – d.1928, 48y,

| | | | | m2.(1930, West Ham) Elizabeth Mabel LEACH (b.17/2/1895, West Ham – d.1984,

| | | | | | 1940: at 72 Gwendoline Rd, Upton Park – Kathleen died (war casualty)

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| | | | | └ Kathleen Mabel PIDGEON (b.1931, West Ham – d.11/9/1940, 9y, West Ham)

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| | | | └ Elizabeth Ethel PIDGEON (b.1885, London City – d.)

| | | | m.(1915, West Ham) Frederick W CLARK (b. – d.)

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| | | |– Mary Ann PIDGEON (bp.25/10/1855, Axminster – d.)

| | | | m?(1872, Exeter) John CRISPIN or John TUCKER

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| | | |– Alice PIDGEON (bp.16/1/1857, Axminster – d.)

| | | | m.(1878, Exeter) William Thomas BROWN (b.ab.1857, Gosport, Hants – d.)

| | | | | 1881: at 71 Little Clifton Street, Exeter – William T & Alice; Nellie, William

| | | | | 1891: at Ford Railway Station, Devonport – William T & Alice; Nellie, William,

| | | | | 1901: at Ford Railway Station, Devonport – William Thomas & Alice; William

| | | | | Henry, Victor Thomas, Kathleen, Bernard John, Dorothy Alice

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| | | | | m.(1900, Devonport) Frederick William GRIFFITHS (b.ab.1876, Jersey – d.)

| | | | | 1901: at 64 Palmerston St, Devonport – Frederick (Clerk at Military Hospital) &

| | | | |– William Henry BROWN (b.1879, Exeter – d.)

| | | | | m?(1926, Devonport) ? WATERWORTH (b. – d.)

| | | | |– Victor Thomas BROWN (b.1888, Exeter – d.)

| | | | |– Kathleen Rosetta BROWN (b.1891, Devonport – d.)

| | | | | m.(1912, Devonport) Sydney J WRIGHT (b. – d.)

| | | | |– Bernard John BROWN (b.1893, Devonport – d.)

| | | | | m.(1915, Devonport) Elsie B FOREST (b. – d.)

| | | | └ Dorothy Alice BROWN (b.1896, Devonport – d.)

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| | | |– Ellen PIDGEON (b.31/12/1857, Axminster – d.29/8/1870, 12y, Exeter)

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| | | |– John Charles PIDGEON (bp.1/2/1859 – bu.13/5/1863, 4y, Axminster)

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| | | |– Isaac Burch PIDGEON (bp.14/2/1861, Axminster – d.1937, 77, Camberwell) Printer

| | | | m1.(24/1/1883, Derby) Emily Isobel TURNER (b.1863 – d.) ” Compositor

| | | | | 1883: at 6 Monk St, Derby – Isaac & Emily

| | | | | 1891: at 95 Vincent Rd, Sheffield – Isaac; Eveline (boarders)

| | | | | at Wapping, Hooton Roberts, Yorks – Burch, Emily M, Stafford H (boarders)

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| | | | |– Burch Thomas John PIDGEON (b.16/11/1883, Derby – bu.19/7/1947, 63y,

| | | | | : (aka John Thomas Burch) Brisbane, Aus) Butcher

| | | | | : Joined AIF 7/12/1917 at Brisbane, Aus – disch.19/11/1919

| | | | | m.(31/10/1918, Stanway, Esx) Annie JARMAN (b.1886, Stanway – d.14/11/1918

| | | | | 1925: at Fairview, Birdwood Terrace, Torwood, Qld – John Thomas Burch,

| | | | | 1934: at Lamb St, Murgon, Wide Bay, Qld – Isaac Burch, John Thomas Burch

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| | | | |– Emily Mary A PIDGEON (b.5/1885, Derby – d.)

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| | | | |– Henry Stafford PIDGEON (b.24/1/1887, Derby – d.1927, 40y, St Albans)

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| | | | └ Eveline PIDGEON (b.17/4/1889, Sheffield – d.)

| | | | : + Luther HUDSON (b?1879, Burnley – d.) Mill Manager

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| | | | : └ William Maurice PIDGEON (b.18/3/1914, Hackney –)

| | | | : : adopted (1914) as Maurice James WALLIS ( – d.1997, 82y, Canterbury)

| | | | : : m1.(26/1/1935) Violet Mary BAKER (b. – d.1944)

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| | | | : → Peter WALLIS

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| | | | : : EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA – to Brisbane, 26/8/1921 on “Euripedes” - Evelyn

| | | | : m.(1923, Qld) Alexander McARTHUR (b. – d.)

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| | | | (divorced 17/5/1892)

| | | | m2.(15/8/1892, Sheffield) Emma Ethel ECKETT, née ALLABY (b.1862, Derby – d.1925,

| | | | | Widow of Thomas Philip ECKETT (b.ab.1860 – d.1891, 31, Derby)

| | | | | with surviving children Ethel Emma, Thomas Philip & Sidney James

| | | | | 1901: at 33 Lennox Road, Walthamstow – Isaac B & Emma E; Thomas B, Ethel E

| | | | | Henry S, Thomas P, Eveline, Emily M, Sidney P, Alice K, Arthur R

| | | | | EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA – to Brisbane, 23/7/1913 on “Roscommon” – Isaac B

| | | | | to Brisbane, 22/5/1914 on “Orana” – Emma, Arthur, Morris

| | | | | 1919: at Fairview, Birdwood Terrace, Torwood, Qld – Isaac Burch & Emma Ethel;

| | | | | 1925: at Fairview, Birdwood Terrace, Torwood, Qld – Isaac Burch & Emma Ethel,

| | | | | John Thomas Burch; Arthur Robert, James Morris

| | | | | 1925: (second print) as above, but no Emma Ethel

| | | | | 1934: at Lamb St, Murgon, Wide Bay, Qld – Isaac Burch, John Thomas Burch

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| | | | |– Alice Kate PIDGEON (b.1893, Sheffield – d.)

| | | | | m.(1915, Lambeth) William JOHNSON (b. – d.)

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| | | | |– Arthur Robert PIDGEON (b.1897 Islington – d.) Meatworker

| | | | | m.(1928, Qld) Agnes Ellen McCARROLL (b. – d.)

| | | | | 1934: at Fairview, Birdwood Terrace, Torwood, Qld – Arthur Robert & Agnes

| | | | | 1936: at Fairview, Birdwood Terrace, Torwood, Qld – Arthur Robert & Agnes

| | | | └ James Morris PIDGEON (b.1902 West Ham – d.) Compositor

| | | | m1.(14/4/1927, Brisbane) Gladys Anna HOLBORN (b.ab.1905 – d.1928, 23y,

| | | | m2.(15/11/1930, Brisbane) Edith SARGINSON (b.1905, Islington – d.) \Brisbane)

| | | | | 1934: at Margaret St, Belmont, Qld – James Morris & Edith

| | | | | 1942: at Margaret St, Camp Hill, Qld – James Morris & Edith; Robert Morris,

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| | | └ Kate Sparks PIDGEON (bp.10/9/1862, Axminster – bu.23/2/1863, 7m, Axminster)

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| | |– Samuel PIDGEON (b. – d.6/6/1799, Hon)

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| | |– Mary Ann PIDGEON (b.10/3/1802, Hon – bu.5/1/1820, 20y, Hon)

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| | |– Isaac PIDGEON (b.11/1/1804, Hon – bu.27/5/1883, 79y, Hon) Tailor

| | | m.(7/12/1826, Hon) Lydia PARKER (b.7/2/1803, Hon* – d.17/12/1875, 73y, Hon)

| | | | 1841: at New St, Hon – Isaac & Lydia; Harriet, Isaac, Samuel, Mary, Robert, John

| | | | 1851: at Brook Hill, Hon – Isaac & Lydia; Isaac, Samuel, Robert, John, Edward, George

| | | | 1861: at New St, Hon – Isaac & Lydia; Edward, George

| | | | 1871: at New St, Hon – Isaac & Lydia; George

| | | | 1881: at Smith’s Passage, Hon – Isaac (wid); George

| | | | * Bp.10 Apr 1803, Honiton – d/o Robt & Sarah Parker [IGI]

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| | | |– Harriot PIDGEON (b.25/12/1827, Hon – d.)

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| | | |– Isaac PIDGEON (bp.17/2/1830, Hon – d.1875, 45y, Chelsea) Carpenter

| | | | m.(12/10/1851, Hon) Sarah Ann CARTER (b.ab.1834 – d.1897, 63y, Chelsea)

| | | | | 1861: at 13 Yeoman’s Pl, Kensington – Isaac & Sarah A; Will^m, Harriet, Isaac, Samuel

| | | | | 1871: at 17 Little Oxford St, Chelsea – Isaac & Sarah Ann; Isaac, Annie

| | | | | 1881: at 48 Arthur St, Chelsea – Sarah A (wid, lodger)

| | | | | 1891: at 17 Riley St, Chelsea – Sarah PIGEON (wid)

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| | | | |– William PIDGEON (bp.15/10/1852, Hon – d.1924, 71y, Wandsworth) Scaffolder

| | | | | m.(1886, Wandsorth) Elizabeth Grace NOTLEY (b.1862, Weymouth – d.1927, 64y,

| | | | | 1891: at 21 Stewarts Lane West, Battersea – Wm & Elizabeth + Elia NOTLEY (wid,

| | | | | 1901: at 200 Bridge Rd, Battersea – William & Elizabeth Grace

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| | | | |– Harriet PIDGEON (b.18/9/1854, Knightsbridge – d.)

| | | | | : 1871: at Vine Passage, Hon – Harriet (with gr.parents William & Hannah CARTER)

| | | | | m.(2/6/1872, Fenny Bridges, Dev) Charles HOOPER (b. – d.) Mason

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| | | | | └ Annie HOOPER (b.17/8/1880, Worcester – d.1/5/1963, 82y, Darton, Yorks)

| | | | | m1.(25/12/1898, Barnsley) John WOODCOCK (b.ab.1876, Barnsley – d.) Coal Miner

| | | | | | 1901: at 33 Pindar Oaks, Ardsley, Barnsley – John & Annie; Harriet A

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| | | | | |– Harriet Ann WOODCOCK (b.1899, Barnsley – d.)

| | | | | |– Sydney WOODCOCK (b.1904, Barnsley – d.)

| | | | | |– John WOODCOCK (b.1913, Barnsley – d.)

| | | | | └ Irene Haigh WOODCOCK (b.9/11/1919, Barnsley – d.)

| | | | | : m.(15/6/1950) Andrew Baxter ARNOTT (b.23/10/1923, Cowdenbeath, Fife

| | | | | : | – d.1/1/1988, St Albans, Herts) Intelligence Officer, MI5

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| | | | |– Isaac PIDGEON (b.1858, Chelsea – d.1897, 38y, Wandswworth) Bricklayer

| | | | | m.(1880, Hastings) Jemima Ann LAMB (b.1856, Newington, London – d.) Ironer

| | | | | m2.(1898, Wandsworth) Tom MORGAN or Samuel STANNARD

| | | | | 1881: at 42 Norman Rd, Hastings – Isaac & Jemima

| | | | | 1891: at 5 Rolls Street, Battersea – Joseph (sic) & Jemima A

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| | | | |– Samuel PIDGEON (b.1860, Chelsea – d.1961, Kensington)

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| | | | └ Annie PIDGEON (b.ab.1862, Chelsea – d.)

| | | | m?(1883, Wandsworth) Alexander KEARSLEY or George Evans CHARRISON

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| | | |– Samuel PIDGEON (bp.2/3/1832, Hon – d.) Tailor

| | | | 1881: at HM Prison Dana, Shrewsbury – Samuel PIGGION (inmate)

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| | | |– Mary Ann PIDGEON (bp.10/6/1834, Hon – d?1863, Hon)

| | | | 1851: at Queens St, Hon – Edward & Harriett; Ann Harriett HALKER + Mary Ann

| | | | PIDGEON (Niece)

| | | |– Robert (Parker) PIDGEON (b.ab.1836, Hon – d?1862, Hon) Saddle & Harness Maker

| | | | 1861: at 18 Agnes St, Lambeth – Robert P (lodger with James BARROW & family)

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| | | |– Lydia PIDGEON (b.1838 – bu.7/12/1838, 5m, Hon)

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| | | |– John Viney PIDGEON (b.1840, Hon – d.)

| | | | 1861: at Portsea, Hants – John (Gunner, Royal Marine Artillery)

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| | | |– Edward PIDGEON (b.1843, Hon – d.)

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| | | └ George PIDGEON (b.1845, Hon – d?1917, 73y, St Thomas) Plumber & Glazier, Painter

| | | 1891: at Devon County Lunatic Asylum, Kenton – George (patient, lunatic)

| | | 1901: at Devon County Lunatic Asylum, Kenton – George (patient, lunatic)

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| | |– Elizabeth PIDGEON (b.21/7/1806, Hon – d.)

| | | m.(27/10/1837, Hon) Samuel GUMMER (b.ab.1814, Devonport – d.) Mason

| | | 1851: at Coombe St, Lyme Regis – Samuel (wid, lodger) with Joseph GARLAND & family

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| | |– Harriot PIDGEON (bp.29/4/1808, Hon – d.)

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| | |– Samuel PIDGEON (b.26/4/1810, Hon – d.) Tinman

| | | m.(28/3/1833, Hon) Ann HUSSEY (b. – d?1838, Hon)

| | | | 1841: at New St, Hon – Samuel; Samuel + Jane HUSSEY (65)

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| | | └ Samuel PIDGEON (bp.10/1/1834, Hon – d.1897, 63, Highworth, Wilts) GWR Tinsmith

| | | : m.(1855, Portsea, Hants) Elizabeth GATES (b.ab.1831, Portchester, Hants – d.1909,

| | | : | 78y, Swindon)

| | | : | 1861: at 6 Union St, Clevedon, Som - Samuel & Elizabeth; Elizabeth Jane, Samuel,

| | | : | Mary Ann + lodger

| | | : | 1871: at Lansdowne Place, Marlborough, Wilts - Samuel & Elizth; Elizth Jane, Samuel,

| | | : | Mary Ann, Edith S, Ann Celia, Henry C, George C (sic)

| | | : | 1881: at 14 Rolleston St, Swindon – Samuel & Elizabeth; Elizabeth Jane (OAKLEY),

| | | : | Ann Eliza, Henry Edward, George Thomas, Sarah Ann

| | | : | 1891: at 39 Catherine St, Swindon – Samuel & Elizabeth; Sarah

| | | : | 1901: at 7 Albion St, Swindon – Elizabeth (boarder with Charles TANNER & family)

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| | | : |– Elizabeth Jane PIDGEON (b.ab.1856, Corfu, at sea – d.)

| | | : | m.(1876, Hereford) Edward OAKLEY (b. – d.)

| | | : | ?[1901: at Hoxton House Lunatic Asylum, Shoreditch – Elizabeth Jane WAY

| | | : | (servant, s,44, Cook, b.Corfu)]

| | | : |– Samuel PIDGEON (b.28/12/1857, North Cadbury, Som – d.7/5/1909, 51y,Cleveland, OH)

| | | : | : Labourer, Armature Winder

| | | : | : 1881: at 24 Vilett St, Swindon – Samuel PIGEON (boarder with Margaret WILSON

| | | : | : 1888: EMIGRATED TO USA (arr.9/7/1888, New York on Arizona) & family)

| | | : | m.(9/2/1893) Louise HERTEL (b.25/2/1865, Ohio – d.14/5/1947)

| | | : | | 1900: at Vine St, Lynn City, MA – Samuel & Louise; William E

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| | | : | |– infant PIDGEON (b. – d.)

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| | | : | └ William Earl PIDGEON (b.18/6/1896, Cleveland, OH – d.25/9/1973, 77y)

| | | : | m.(15/8/1917) Della Antoinette GREGORY (b.2/7/1895, Athens TN – d.30/6/1983,

| | | : | | 87y, Los Angeles, CA)

| | | : | | 1930: at Latonia, Dormont, PA – William E & Della; Elizabeth A, Richard A,

| | | : | | 1954: at 1122 Marco pl, Los Angeles, CA – William E & Della Ruth L

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| | | : | |– Elizabeth A PIDGEON (b.7/10/1920, Cleveland – d.2006, Santa Barbara, CA)

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| | | : | |– Richard Arthur PIDGEON (b.30/3/1922, Cleveland – d.1/10/1963, Midland, PA)

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| | | : | └ Ruth Louise PIDGEON (b.7/5/1927, Pittsburgh, PA – d.13/3/2004, Santa Monica,

| | | : | CA)

| | | : | → Greg JENKINS

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| | | : |– Mary Ann PIDGEON (b.1859, Clevedon, Som – d.) Factory Clothing Worker

| | | : | m.(1879, Highworth) William NASH (b.ab.1857, Swindon – d.) Carpenter Lab

| | | : | | 1881: at 3 Richmond Ter, Rodbourne Cheney, Wilts – William & Mary; Edith J

| | | : | | 1901: 126 Beatrice Ter, at Swindon – Mary A; Edith S; Annie E (boarders with

| | | : | | Edwin DUCK)

| | | : | └ Edith Sophia NASH (b.1880, Swindon – d.) Factory Clothing Worker

| | | : | + ? ?

| | | : | └ Annie Elizabeth NASH (b.1899, Swindon – d.)

| | | : | m?(1929, Swindon) John W JACKSON (b. – d.)

| | | : | ? which Annie married John W JACKSON? -- see below

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| | | : |– Edith Sophia PIDGEON (b.1863, Clevedon, Som – d.)

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| | | : |– Ann Eliza PIDGEON (b.1865, Clevedon, Som – d.)

| | | : | m.(1883, Highworth, Wilts) Charles NASH (b.ab.1862, Swindon – d.) Tin smith

| | | : | | 1891: at 17 Bridge St, Swindon – Charles & Ann E; Walter + 2 boaders

| | | : | | 1901: at 33 Queen St, Swindon – Charles & Ann E; Walter H, Albert, Annie E, Bessie

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| | | : | |– Walter Henry NASH (b.1890, Swindon – d.1918, 28, Swindon)

| | | : | |– Albert NASH (b.1892, Swindon – d.)

| | | : | | m?(1922, Swindon) Lilian WOODWARD (b. – d.)

| | | : | |– Annie Elizabeth NASH (b.1893, Marlborough – d.)

| | | : | | m?(1929, Swindon) John W JACKSON (b. – d.) -- see above

| | | : | └ Bessie NASH (b.1899, Swindon – d.1924, 23y, Swindon)

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| | | : |– Henry Edward PIDGEON (b.1868, Wotton under Edge, Glos – d.1926, 58y, Romford)

| | | : | : Boiler Maker

| | | : | m.(1893, West Ham) Mary Ann HOBDELL (b.Camberwell, 1872 – d.1943, 71y, Ilford)

| | | : | | 1901: at 14 Cranbourn Rd, Leyton, Essx – Henry E & Mary A; Ethel M

| | | : | |

| | | : | └ Ethel Mary PIDGEON (b.1895, Leyton – d1904, 8y, Romford, Esx)

| | | : |

| | | : |– George Thomas PIDGEON (b.1870, Marlborough, Wilts – d.1939, 68y, Swindon)

| | | : | m.(1890, Highworth) Fanny HAMMOND (b.ab.1866, Bristol – d.) Boiler Maker

| | | : | | 1901: at 15 Kings St, Swindon – Fanny; Stanley, Arthur, Henry, George, Beatrice,

| | | : | | Elizabeth

| | | : | | at 48 Dashwood Rd, Battersea – George T (boarder with Ann BURNETT & son)

| | | : | |

| | | : | |– Stanley PIDGEON (b.ab.1889, Swindon – d.)

| | | : | |

| | | : | |– Edward Arthur PIDGEON (b.1890, Swindon – d.1967, 78y, Cirencester)

| | | : | | m?(1952, Swindon) Elizabeth A Carpenter (b. – d.)

| | | : | |

| | | : | |– Henry PIDGEON (b.ab.1893, Devonport – d.)

| | | : | |

| | | : | |– George Harold PIDGEON (b.1895, Swindon – d.)

| | | : | |

| | | : | |– Beatrice Eileen PIDGEON (b.1897, Swindon – d.1942, 44y, Devizes)

| | | : | |

| | | : | └ Elizabeth Mary PIDGEON (b.17/3/1900, Swindon – d?1982, 82y, Chippenham)

| | | : |

| | | : └ Sarah Ann PIDGEON (b.1874, Aberdare, Mon – d. )

| | | : m.(1896, Highworth) James GRIFFITHS or Tom HEAD

| | | :

| | | m2.(1842, Exeter) Nancy TOZER (b.ab.1808, Bicton, Dev – d.)

| | | 1851: at Marsh, Marlborough, Wilts – Samuel & Nancy; Samuel

| | |

| | |– Henry PIDGEON (b.9/4/1812, Hon – d.1888, 76y, Woolwich) Carpenter

| | | m.(29/8/1834, Hon) Elizabeth SMITH (b.ab.1812 , Ottery St Mary– d.1893, 81y, Woolwich)

| | | | 1841: at Black Lion Drang, Honiton – Henry & Elizabeth; Henry, Louisa, Eliza

| | | | 1851: at Queen St, Honiton – Henry & Elizabeth; Henry, Louisa, Eliza, Matilda, Emma, Walter

| | | | 1861: at King St, Rochester, Kent – Henry & Elizabeth; Walter, Samuel, Albert, Louisa, Eliza

| | | | 1871: at 5 Station Ter, Frindsbury, Kent – Henry & Elizabeth; Albert (with dau Matilda SMITH)

| | | | 1881: at 49 Samuel St, Woolwich – Henry & Elizabeth PRIDGEN

| | | |

| | | |– Henry PIDGEON (bp.23/2/1835, Hon – d.1907, 70y, Medway) Tailor

| | | | m1.(1867, Medway) Jane McCLOUGHLIN (b.ab.1847, Co,Westmeath, Ire – d.1884, 37y,

| | | | : 1881: at 8 Theodore Place, Gillingham, Kent – Henry & Jane Medway)

| | | | m2.(1886, Strood) Emma Jane HOLLANDS (b.1855, Faversham – d.)

| | | | 1901: at Chatham, Kent – Henry & Emma; Alice (dau, 21) PIDGEON

| | | | [Alice was the baseborn daughter of Emma Jane HOLLANDS and married

| | | | Roderick C P MacKenzie in 1912 at Medway]

| | | |

| | | |– Louisa PIDGEON (bp.17/3/1837, Hon – d?1895, 58y, Eastbourne) Lacemaker

| | | | m.(28/6/1863, Rochester, Kent) Samuel PAGE (b.ab.1841, East Indies – d.) Seaman

| | | | 1871: at Dunnings Lane, Rochester – Samuel & Louisa + Samuel PIDGEON (bro-Law)

| | | | or did she marry Mr BENTING & board with sister Eliza in 1901?

| | | |

| | | |– Eliza Smith PIDGEON (bp.5/1/1840, Hon – d.) Lacemaker

| | | | 1881: at Woolwich – with sister Emma

| | | | 1901: at 14 Artillery Place, Woolwich – Eliza Smith PIDGEON + Louisa BENTING (Wid,64)

| | | |

| | | |– Matilda PIDGEON (bp.25/12/1841, Hon – d.1910, 68y, Medway) Lacemaker, Laundress

| | | | : 1861: at Boley Hill, Rochester – Matilda (servt to William Haymen & family)

| | | | m1.(?) Samuel SMITH (b.ab.1817, Ottery – d.1871, 53y, Medway) Raiolway Carman

| | | | | 1871: at 5 Station Ter, Frindsbury – Samuel & Matilda; Alice, John + Henry (father-in-law)

| | | | | 1881: at Love Lane, Rochester – Matilda (wid); Alice, John

| | | | |

| | | | |– Alice SMITH (b.1862, Rochester – d.) Laundress

| | | | |

| | | | └ John SMITH (b.1870, Rochester – d.) Gardener

| | | | :

| | | | m2.(1881, Medway) Samuel WALTERS (b. – d.)

| | | | | 1891: at Love Lane, Rochester – Matilda(wid); Emily WALTERS + Alice, John, Fred

| | | | | 1901: at Rochester, Kent – Matilda (wid) (grandson) SMITH

| | | | |

| | | | └ Emily WALTERS (b.1882, Rochester – d.)

| | | |

| | | |– Emma PIDGEON (bp.27/10/1844, Hon – d.)

| | | | m.(17/7/1864, Rochester, Kent) John ABNETT (b.1843, Maidstone – d.Medway, 67y, 1910)

| | | | | 1881: at 7 Kidd St, Woolwich, Kent – Emma; Rose, Elizabeth, Thomas , John,

| | | | | Annie, Walter, Clara, Ada, Harry + Eliza PIDGEON (sister)

| | | | | at 7 Meeting Ally, Strood, Kent – John; Walter ABRETT (vis to Emily WHIFFIN)

| | | | | 1891: at 11 St Margaret St, Rochester – John & Emma; John, Walter, Ada, Henry, Minnie,

| | | | | 1901: at “Cathedral Church Precincts, Kent” – John & Emma; Ada, Harry, Minnie, James

| | | | |

| | | | |– Rose ABNETT (b.1863, Rochester – d.)

| | | | |

| | | | |– Elizabeth ABNETT (b.1865, Rochester – d.)

| | | | | m.(13/5/1886, Medway) Walter MOORBY (b. – d.)

| | | | |

| | | | |– Thomas ABNETT (b.1867, Rochester – d.) Shoe Maker

| | | | | m.(1889, Medway) Isabella FINDLAY (b.ab.1865, Scotland – d.)

| | | | | | 1901: at Rochester – Thomas & Isa; Frank, Harold, Roy

| | | | | |

| | | | | |– Frank ABNETT (b.1891, Rochester – d.)

| | | | | |– Harold ABNETT (b.1892, Rochester – d.)

| | | | | └ Roy Alexander ABNETT (b.1895, Rochester – d.)

| | | | |

| | | | |– John ABNETT (b.1869, Rochester – d.1906, 37y, Medway) Bricklayer’s Labourer

| | | | | m.(1891, Medway) Sarah Jane SAFFREY (b.ab.1867, Canterbury – d.)

| | | | | | 1901: at Rochester – John & Sarah J; Elizabeth A M, Henry J, William G

| | | | | |

| | | | | |– Elizabeth Alice M ABNETT (b.1893, Rochester – d.)

| | | | | |– Henry John ABNETT (b.1898, Rochester – d.)

| | | | | └ William George ABNETT (b.1899, Rochester – d.)

| | | | |

| | | | |– Annie ABNETT (b.1871, Rochester – d.)

| | | | | m.(1892, Medway) Charles Edward BROYDEN (b.ab.1865, Rochester – d.)

| | | | | | 1901: at Chatham, Kent – Annie & Charled E; Mabel A

| | | | | |

| | | | | └ Mabel A BROYDEN (b.1893, Rochester – d.)

| | | | |

| | | | |– Walter ABNETT (b.30/6/1873, Rochester – d.1953, Ripple, Kent)

| | | | | m.(1895, Medway) Alice POWER or Margaret Caroline HALES

| | | | |

| | | | |– Clara ABNETT (b.1875, Rochester – d.)

| | | | | m.(1895, Medway) Joseph NICHOLS or Robert Melton CROSS

| | | | |

| | | | |– Ada ABNETT (b.1878, Rochester – d.) Domestic Servant

| | | | | m.(14/9/1901, Rochester) Henry George SEARS (b.. – d.)

| | | | |

| | | | |– Henry ABNETT (b. 1880, Rochester – d.)

| | | | |

| | | | |– Minnie ABNETT (b.1883, Rochester – d.)

| | | | | m.(1904, Medway) George Richard J PEARSON (b. – d.)

| | | | | |

| | | | | └ Beatrice A PEARSON (b.1914, Medway – d.)

| | | | |

| | | | |– James ABNETT (b.1884, Rochester – d.)

| | | | | m.(1904, Medway) Ellen Amelia BAYLISS or Emily Boxer HOPE

| | | | |

| | | | |– Alice ABNETT (b.1/5/1887, Rochester – d.20/12/1887, 7m, Rochester)

| | | | |

| | | | └ Maud ABNETT (b.2/5/1888, Rochester – d.17/7/1889, 14m, Rochester)

| | | |

| | | |– Walter PIDGEON (bp.3/2/1849, Hon – d.1885, 36y, Woolwich) Lawn Tennis (Post) Maker

| | | | m.(1878, Woolwich) Annie BARNETT (b.ab.1847 – d?**1879, 32y, Exeter)

| | | | 1881: at 8 Albion Rd, Woolwich – Walter (wid) with brother Samuel & family

| | | | ** This death has previously been assigned to Annie DYMOND, wife of John William Lewis

| | | | PIDGEON on the Kenton (Joseph) tree

| | | |

| | | |– Samuel John PIDGEON (bp.29/6/1851, Hon – d.1927, 75y, Shoreditch) Lawn Tennis Raquet

| | | | : Maker

| | | | m.(25/12/1877, Ottery St Mary) Emily SMITH (b.1852, Ottery St Mary – d.1912, 60y,Canterbury)

| | | | | 1881: at 8 Albion Rd, Woolwich – Samuel & Emily; Emily E, Sidney J + Walter (wid,

| | | | | 1891: at 3 Benson St, Chesterton, Cambs – Samuel J & Emily; Emily E, Horace, Minnie E,

| | | | | 1901: at 58 Golden Lane, St Luke, London – Samuel John & Emily; Emily Edith, Horace,

| | | | |– Emily Edith PIDGEON (b.1878, Charlton – d.) Milliner

| | | | | m?(1913, Medway) William G LEE (b. – d.)

| | | | |

| | | | |– Sidney John PIDGEON (b.1880, Charlton – d.1881, 0y, Woolwich)

| | | | |

| | | | |– Edwy Horace PIDGEON (b.1883, Woolwich – d.1956, 73y, Edmonton) Porter

| | | | | m?(1913, Holborn) Sarah Elizabeth CONNELLY (b.17/11/1886, Holborn – d.1973,

| | | | |– Minnie Elizabeth PIDGEON (b.1885, Woolwich – d.) Domestic Servant

| | | | |

| | | | └ Mabel Ada PIDGEON (b.1887, Woolwich – d.)

| | | | m.(1910, Shoreditch) Herbert Victor HALL (b. – d.)

| | | | |

| | | | |– Dorothy I HALL (b.1911, Holborn – d.)

| | | | |– Ivy L M HALL (b.1913, Shoreditch – d.)

| | | | └ Walter V HALL (b.1915, Shoreditch – d.)

| | | |

| | | └ Albert PIDGEON (bp.5/9/1858, Hon – d.1932, 73y, Hackney) Tennis Raquet Maker

| | | m.(1878, Southwark) Eliza BULL (b.ab.1858, Greenwich – d.)

| | | | 1881: at 6 Little Heath, Charlton – Albert & Eliza; Edith, Florence (lodging with

| | | | Victoria SMITH)

| | | | 1891: at Searle St, Chesterton, Cambs – Albert & Eliza; Edith D, Florence E, Rosetta M,

| | | | Albert H, Nellie E

| | | | 1901: at 90 Buxton Rd, Hackney – Albert & Eliza; Rose, Albert, Nellie PIDGEON +

| | | | Joseph, John BULL (boarders)

| | | |– Edith Dagmar PIDGEON (b.1878, Charlton – d.)

| | | | m.(1901, Hackney) John Richard BARNES (b. – d.)

| | | | |

| | | | |– ?

| | | | └ Richard J BARNES (b.1915, Lambeth – d.)

| | | |

| | | |– Florence E PIDGEON (b.ab.1879, Woolwich – d.)

| | | |

| | | |– Alice PIDGEON (b.1882, Woolwich – d.1882, 0y, Woolwich)

| | | |

| | | |– Rosetta Maud PIDGEON (b.1883, Woolwich – d.)

| | | | m.(1903, Hackney) Henry George LANCASTER or Frederick Peskett GALPIN

| | | |

| | | |– Albert Henry PIDGEON (b.1886, Woolwich – d.1948, 62y, Willesden, Midx)

| | | | m.(1906, Hackney) Lilian Edith MOTSCHMAN (b.1885, Mile End, Lon – d.1948,

| | | | |– Frederick John PIDGEON (b.25/7/1912, Islington – d.1980, Hounslow)

| | | | | m.(1935, hendon) Doris Ada CRUICKSHANK (b.22/6/1909 – d?1983, 74y,

| | | | | └ Michael W PIDGEON (b.1945, Rochford, Esx)

| | | | |

| | | | └ Harry W PIDGEON (b.1913, Islington – d.1941, 27y, Hackney)

| | | |

| | | └ Nellie Eveline PIDGEON (b.1890, Chesterton, Cambs – d.)

| | | m.(1916, London) Cyril William HUGGINS (b.1890, Camberwell – d.)

| | | |

| | | |– Barbara E HUGGINS (b.1920, Hackney – d.)

| | | └ Sylvia D HUGGINS (b.1922, Hackney – d.)

| | |

| | └ Robert PIDGEON (bp.19/9/1814, Hon – d?1888, 75y, Shoreditch) Tailor

| | m.(1839, Shoreditch) Eliza GATER (b. – d?1847, London)

| | | 1841: at Shaftesbury St, Hoxton, Lon – Robert

| | | ?at Waddon, Croydon – Eliza (lodger)

| | | 1851: at 4 Union Ter, St Pancras, Lon – Robert(wid); Arthur, Samuel, Eliza

| | |

| | |– Arthur PIDGEON (b.1841, Islington – d.1906, 63, Shoreditch) Tailor

| | | m.(1868, Whitechapel) Tamzen LANGABEER (b.1845, St Luke’s – d.1906, 59, Islington)

| | | | Waistcoat maker

| | | | 1871: at 3 Milton St, Cripplegate, Lon – Arthur & Tamzen; Tamzen, Arthur

| | | | 1881: at 41a Banner St, St Luke’s, Lon – Arthur & Tamzen; Tamzen, Arthur, John,

| | | | Eleanor, Minnie, Jessie

| | | | 1891: at 13 Willow Row, St Luke’s – Arthur & Tamzen, Tamezen E, Eleanor, Minnie,

| | | | Jessie, Charles

| | | | 1901: at 9 Paton St, St Luke’s – Arthur & Fanny; Winnie, Charles E

| | | |

| | | |– Tamzen Elizabeth PIDGEON (b.1868, Cripplegate – d.)

| | | |

| | | |– Arthur Matthew PIDGEON (b.1870, Cripplegate – d.)

| | | |

| | | | [Note: Gertrude Langabeer was the daughter of John & Helen Langabeer. John was the

| | | | son of John & Ann Langabeer, and the sister of Tamzen Langabeer. Samuel and

| | | | Getrude were, therefore, cousins.]

| | | |

| | | |– Samuel John PIDGEON (b.1872, Cripplegate – d.)

| | | | m.(20/6/1899, Dover) Gertrude Martha LANGABEER (b.1873, Dover – d.1941, 68y,

| | | | | 1901: at Aycliffe Cottage, Dover – Gertrude M; John G W + Ealoner (mother);

| | | | |– John Godfrey W PIDGEON (b.1900, Dover – d.1966, 66y, Dover)

| | | | | m.(1919, Dover) Lilian V DAVIS (b.12/6/1897, Dover – d.1976, 78y, Dover)

| | | | | |

| | | | | |– Raymond John PIDGEON (b.6/8/1920, Dover – d.1/1991, 70y, Dover)

| | | | | |

| | | | | |– Eric G PIDGEON (b.1923, Dover – d.1963, 40y, Thanet)

| | | | | | m.(1948, Dover) Joan C McGAH (b. – d.)

| | | | | | |

| | | | | |

| | | | | |– Doreen L PIDGEON (b.1925, Dover – d.1925, 0y, Dover)

| | | | | |

| | | | | |– Joan Lilian PIDGEON (b.15/6/1926, Dover – d.2/1997, 70y, Dover)

| | | | | | m.(1947, Dover) William James HOXEY (b.6/2/1926 – d.3/1995, 69y, Dover)

| | | | | |

| | | | | └ Jean I PIDGEON (b.1931, Dover – d.)

| | | | | m.(1954, Dover) John FOWLER (b. – d.)

| | | | |

| | | | └ Stella Florence M PIDGEON (b.1902, Dover – d.)

| | | |

| | | |– Eleanor PIDGEON (b.1875, St Luke’s – d.)

| | | |

| | | |– Minnie PIDGEON (b.1878, St Luke’s – d.)

| | | | m.(1903, Holborn) Richard GIDDINGS (b. – d.)

| | | | |

| | | | |– ??

| | | | |– Buller C GIDDINGS (b.1912, Shoreditch – d.)

| | | | |– George E GIDDINGS (b.1914, Shoreditch – d.)

| | | | |– Richard GIDDINGS (b.1916, Islington – d.)

| | | | └ Walter S GIDDINGS (b.1922, Islington – d.)

| | | |

| | | |– Jessica Florence PIDGEON (b.1881, St Luke’s – d.)

| | | | m.(1898, Bethnal Green) George LOONEY (b.1876, Whitechapel – d.) Porter in Fancy

| | | | | 1901: at 8 Paton St, St Luke’s – George & Jessie; George LOOLEY Goods

| | | | |

| | | | |– George Edward LOONEY (b.1898, St Luke’s – d.)

| | | | |-?Jessie Florence LOONEY (b.1901, St Luke’s – d.)

| | | | |-?John Charles LOONEY (b.1902, St Luke’s – d.)

| | | | └? Lily Minnie LOONEY (b.1904, St Luke’s – d.)

| | | |

| | | └ Charles Henry PIDGEON (b.1886, St Luke’s – d.1966, 80y, Merton, Sur)

| | | m.(1907, Shoreditch) Frances Fanny LINCOLN (b.ab.1886 – d?1968, 82y, Sutton, Sur)

| | | |

| | | |-? Charles Henry PIDGEON (b.1908, Islington – d.1908, 0y, Islington)

| | | |

| | | |-? Arthur J PIDGEON (b.1911, Islington – d.)

| | | | m.(1939, Surrey Mid E) Jessie Maud GODDARD (b.29/3/1921, Shoreditch –

| | | |

| | | |– John William PIDGEON (b.1914, Holborn – d.1914, 0y, St Pancras)

| | | |

| | | |– James William PIDGEON (b.9/3/1915, London City – d.6/1994, 79y, Surrey Mid E)

| | | | m1.(1946, Surrey Mid E) Grace E PEARMAIN (b. – d.)

| | | | : m2.(1956, Surrey NE) George W ROWLES (b. – d.)

| | | | : [Note: There are two James Ws on this tree, this man and his nephew, above.

| | | | : There are five marriages of James W in east Surrey between 1959 and

| | | | : 1975, and it is not known which marriage belongs to which James W.

| | | | : What is shown is my guess.]

| | | | :

| | | | m2?(1963, Surrey Mid E) Agnes E OSBORNE (b. – d.)

| | | | |

| | | | :

| | | | m3?(1975, Surrey SE) Elsie Phylis B AYLWARD (b.12/7/1914 – d.1996, 81,

| | | | Surrey Mid E)

| | | |– Frances E PIDGEON (b.1916, Holborn – d.1916, 0y, Islington)

| | | |

| | | |– Charles Henry PIDGEON (b.22/9/1918, Holborn – d.2003, 84y, Merton, Sur)

| | | | m.(1946, Surrey Mid E) Winifred M FARRELL (b.4/11/1917 – d.1994, 76y, Sutton)

| | | | |

| | | | |– Patricia M PIDGEON (b.1947, Surrey Mid E – d.1947, 0y, Surrey Mid E)

| | | | |

| | | | └ Anthony C PIDGEON (b.1960, Surrey NE - d.1960, 0y, Surrey NE)

| | | |

| | | |– Isabella PIDGEON (b.1920, Holborn – d.)

| | | | m.(1942, Surrey Mid E) Charles John GRIFFIN (b.24/4/1918 – d.1/2000, 81y,

| | | |

| | | |– Robert Edward PIDGEON (b.21/5/1921, Holborn – d.11/1999, 78y, Mid Surrey)

| | | | m.(1961, Surrey SE) Margaret J KILLINGTON (b. – d.)

| | | | |

| | | |

| | | └ George Edward PIDGEON (b.7/4/1923, Holborn – d.5/2003, 80y, Sutton, Sur)

| | | m?(1949, Wandsworth) Patricia M SOPER (b. – d.)

| | | |

| | |

| | |– Samuel Robert PIDGEON (b.1844, Islington – d.)

| | |

| | └ Sarah Elizabeth PIDGEON (b.1845, Islington – d.)

| |

| |– Mary PIDGEON (b.26/4/1777, Hon – d.)

| |

| └ Betsey PIDGEON (bp.21/1/1782, Hon – bu.18/8/1782, Hon)

└ Betty PIDGEON (bp.14/4/1746, Hon – d.)

m. (10/6/1767, Hon) William FILDEW (b. – d.)

└ → see the FILDEW family of Honiton

Ian C Pidgeon

Pidgeons of Honiton, Devon (John)

| | |– John PIDGEON (b.24/7/1798, Honiton – d.1871, 73y, Axminster) Brazier & Tin Plate Worker