Ian C Pidgeon

The family legend tells of a Charles PIDGEON who was a court hairdresser and wigmaker.  

What we know, however, is that William Henry PIDGEON was a hairdresser, born in London.  In 1851 he was living at Deansgate,  Manchester, where he may have met Mary Ann GRAY.  Perhaps they married in Scotland (their marriage cannot be found in England), as it was in Edinburgh where the first of their sons were born.  Sometime between 1860 and 1866 the family moved back to Manchester, perhaps because William Henry died.

Additional contributions are from Andrew PIDGEON of Wimbledon and Eileen PIDGEON of Slingsby, Yorkshire.

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

                 Barton = the registration district of Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire, which includes Stretford, Manchester

                 Chorlton = the registration district of Chorlton upom Medlock, which also includes part of Stretford.

Charles PIDGEON () Court Hairdresser & Wigmaker?

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   └  William Henry PIDGEON (b.ab.1818, London – d.before 1871) Haidresser

           m.() Mary Ann GRAY (b.1819-27, Pilling, Lancs – d.1890, 71y, Barton?) Housekeeper

            |    1851:  at 24 Bridgewater Street, Deansgate – William H (Lodger, Hairdresser) + Jane BERRY & family

            |    1871:  at 5 Oldham Rd, Castleton, Rochdale – Mary (wid);  William H, Charles, Mary Jane + John

            |                                                                                                                           McCORQARDALE (lodger)

            |    1881:  at Nursery-Cottage, Chester Rd, Stretford – Mary A (wid) with SALTHOUSE family

            |    1891:  at 42 Pickford St, Stretford – Mary A (wid), with son Charles & family (see below)

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            |– William Henry PIDGEON (b.23/2/1856, Edinburgh – d.1908, 52y, Prestwich) Clerk, Cashier

            |      m.(1882, Hull)  Elizabeth Louise PRICE (b.ab.1859)

            |       |    1881:  at 1 Hamilton St, Stretford – William H, Charles E, Mary J, Sarah J, Charles F, William

            |       |                                                                              H, + Elizabeth GOWRIE (servant,housekeeper)

            |       |    1901:  at Manchester – William & Elizabeth;  Louisa, Gladys

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            |       |– Louisa Maude PIDGEON (b.1886, Prestwich – d.1928, 41y, Manchester N)

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            |      └  Gladys May PIDGEON (b.1897, Prestwich – d.)

            |            ?m.(1944, Manchester) William TATTERSALL (b. – d.)

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            |– Charles Edward PIDGEON (b.5/8/1858, Edinburgh – d.19/2/1915, 57y, Chorlton) Commercial Traveller

            |      m. (1878, Chorlton) Sarah Jane GOWRIE (b.1857 – d.1949, 83y, Manchester) Dressmaker

            |       |    1881:  at 1 Hamilton St, Stretford (see above)

            |       |    1891:  at 42 Pickford St, Stretford – Charles & Sarah;  Charles, William, Milly, Thomas, Annie, Albert

            |       |                                                                                                  + Mary A (mother, wid), Mary (sister)

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            |       |– Charles Frederick PIDGEON (b.1879, Barton – d.1931, 51y, Barton)

            |       |      m.(1905, Chorlton) Elizabeth LEINSTER (b.ab.1880 – d.1949, 69y, Barton)

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            |       |       |– William Henry Leinster PIDGEON (b.1906, Barton – d.1909, 2y, Barton)

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            |       |      └  Charles Edward PIDGEON (b.2/3/1909, Barton – d.1972, 63y, Manchester)

            |       |              m.(1941, Barton) Vera GRANGE (b. – d.4/2000)

            |       |               |                             m2.(1974, Trafford) Charles LEINSTER (b. – d.1998)

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            |       |               |                  à  Andrew PIDGEON

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            |       |– William Henry PIDGEON (b.21/3/1881, Stretford – d.1954, 72y, Bradford)

            |       |      m.(1/6/1908, Perth) Helen Murray HEPBURN (b.ab.1884, Crief, Perths – d.1962, 78y, Luton)

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            |       |       |– Evelyn Jessie PIDGEON (b.1915, Ormskirk – d.9/2/2001)

            |       |       |      m.(1940, Lewisham) William H WALKER (b. – d.)

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            |       |       |                         à  Eileen PIDGEON

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            |       |– Thomas Sinclair PIDGEON (b.1885, Chorlton – d.1918, 33y, Ivory Coast)

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            |       |– Elizabeth Mary PIDGEON (b.1886, Barton – d.1889, 2y, Barton)

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            |       |– Annie Florence PIDGEON (b.1888, Barton – d.1938, 49y, Manchester S)

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            |       |– Albert George PIDGEON (b.1889, Barton – d.20/9/1917, 27y, Ypres?)

            |       |      m.(1912, Leeds) Margaretta Amelia POPPLEWELL (b.1878 – d.1961, 83y, Canterbury)

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            |       |      └  George Montague PIDGEON (b.6/5/1913, Barnsley – d.23/1/2004, 90y, Hull)

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            |       |– Ethel Mary PIDGEON (b.1891, Barton – d.1958, Manchester)

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            |       |– Alice Edith PIDGEON (b.1893, Barton – d.1974)

            |       |      m.(1920, Chorlton) Harry TRIGG (b. – d.1974)

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            |      └  Marianne PIDGEON (b.16/5/1899, Chorlton – d.5/1985, 86y, Manchester)

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            |– John PIDGEON (b.26/7/1860, Blythswood, Glasgow – d.)

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           └  Mary J PIDGEON (b.1866, Manchester – d.) Post Office Assistant

                        1891:  at 42 Pickford St, Stretford – Mary, with brother Charles & family (see above)

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