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Name: RIDGE, George Charles
Birth Date: 13 July 1884 Melton Mowbray
Death Date: 25 Mar 1955 Vereeniging, S. Africa
First Date: 1921
Profession: c/o Motor Tours Ltd.
Area: Nairobi
Married: 1. Juanita b. 1887; 2. In Johannesburg 27 Oct 1915 Veronica Violet Vickers née Bradley b. 1877 Belper, d. 28 Dec 1970 Durban
Children: 1. Juanita Vickers Bradley (4 June 1909 Billedon, Leics.-23 Feb 1977 Johannesburg) 2. Edward (1917); Patricia; Charles Leonard (2 Mar 1919 Cleveland, Transvaal)
Book Reference: Red 31, Richardson
General Information:
Richardson 1929 - Captain Kerr and his mechanic Ridge. ……… Our mechanic Ridge, bought a Ford for £5 at Nairobi, drove it 3200 miles to Durban by himself; spent £35 on the way and sold the car for £10 - a net rate of 2.5d a mile, but of course, he slept out or in the car and had no hotel bills.
On death cert he was a Reduction Worker, Robinson Deep Mines
On his 1915 marriage cert. he said he was a bachelor
Ancestry Passenger List Durban-UK 1921 he travelled with Juanita (34); Juanita (10); and Edward (4)