Rubina Dredge

About the married surname - Their first three children's birth records and the 1891 census record the surname as Drudge; the subsequent seven children's birth records and the subsequent census record the surname as Dredge.

1891 England census - Rhubina Drudge, 21 (born about 1870), born Wapping, London, England, laundress. Also listed: husband John Drudge, 29 (born about 1862), born Gosport, Hampshire, England, Laundry man; daughter Alice Drudge, 5 (born about 1886) born Poplar, London, England, scholar; daughter Nellie Drudge, 3 (born about 1888), born Poplar, London, England; daughter Rhubina Drudge, 1 (born abut 1890), born Canning Town, Essex, England; and sister-in-law (husband Jophn's sister) Sarah Drudge; 25 (born aboiut 1866), born Gosport, Hampshire, England, laundress.

Address - 6 Quadrant Street, West Ham, London, Essex, England

1901 England census - Rhubina Dredge, 31 (born about 1870), born Wapping, Middlesex, England. Also listed: husband John Dredge, 39 (born about 1862), born Gosport, Hampshire, England, Laundry canvasser; daughter Alice B Dredge, 15 (born about 1886) born Poplar, Middlesex, England; daughter Nellie Dredge, 13 (born about 1888), born Bromley, Middlesex England; daughter Ruby Dredge, 11 (born abut 1890), born London Canning Town, Essex, England; son John J Dredge, 6 (born abiut 1895), born Poplar, Middlesex, England; daughter Hilda M Dredge, 5 (born about 1896), born Poplar, Middlesex, England; daughter Eva Dredge, 2 (born about 1899), born Forrest Gate, London, England; daughter Constance Dredge, 11 months (born abiout 1900), born Forrest Gate, London, England; mother-in-law (husband Jonh's mother) Sarah Dredge, 66 (born about 1835), born Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales, widow; brother-in-law (husband JOhn's brother) George Dredge, 40 (born about 1861), born Stepney, Middlesex, England, sailor; and sister-in-law (husband John's sister) Sarah A Dredge; 30 (born aboiut 1871), born Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England.

Address - 4 St Georges Square, West Ham, London, Essex, England

1911 England census - Ruby Dredge, 41 (born about 1870), born London Wapping. Also listed: husband John Dredge, 47 (born about 1864), born Gosport, Hampshire, Laundry Agent; daughter Alice Dredge, 25 (born about 1886) born London Poplar, Sick Nurse; daughter Ruby Dredge, 21 (born abut 1890), born London Canning Town, School Teacher; son John Dredge, 16 (born abiut 1895), born London Poplar, School; daughter Hilda Dredge, 15, (born about 1896), born London Poplar, Marital Soap Assistant; daughter Eva Dredge, 12 (born about 1899), born London West Ham, Schoolar; daughter Connie Dredge, 10 (born abiout 1901), born London West Ham, Scholar; daughter Daisy Dredge, 8 (born about 1903), born London West Ham, Schoolar; son James Dredge, 5 (born about 1906), born London East Hams, Scholar; and son Caleb Dredge; 2 (born aboiut 1909), born London East Hams. The census recorded John and Ruby had been married 26 years and Ruby had given birth to 10 children, all still alive.

Address - 156 Upton Lane Forest Gate, West Ham, London, Essex, England

1939 England & Wales Register - Rubina Dredge, born 24 August 1869, widow. Also listed: [daughter] Alice B Dredge (Dredge crossed out and replaced with Menhenett), born 24 February 1885, nurse maternity; [daughter] Hilda M Masters, born 9 November 1895, widow, unpaid domestic duties; [son-in-law?] Henry Farmer, born 12 May 1878, married, company director, mens outfitters; [daughter] Daisy Farmer, born 12 December 1902, married, unpaid domestic duties; [grand daughter] Valerie R Farmer [Farmer crossed out and replaced with McDermott], born 14 February 1938, single, under school age..

Address - 50 Sedbury Road, Sompting, Sussex.

England & Wales Death registration index record for Rubina Dredge, died aged 81 (born about 1870), January-March quarter 1951, Brighton registration district, Sussex, Vol. 5H, p. 161.

Worthing Gazette 14 March 1951, p1.

Dredge - on Tuesday March 6, 1951, at the Royal Sussex Hospital, Mrs. Rubina Dredge, 50 Sedbury Road, Sompting passed peacefully away, aged 81. Cremation.

England & Wales Probate registration index record for Rubina Dredge of 50 Sedbury Road, Sompting, Sussex, widow, died 6 March 1951 at the Royal Sussex County Hospital Brighton. Administration London 6 February 1952 to Daisy May Farmer (wife of Henry Farmer) and James Henry George Dredge, salesman. Effects £1117 6s 10d.