Alfred & Caroline Coleridge of Newton Abbot

Alfred COLERIDGE, born in Bristol in 1875, is the youngest son of Francis Drake & Ellen COLERIDGE of Bristol. He married Caroline in Bodmin at the age of 36 and they had 3 children – 2 daughters and a son.

Alfred COLERIDGE & Caroline Bessie C SHAW – Marriage registration June (Q2) 1911 in Bodmin.

1911 census for Devon

Address	Name	Age	Relation	Occupation
Moretonhampstead⧉ Cross Tree House	Alfred COLERIDGE Amy Laura PROSSER	35 36	Head H/keeper	Medical Practitioner

In 1911 Alfred is living in Moretonhampstead but not yet married. The parish register records the baptisms of 3 children to Alfred & Caroline COLERIDGE:

Margaret E COLERIDGE – Birth registration June (Q2) 1912 in Newton Abbot.
Margaret Ellen COLERIDGE – Baptism 9th May 1912 in Moretonhampstead. Noted as Cross Tree House, Surgeon.

Clifford A G COLERIDGE – Birth registration March (Q1) 1914 in Newton Abbot.
Clifford Alfred George COLERIDGE – Baptism 6th January 1914 in Moretonhampstead. Noted as Cross Tree House, Doctor of Medicine.

Helen M COLERIDGE – Birth registration September (Q3) 1919 in Newton Abbot.
Helen Mary COLERIDGE – Baptism 14th July 1919 in Moretonhampstead. Noted as Cross Tree House, Medical Practitioner.

The following notice, which appeared in the Western Times, Exeter on Friday 1st October 1920, shows that parking was already causing problems 100 years ago:

Alfred COLERIDGE, of Moretonhampstead, was on Tuesday fined by Exeter Bench £1 and costs for obstructing High-street by leaving a motor car there unattended for half an hour on the 20th inst. …he said he thought he could leave it there all right as the street was wide. He admitted, however, he should have put it nearer to the kerb.

1921 census for Devon

Address	Name	Age	Relation	Occupation
Moretonhampstead⧉ Crosstree House	Caroline Bessie C COLERIDGE Margaret Ellen COLERIDGE Clifford Alfred G COLERIDGE Helen Mary COLERIDGE Violet SCARELL Murray Richard O WILSON	33 9 7 2 27 41	Wife Daughter Son Daughter Visitor	Home Duties Home Education Home Education Governess Medical Practitioner

In 1921 Caroline and the children are recorded in Moretonhampstead, while Alfred is away in Bournemouth.

1921 census for Hampshire

Address	Name	Age	Relation	Occupation
Bournemouth⧉ 11 Richmond Pk Court	Walter S RICHARDSON Lavinia RICHARDSON Ada Sybil M RICHARDSON Alfred COLERIDGE Elizabeth BAKER Mabel MITCHELL	47 45 11 46 61 24	Head Sister Daughter Visitor Servant Servant	Surgeon School Physician Cook Housemaid

In 1921 Alfred is recorded as a visitor in Bournemouth. It is the same address as that of his brother George.

There are records of the marriages of Alfred & Caroline's children:

Helen Mary COLERIDGE & John [Jack] WHITWELL – Marriage registration September (Q3) 1939 in Bodmin.

Margaret Ellen COLERIDGE & Hubert J B KEILY – Marriage registration March (Q1) 1942 in Bodmin. There are records of the births of 2 children:

Caroline E S KEILY – Birth registration March (Q1) 1943 in Bodmin.

Bridget N S KEILY – Birth registration March (Q1) 1947 in Taunton.

Clifford A G COLERIDGE & Jean F LORNS – Marriage registration September (Q3) 1972 in Surrey NW.

There are also records of Alfred & Caroline's deaths and probate:

Alfred COLERIDGE – Death registration June (Q2) 1946 in Taunton, Somerset, aged 70.

Alfred COLERIDGE of Plassey Cheddon-road Taunton died 28 April 1946 Probate Bodmin 24 August 1946 to Caroline Bessie Collins COLERIDGE widow. Effects £2579 7s. 4d.

Bessie C COLERIDGE – Death registration December (Q4) 1957 in Taunton, Somerset, aged 69.

Caroline Bessie Collins COLERIDGE of Plassey 219 Cheddon Road Taunton widow died 12 December 1957 at Beauchamp House Nursing Home Hatch Beauchamp Somersetshire Probate Bodmin 4 March 1958 to Helen Mary FEAR (wife of Douglas FEAR) and John Sarsfield KEILY police inspector. Effects £6840 10s. 4d.