UCL

Charles Dawson Ridley

Profile & Legacies Summary

No Dates

Biography

Attorney of Demerara, later in Western Australia. Part of what appears to have been a group from Demerara moving to Western Australia c. 1830, including his partner James Walcott (q.v.).

  1. On the 31st May, at the residence of L.F. Ridley, Esq., Irwin, by Rev. G.D. Watkins, Robert Thomas, second son of R.J. Brockman, Esq., of Greenough Flats, to Susan Hinds, youngest daughter of the late C.D. Ridley, Esq., formerly of Demerara, late of Baylie Park, West Australia.

Sources

  1. The Inquirer & Commercial News (Perth, WA) 14 June 1871, for the transcription at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyggbs/Transcriptions/LisaB/BGborn_in_Aust_newspapers.pdf [accessed 15/05/2017].

Further Information

Name in compensation records
C. D. Ridley
Spouse
Married but no further details
Children
Susan Hinds

Associated Estates (2)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1826 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Administrator
Turkeyen and Henrietta [ British Guiana | Demerara ]
1826 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
Vrees en Hoop [ British Guiana | Demerara ]

Legacies Summary

Imperial (1)

Landowner
Australia: Western Australia 
Details
notes →
'The present day Lockridge [City of Swan, suburb of Perth] originated as part of an adjoining estate assigned to James Walcott and CD Ridley in 1830 and then purchased by Edward Hamersley in 1837....
sources →
https://www.swan.wa.gov.au/.../Have_your_say_-_Draft_Altone_Local_Area_Plan.pdf [accessed...

Relationships (1)

Charles Dawson Ridley
Business associates
James Walcott
Details
Notes →
Described as 'partners' in online genealogical material. <a...