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JAMES DRYDEN
Service Number: 31755
Regiment & Unit/Ship
South Staffordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Date of Death
Died 09 August 1918
Age 31 years old
Buried or commemorated at
BOSCON BRITISH CEMETERY
Plot 3. Row D. Grave 6.
Italy

Country of Service
United Kingdom
Additional Info
Son of Joseph and Phyllis Dryden, of 124 Trout Street, Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland. Husband of Mrs M Dryden, of 15 Simonside Terrace, Newbiggin by the Sea.

Oh My Goodness you have found awful lot of information I shall endeavour to send for certificates to ensure correct before relay them to Peter my Cousin in Canada. Thank you sincerely for all your help much appreciated :-)

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Register with the Scotland's People site for free. As you are going to be "in Scotland" for research by the looks of it - buy credits to look at and download the record to your computer. Credits cost £7.50 for 30 and the image showing more detail of the search result below for instance can be obtained for 6 credits.

Maggie birth registration
Surname Forename Gender Year Ref RD Name Image View
SCOTT MAGGIE ROSE MOI F 1891 169/ 10 Aberdour (Aberdeen)

Maggie with Mother and siblings in 1901

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
22, High Street, Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Eleanor L Scott Head Single Female 31 1870 Outdoor Worker (General) Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Maggie Scott Daughter - Female 10 1891 Scholar Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
John Scott Son - Male 4 1897 - Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Jessie A Scott Daughter - Female 2 1899 - Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Alick Scott Son - Male 0 1901 - Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

And in 1891

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Glaslaw, Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Alex G Scott Head Married Male 55 1836 Crofter Tyrie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth B Scott Wife Married Female 61 1830 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elloner Lucy Scott Daughter Unmarried Female 24 1867 - Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Andrew Scott Son Unmarried Male 21 1870 Blacksmith Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Barbara G B Scott Daughter - Female 9 1882 Scholar Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
George Andrew A Scott Grand Son - Male 4 1887 Scholar Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Maggie R M Scott Grand Daughter - Female 0 1891 - Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Census taken from Find My Past - transcript only. In light of earlier census, Alex G's place of birth might read Fyvie
You can look at the originals only on Scotland's People 1841-1901 and 1911 is only on SP as transcript and original

?? Marriage of Alex G Scott and Elizabeth B

Scottish civil registration didn't start until 1855, before that it was Parish registers

These are the banns for the marriage both in Old Deer and Tyrie

Surname Forename Spouse Name Date Parish Number Ref Parish

SCOTT ALEXANDER ELIZABETH BRUCE/ 00/03/1854228/ 40 490 Old Deer

SCOTT ALEXANDER ELIZABETH BRUCE/ 08/04/1854 248/ 40 191 Tyrie

|I've had a look at the original as had a few credits spare
Banns read 19 and 26 March and 2 April 1854 and they were married on 8th April

Alexander was of the Parish of Old Deer and Elizabeth of Tyrie

Thank you so much i have sent for certificates if this is correct lily then i shall endeavour to purchase more hopefully find some blood relatives on Peters maternal side that are living. Who knows they may know through grapevine who his father was.
The information you have given is above and beyond expectations
Thank you again :-)

Hi Thanks for replies I sent for the Elliston - Smith marriage certificate but afraid this is not the Lily Smith I am looking for as the Lily on certificate was 26 yrs old spinster when married and her father was a James Smith Thank again

1921

Lily Richardson
Dryden
1913
England
Newbiggin by the Sea
Morpeth
Northumberland

Eleanora Lucy
Dryden
1912
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Newbiggin by the Sea
Morpeth
Northumberland

Joseph Edith
Dryden
1912
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Newbiggin by the Sea
Morpeth
Northumberland

Margaret
Dryden
1916
England
Newbiggin by the Sea
Morpeth
Northumberland


Maggie
Metcalf
1892
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Newbiggin by the Sea
Morpeth
Northumberland

John George
Metcalf
1885
England
Newbiggin by the Sea
Morpeth
Northumberland

Marriages Mar 1920 (>99%)
Dryden Maggie Metcalf Morpeth 10b 860
Metcalf John G Dryden Morpeth 10b 860


Deaths Sep 1928 (>99%)
Metcalf Maggie 37 Morpeth 10b 415

1939 Register
79 Front Street, Newbiggin-By-The-Sea, Newbiggin-By-The-Sea U.D., Northumberland, England

Margaret Metcalf 19 Aug 1882 Female Green Grocery Store Keeper Single 38 1
John G Metcalf 13 Jan 1885 Male Master Baker Widowed 38 2
Rose Metcalf 06 Jul 1920 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Single 38 3
The record for this person is officially closed.
Mary Metcalf (Turnbull) 4 Feb 1922.....................Not transcribed on FMP


Marriages Jun 1942 (>99%)
Metcalf Mary Turnbull Nthmbld.C. 10b 1104
Turnbull Percy Metcalf Nthmbld.C. 10b 1104


Births Mar 1922 (>99%)
Metcalf Mary Scott Morpeth 10b 947

Suggestion ONLY

1939 Register
2 Waverley Place, Newbiggin-By-The-Sea, Newbiggin-By-The-Sea U.D., Northumberland, England
Janet Turnbull 16 Feb 1874 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Widowed 124 1
Ernest Turnbull 19 Mar 1909 Male House Bricklayer Unemployed Single 124 2
Percy Turnbull 19 Oct 1912 Male Colliery Haulers Man Below Single 124 3
Elizabeth Woodhouse (Turnbull) 23 Oct 1914 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Single 124 4

TURNBULL, PERCY 1912
GRO Reference: DOR Q4/2003 in NORTHUMBERLAND CENTRAL (6771A) Reg 11A Entry Number 249
DoB from FMP 19/10/1912

SMITH Edgar Clifton Ashley DRYDEN Lily Richardson Gloucester Gloucester Register Office 1933 43 246

Marriages Dec 1931 (>99%)
Dryden Eleanora L S Vernon Coventry 6d 1517
Vernon George R Dryden Coventry 6d 1517

Name: Eleanora Lucy D Vernon
Death Age: 76
Birth Date: 16 Sep 1911
Registration Date: Jan 1988
Registration District: Mid Warwickshire
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Volume: 31
Page: 646

Name: Eleanor Lucy Dryden
Birth Date: 16 Sep 1911
Residence Place: Newbiggin Northumberland
Relation to Soldier: Children
Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers
Description: Other Ranks Died Driver A-Ducklers WH
Next of Kin:
Name Relation to Soldier
James Dryden
Maggie Dryden Widow 14 Feb 1891
Joseph Edith Dryden Child 16 Sep 1911
Eleanor Lucy Dryden Children
Lily Richardine Dryden Children 26 Nov 1912
Margaret Dryden Children 07 Nov 1915

Name: Josephine E S Dryden
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun 1933
Registration District: Warwick
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Spouse: Howard V Pratt
Volume Number: 6d
Page Number: 1947

Name: Josepha Edith Pratt
Death Age: 88
Birth Date: 16 Sep 1911
Registration Date: Jan 2000
Registration District: Wallingford
Inferred County: Oxfordshire
Register Number: 27C
District and Subdistrict: 7041
Entry Number: 205

1939 Register
53 Rushmore Street, Royal Leamington Spa, Royal Leamington Spa M.B., Warwickshire, England

Edith (J) Pratt 16 Sep 1911 Female Domestic Duties Married 39 1
The record for this person is officially closed.
The record for this person is officially closed.
Margaret Ibbotson (Dryden) 07 Nov 1915 Female Aircraft Etcher Single 39 4
The record for this person is officially closed.
The record for this person is officially closed.

Name: Margaret Dryden
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun 1948
Registration District: Warwick
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Spouse: Arthur S Ibbotson
Volume Number: 9c
Page Number: 2334

Name: Margaret Ibbotson
Death Age: 82
Birth Date: 7 Nov 1915
Registration Date: Jan 1998
Registration District: Shrewsbury
Inferred County: Shropshire
Register Number: B57A
District and Subdistrict: 7151B
Entry Number: 157

4 Pratt/Dryden births on freebmd

One is deceased
PRATT, CARL 1936
GRO Reference: DOR Q4/2017 in SOMERSET (722-1B) Entry Number 516362911

1939 Register
39 Bath Street, Royal Leamington Spa, Royal Leaming
ton Spa M.B., Warwickshire, England

George Vernon - Male ? Motor Work Married 134 1
Eleanor L Vernon - Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 134 2
James A Vernon 04 Apr 1932 Male At School Single 134 3

James Albert Vernon in 1997
Warwickshire Monumental Inscriptions
Bishops Itchington, St Michael, Warwickshire, England
DoB 4/4/1932

The woman's death cert would give details of the informant - may prove helpful

Name: Lily Richardson Elliston
Death Age: 75
Birth Date: 26 Nov 1912
Registration Date: Feb 1988
Registration District: Nuneaton and Bedworth
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Volume: 31
Page: 198

Just for info..............
Name: Clifford George Elliston
Death Age: 76
Birth Date: 30 Dec 1913
Registration Date: Jan 1990
Registration District: Coventry
Inferred County: West Midlands
Volume: 33
Page: 5

Lily had split from Smith by 1937, as she was on her own on the ER in Gloucester

SCOTT
ELEANORA LUCY D
F
1911
169/ 39
Aberdour (Aberdeen)

SCOTT
JOSEPHA EDITH D
F
1911
169/ 38
Aberdour (Aberdeen)

Marriages Mar 1912 (>99%)
Dryden James Scott Morpeth 10b 538
Scott Maggie R M Dryden Morpeth 10b 538

Glenise

Would you post all info from the marriage cert, please.

Addresses, occupations, location, fathers’ full details, witnesses.