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Thank you everybody for all the useful information that you have given me.

I was told that researching the family tree can yield interesting stories, it certainly is the case here.

I think that I will look for Richard in Cambridgeshire for the 1881, 1891, 1901 censuses.

Ann
Last name Ambridge
Gender Female
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1825
Age 95
Death quarter 3
Death year 1920
District Brentford
County Middlesex
Volume 3A
Page 80

Name: Ann Ambridge
Age in 1911: 85
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Lambeth, London, England
Civil Parish: Ealing
Country: England
Street Address: 5 St Mary Church Homes, Ealing W
Marital status: Widowed
Registration District Number: 128
Sub-registration District: Brentford
ED, institution, or vessel: 23
Piece: 6890
Household Members:
Name Age
Ann Ambridge 85
Frances Turner Hicks 66
Mary Ann Carpenter 74
Charlotte Esther Jarvis 66
Eliza Finch 83

Deaths Sep 1920 (>99%)
AMBRIDGE Ann 95 Brentford 3a 80


Name: Henry Ambridge
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Registration Year: 1871
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 50
Registration District: Brentford

Well I think this may explain where he was. I'll post more details as I read it. As you can imagine, this story made news all over the UK.

The 1881 census was taken on April 3rd

MURDER CONFESSED. At the Cambridge Police Coart yesterday morning, Richard Ambridge, labourer, Ealing, was charged upon own confession with wilfully murdering his mother, Anne Newman Ambridge, in the month of September last. He said that had done it because she called him lazy. He cut her throat and then buried the knife under a doorstep. He was remanded for a week.
02 April 1880 - Glasgow Evening Post - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland


Hmmm very strange.


Richard Ambridge, the young man who gave himself to the Cambridge police, saying he had murdered his mother at Ealing, Middlesex, two years ago, was again brought up before the magistrates to-day. His story was now stated to be a fabrication as his mother called on the Superintendant of Police on Saturday. The prisoner was discharged.
08 April 1880 - Portsmouth Evening News - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England


Some papers have the 'murder' as 'September last', another '2 years ago' and another says '3 years previous.'


Another paper reports that 'the Bench regretted that they had not the power to send him to gaol as a rogue and vagabond.'

sons bapt he was a labourer
Name: Richard Henry George Ambridge
Baptism Age: 0
Birth Date: 25 Feb 1907
Baptism Date: 26 Feb 1907
Baptism Place: St Margaret, Lowestoft, England
Search Photos: Search for 'St Margaret, Lowestoft' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
Father: Richard Henry Ambridge
Mother: Lily Ambridge

Thomas
Last name Ambridge
Sex Male
Birth year 1910
Birth date 01 Dec 1910
Baptism year 1910
Baptism date 20 Dec 1910
Church St Barnabas
Place Grimsby St Barnabas
Father's first name(s) Richard Henry - a cooper
Mother's first name(s) Lily
County Lincolnshire

sadly
Name: Richard Henry G Ambridge
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1907
Registration Year: 1907
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 0
Registration District: Mutford
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 4a
Page: 759

Do you have the marriage cert, for his occupation and address?

Name: Richard Ambridge
Gender: Male
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 15 Jan 1860
Baptism Place: Ealing St Mary, Ealing, England
Father: Henry Ambridge
Mother: Ann Newman Ambridge

He's a dock labourer in 1911 - perhaps he was a seaman before that, and not in the UK at the time of the censuses?

Just a thought!

Posting for our reference:


Richard Ambridge
in the 1871 England Census
Name: Richard Ambridge
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: 1860
Relation: Son
Gender: Male
Where born: Ealing Middlesex England
Civil parish: Ealing
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
Town: Ealing
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Registration district: Brentford
Sub-registration district: Brentford
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Household schedule number: 116
Piece: 1318
Folio: 86
Page number: 25
Household Members Age Relationship
Henry Ambridge 50 Head
Ann N Ambridge 47 Wife
William W Ambridge 16 Son
Benjamin Ambridge 14 Son
Richard Ambridge 11 Son
Septimus F Ambridge 8 Son

cant see him on fmp or ancestry for those census

Name: Susanna Needle
Gender: Female
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 14 Jan 1816
Marriage Place: St Mary, Newington, Southwark, England
Spouse: William Robert Skinner
Register Type: Parish Register


Name: Henry Ambridge
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 11 May 1845
Marriage Place: Isleworth,London,England
Spouse: Ann Newman Skinner

father

Name: Henry Ambridge
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Registration Year: 1871
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 50
Registration District: Brentford
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Middlesex

mother
Name: Ann Ambridge
Age: 56
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825
Relationship to Head: Mother
Gender: Female
Where born: Lambeth, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: Ealing
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address: Coningsby Road No 22
Marital status: Widow
Education:
Employment status:
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Occupation: Ironer
Registration District: Brentford
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors:
Piece: 1347
Folio: 8
Page Number: 10
Household Members:
Name Age
John Ambridge 32
Eunice Ambridge 32
Eunice Ambridge 7
Maggie Ambridge 5
John P. Ambridge 3
Siales Ambridge 1
Ann Ambridge 56 ------
Septimus Ambridge 19

Name: Richard Ambridge
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: 1860
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Henry Ambridge
Mother's Name: Ann N Ambridge
Gender: Male
Where born: Ealing, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: Ealing
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
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Registration District: Brentford
Sub-registration District: Brentford
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 143
Piece: 778
Folio: 36
Page Number: 31
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Ambridge 40
Ann N Ambridge 35
George Ambridge 13
John Ambridge 10
William W Ambridge 6
Benjamin Ambridge 4
Susan Shinner 72********Mother in Law
Richard Ambridge 1

AMBRIDGE, RICHARD (MMN)SKINNER
GRO Reference: 1859 D Quarter in BRENTFORD Volume 03A Page 67

AMBRIDGE, GEORGE (MMN) SKINNER
GRO Reference: 1847 D Quarter in BRENTFORD Volume 03 Page 21

1911 for info

Name: Harry Ambridge
Age in 1911: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Ealing, Middlesex, England**********************************************
Civil Parish: Great Grimsby
Country: England
Street Address: Bk 222 King Edward St
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Dock Labourer
Registration District Number: 422
Sub-registration District: Great Grimsby
ED, institution, or vessel: 08
Piece: 19954
Household Members:
Name Age
Harry Ambridge 52
Lily Ambridge 30
George Ambridge 64
Lucy Ambridge 6
Thomas Ambridge 4/12

On his daughter's baptism record, his occupation is COOPER.

Name: Lucy Elizabeth Ambridge
Baptism Age: 0
Birth Date: 5 Jul 1905
Baptism Date: 21 Jul 1905
Baptism Place: St Margaret, Lowestoft, England
Father: Richard Henry Ambridge
Mother: Lily Ambridge

Who did he name as his father when he married?

is this him 1939

112 Chapman Street, Grimsby, Grimsby C.B., Lincolnshire (Parts of Lindsey), England

Clixby household
(3 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Lilian L Clixby 12 May 1914 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 292 1
The record for this person is officially closed.

Richard Clixby (Ambridge) 22 Dec 1859 Male Box Maker (Retired) Married 292 3

married as henry
Henry Richard
Last name Ambridge
Marriage quarter 3
Marriage year 1904
Registration month -

Henry Richard Ambridge married one of these people

Mabel Louisa Bull, Lily Danforth
District Grimsby
District number -

Hello,

I have hit a brick wall concerning Richard Henry AMBRIDGE, sometimes listed as Henry Richard AMBRIDGE.

He married Lily DANFORTH in 1904 in Grimsby.
I can find him in the 1911 census as "Harry AMBRIDGE", his wife Lily and his brother George (born c1847) in Grimsby. Richard died 1943 in Grimsby.

But I cannot find him in the 1901, 1891, 1881 censuses.

I have found a Richard AMBRIDGE in the 1871 and 1861 census, in Ealing, west of London. But I am uncertain if this Richard AMBRIDGE is the same person who lived in Grimsby later on.

Any pointers would be most appreciated!
Adrian