Hello Hugo and Rhuddlan,
Thank you for the new posts.
The Elizabeth Kerridge who died in Battersea RD in 1961 looked promising but she has been investigated and can be traced back so it could be established it is not the right person. She was married to someone else and was a widow when she died. We found her in the census returns and know for sure it isn't our Elizabeth K. Her maiden name was different.
Rhuddlan has the right Henry Francis Kerridge in Brighton in the 1881 and 1891 census returns. Although it states "married" there have been extensive searches to find a marriage all to no avail. Edith was born on 6 August 1881, so she should have been shown on the 1881 census.
It gets confusing as the grave of Henry Kerridge in St Agnes, Conwy, was of Henry Kerridge b1834, Brettenham, Norfolk. He was the father of Henry Francis Kerridge and my gt grandfather, Albert Abraham. Henry Francis Kerridge was buried in the grounds of Brighton Asylum in 1921.
There are more mysteries as Henry Kerridge, senior, left Hove c1898 and moved with my gt grandparents to Leamington Spa where they ran the Clarendon Hotel. Edith and Gertrude are with them there in the 1901 census. Henry later ran The North Western Hotel in Llandudno Junction, until he died there in 1916. My grandmother and her sister were with him there in the 1911 census. Henry's wife, Frances Kerridge stayed in Hove until she died in 1903. I found her grave in Hove cemetery and it has a magnficent monument with many tributes to her from her children. What struck me as curious was the fact there was no mention whatsoever of her husband, Henry Kerridge.
I lived with my grandmother, Florence Kerridge, for a time and visited her very often. Although we were close, she never spoke about her childhood, or family. The only things I remember her saying was that she hated Blaenau Ffestiniog because of the climate. She disliked Conwy as she said the river brought in the damp and the walls held it in. She added it was awkward to meet a boy without being seen. She loved Llandudno and remained there until she died age 88. She is buried in St Tudno with her husband who predeceased her.
Helig.