James Riddles (buried 1893)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Riddles
First name: 
James
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Male
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
213
Born: 
0/6/1881
Died: 
22/08/1893
Buried: 
23/08/1893
Distinction: 
Typhoid Victim
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
8
Cemetery plot: 
13
what3words location: 
https://what3words.com/vibe.shed.allows
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone description: 
Buried under the headstone for Rose and Frances Schreiber and L Wilmer
Headstone inscription: 
Rose E. Schreiber 7th daughter of the late Rev. T. Schreiber. Frances F.L. Schreiber 6th daughter Rector of Bradwell on Sea, Essex. Died January 26th 1926 age 83 years. July 14th 1926 aged 82 years. "Looking unto Jesus" Heb. 12-2

Life story

Life story

James was baptised on 5 June 1881. His father, Martin, had married Georgina Mary Gates on 16 November 1878 at Heene. James only appears on the 1891 Census and was staying that night in the household of his grandparents, Martin and Barbara Riddles in Heene Road. He was one of four of the Riddles family to die of typhoid. James died on 22nd August 1893. His aunt Ellen Riddles died on 4th October after catching the disease in August. Both are buried at Heene. Ellen Mary Riddles died aged 5 in August and Martin Riddles died in September aged 35. Both are buried at West Tarring. 

Heene Handbell Ringers
Heene Handbell Ringers

The group in the photograph of the Heene Handbell Ringers may include James and his father and even his grandfather for it was put on line by the Riddles family. The date is 1890 when James was about 9, Martin, senior, was 62 and Martin, junior, 31. James died in 1893 of Typhoid Fever and Exhaustion at the age of 12 and was buried at Heene on 23 August.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/06/1881

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
22/08/1893
Age (at time of death): 
12
Cause of death: 
Typhoid Fever 21 days; exhaustion
Address at time of death: 
Heene Road, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1891 census: 

Heene Road, Heene (corner of Shelley Road)

Martin Riddles, 63, head, farmer's carter; Barbara Riddles, 59, wife; Henry Riddles, 12, gardener's boy; James Riddles, 9, scholar