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𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝟐𝟑𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨. 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲'𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨.

The photo was in a family collection sent to me by an eBay seller in hope of reuniting the image with a descendant. It features Caroline Richards who was born in 1794, in Farlington, Hampshire, to Griffith Richards and Ann Longcroft. She was sister to Henry and Edward who I written posts about before and her father was rector of Farlington.

On the 29th of January 1829, she married Thomas Ridding at All Saints, Southampton, Hampshire. Thomas was older than Caroline having been born in 1781, in Southampton. They had children Elizabeth Anne in 1830, Caroline Margaret in 1832, and Mary in 1834.

"Demise of Mr. Ridding.— We have this week the punful duty of recording the decease of Thos. Ridding, esq, late much respected Town Clerk. For more than thirty years this much lameuted gentleman had been a faithful and most efficient adviser to the various Public Boards of this town ; and during his long course of service earned the well-deserved reputation of a most honest and upright counsellor. His father, the late Thomas Ridding-, esq. also filled the same office of Town Clerk for a great number of years, to the period of his decease in 1804. He was succeeded by W. Curry, esq. who occupied the same situation till his decease in 1810, when the much respected subject of the present memoir was unanimously chosen to succeed him."

"He resigned mat office in August, 1838, and shortly after retired into private life. But it appeared that his health had suffered severely from such long continued application to business, and the symptoms of an impared constitution soon became to manifest, but still without any serious fears for his safety till a few weeks of his decease, when symptoms of anguina pectoris took place, and after a very short time became so strongly marked as to awaken the most serious apprehen- sion. A fatal paroxism of that disease took place early on the morning of Monday last, and in one short hour terminated the life of this truly estimable and excellent man."

More tragic news was to come as her daughter Elizabeth Anne passed away in 1847, aged 17, "On the 17th instant, at Bath, aged 17, Elizabeth Ann, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Ridding, esq. of Southampton."

In 1851, Caroline lived at 7 Angelsea Place, Southampton, with her two daughters and three servants. In 1861, she lived at 27 Marine Parade, Brighton. In 1871, she lived at 4 Cavendish Place, Brighton. Her occupation was listed as fundholder.

She lived the rest of her life at the address passing away on the 24th of October 1872, aged 77.

Tomorrow I will continue the story with a post on the life of her daughters Mary and Caroline.