Nicholas Richard Bidgood (1842 - bef. 1930)

Born 1842 in Plymouth, Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Osborn) Bidgood — married 1866 in Tavistock, Devon, England

Husband of Susan A (Davey) Bidgood — married 16 Jun 1889 in Morris Co., New Jersey, USA

Descendants

Died before 1930 before age 88 in New Jersey, USA

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Biography

Born 1842 Plymouth, Devon, England ^[1]

Emigrated abt 1866 to the United States^[2]

Died between 1920 and 1930 New Jersey, USA

with wife in 1920 census, wife a widow in 1930

Married 1st: 1866 Dist of Tavistock, Devon, England ^[3]

Husband: Nicholas Bidgood

Wife: Elizabeth Osborn/Osborne

Children:

Concordia Jennie

Emma

Elizabeth

William H

Clara

Mabel

Daughter

Married 2nd: 16 Jun 1889 Morris Co., New Jersey, USA ^[4]

Husband: Nicholas R Bidgood

Wife: Susan A Davy

index shows Nicholas R BIDGOOD as "married" and Susan A DAVY as single

Children:

Albert E

Frederick Charles

Richard T

Census

1851 Newton, Par. of Tavistock, Devon, England

BIDGOOD: Abm 44 miller b Newton, DEV; wife Joan 43 b Lamerton; Children: Abraham 13 scholar b Tavistock; Richard 9 scholar b Plymouth; Mary Jane 7 scholar b Tavistock; Emma 5 scholar b Tavistock; Lodger Samuel Bowden unm, 25 copper mining lab b Kingsbridge, DEV. (Abraham's mother Mary is still living near the mill. Abraham looks to have been working with Joan's brother Isaac DAWE as miller at Newton) ^[5]

1861 Newton Old Mill, Dist of Tavistock, Devon, England

BIDGOOD: Abraham 54 mine labourer b Tavistock; wife Jane (sic) 55 b Lamerton; Children (all b Tavistock): Isaac 24, Jacob 21, Nicholas Rd 18 (all copper miners); Mary Jane 16 ^[6]

7 Jul 1870 Sherman Twp, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA;

BIDGOOD: N R 28 copper miner b ENG; Elizabeth 26 keeping hse b ENG; Emma 3 b Canada; Concordia J 1 b Michigan; Elizabeth 6mths b Nov in Michigan; Jacob 31 copper miner b ENG; Also a Henry OSBORNE, 19 copper miner b ENG; all "parents both of foreign birth" ^[7]

From FamilySearch: to be expanded and incorporated into bio

• Fact: Residence (1880) Mount Hope, Morris, New Jersey, United States
• Fact: Residence (1900) ED 134 Precinct 5 Jersey City Ward 8, Hudson, New Jersey, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) Bayonne Ward 5, Hudson, New Jersey, United States
• Fact: Residence (1915) Bayonne, 5 ward, 4 district, Hudson, New Jersey, United States
• Fact: Residence (1920) Bayonna Ward 5, Hudson, New Jersey, United States
• Fact: Burial Dover, Morris, New Jersey, United States of America

Sources

1. ↑ Source #S1: Birth reg. 1842 Q2 Nicholas Richard, mother DAWE, reg. Plymouth, DEV, 09/406[
2. ↑ Married in Tavistock in 1866, first known child born 1866 in Michigan
3. ↑ Source #S2: Marr. 1866 Nicholas R BIDGOOD and Elizabeth OSBORN(E) reg. Tavistock Jun qtr 5b/680
4. ↑ Marr. 16 Jun 1889 Nicholas R BIDGOOD & Susan A DAVY, [ITAL:[Morris Co, NJ, from New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985, batch M02517-6, film 495710 ref bk19 p160
5. ↑ Source #S204: 1851: Tavistock, DEV ED 2c HO107/1883 Folio 356 Pg 23 Sched 81, hsehold of Abm & Joan BIDGOOD
6. ↑ Source: #S204 1861:Tavistock, DEV ED 5 RG9/1459 Folio 78 Pg 30 Sched 128, hsehold of Abraham & Jane BIDGOOD, copy d/loaded Jan 2006
7. ↑ 1870 US Census: Sherman, Keweenaw, Michigan; Roll: M593_683; Page: 716; Image: 109, hsehold of N R & Elizabeth BIDGOOD, image available Ancestry.com

• Source S1 Birth/death index online, GRO England
• Source S2 BDM Index for England via Ancestry/FindMyPast/FreeBDM
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 27 July 2017, 10:49), entry for Nicholas Richard Bidgood(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MMH5-GZS); contributed by various users.