Birth: July-September 1879 Batts Corner, Dockenfield, Hampshire, UK
Father: James Aldred 1823-1889
Mother: Jane Mitchener c1838-1924
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: October-December 1899 Farnham, Surrey, UK
Husband: William Joseph Bridger 1867-1943
Death: January-March 1968 SW Surrey, UK
Una Gladys Bridger 1900-1921
William Godfrey Bridger 1903-1977
Cyril George Bridger 1908-1982
Sabina May Bridger [Redman] 1916-1939
Gerald Douglas Bridger 1921-1977
I assume that James Aldred was her father - her widowed mother was his housekeeper, and they married in 1883.
Birth of Mary Jane Punter in FreeBMD in July-September 1879 in Farnham (2a 119).
In the 1881 census as Mary J Punter aged 1, born in Dockenfield, Hampshire, and boarding with her widowed mother (Jane) and brother (James E) with James Aldred (who I guess was her father and her mother's future husband), and his nephew (William Boonner aged 30 and born in Frensham) at Batts Corner, Dockenfield, Hampshire.
Her parents married in 1883.
Her father died in 1889 in Farnham.
In the 1891 census as Jane Aldred aged 12, born in Batts Corner, Hampshire, and living with her widowed mother (Jane), brother (James) and a lodger (William Bonner aged 33, single and born in Farnham, Surrey - her cousin) in Dockenfield, Hampshire.
Marriage of Mary Jane Punter and William Joseph Bridger in FreeBMD in October-December 1899 in Farnham (2a 237). I guess this was in Frensham.
All her children were born in Farnham between 1900 and 1921.
In the 1901 census as Mary J Heidger (sic - in the index, Bridger on the original) aged 21, and living with her husband (William J), daughter (Jessie G), her mother (Jane A C Heads), and a lodger (William E Bonner - hier husband's nephew) at Elase? Croft (near Dockenfield Farm), Dockenfield, Surrey. Note that her daughter Una Gladys is not listed in the 1901 census.
In the 1911 census as Mary Jane Bridger aged 32, and living with William Joseph (husband?), Cyril George and William Godfrey (sons?), and Una Gladys (daughter?) in Farnham, Surrey.
Her husband died in SW Surrey in 1943.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Mary J Bridger in January-March 1968 aged 86 in Surrey SW (5g 651). This is about three years too young.
Mary Jane Punter was the daughter of Jane Mitchener, wife of James Aldred, husband of Ann Shrubb, my first cousin three times removed.
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