I have little information about my paternal Great Grandparents. My Great Grandfathers given names were JOHN James DRIVER, he was born in Islington, Middlesex County, in 1851. My Great Grandmother's name was MARY Henrietta MAXAM and she was born in 1851 in Marylebone, Middlesex County, England. They had at least three sons, ALFRED THOMAS (my Grandfather), JOHN J., born in 1875 in St. Pancras Parish, and EDWARD born about 1889.
MY Grandfather, ALFRED THOMAS DRIVER was born in 1879 in Islington, and died in Edmonton, North London, December 28, 1908. He married my Grandmother CLARA KATHLEEN ALDRIDGE in Islington, North London, in February of 1902. They lived most of the time in the WOOD GREEN, HORNSEY, ISLINGTON, North London, areas until his death. They had three children, WILLIAM THOMAS DRIVER,(my father) b: June 15, 1902 in Hornsey, North London, VIOLET Muriel (Crouter) b: 1904, and ROSE b: 1907 (probably in Wood Green, Hornsey or Islington).
In 1910, my grandmother, Clara Kathleen Driver (nee Aldridge) married John Edward Stanlake WOLLINGTON. They had three sons, JACK Ernest Stanlake Wollington born in 1911, died serving his country in 1944, REGINALD (REG), and ARTHUR WOLLINGTON.
JOHN ALDRIDGE b: abt 1809, married CATHERINE PARKINS. They had five children; ELIZABETH ALDRIDGE b: abt 1834, THOMAS ALDRIDGE b: April 17 1836 in North Crawley, Buckinghamshire, England, JOSEPH ALDRIDGE b: abt 1839, MARY ALDRIDGE b: abt 1842, and NEPHI ALDRIDGE b: abt 1849.
THOMAS ALDRIDGE b: April 17, 1836 married HARRIET SAUNDERS on May 31, 1857 in Paddington, St. Marys, England, they had the following four children; JONAH JOHN ALDRIDGE b: August 7, 1859, in St. Pancras Parish, England, THOMAS A. ALDRIDGE b: abt 1862, CATHERINE ALDRIDGE b: abt 1866, and JOSEPH ALDRIDGE b: abt 1870.
My Great Grandfather JONAH (JOHNER - 1881 census) JOHN ALDRIDGE b: 1859, in St. Pancras Parish, married, (my Great Grandmother) ELIZABETH M. MORRISON b: 1857 in Fulham Parish, on May 20, 1877, in Bethal Green, England.
They had the following children, including my grandmother CLARA KATHLEEN, she was born in Islington, North London, about 1880, her siblings were, WILLIAM J. ALDRIDGE, b: abt 1882, ALBERT ALDRIDGE b: abt 1879, ELIZABETH MARY ALDRIDGE b: abt 1883 (possible married name of WARD), JOSEPH Robert ALDRIDGE b: abt 1886, d: June 11, 1958, LOUISA ELLEN ALDRIDGE b: November 10, 1887, CAROLINE MAY ALDRIDGE b: February 11, 1889, JOHN EDWARD ALDRIDGE b: October 2, 1892, ALFRED GEORGE ALDRIDGE b: December 12, 1894, ERNEST FREDERICK ALDRIDGE b: July 14, 1896, and CHARLES ALDRIDGE b: abt 1898.
My Great Grandparents, these ALDRIDGE'S, lived in 1916, at a residence on Lordship Lane in WOOD GREEN, North London.
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