Hi there, I have just started my wifes family tree and have found your posting about Daniel Ruddell.
I have traced her line all the way back and came to Daniel. This is what I have starting with the earliest (this is the same as your findings, how do you fit in the family tree ? are you still a Ruddell or has your name changed over the years by marriages ? )
Daniel Ruddell b1799 d1867 Stepney (died as Ruddle) marr.1821 to Catherine Adam at St Dunstan in Stepney.
Child - Daniel Ruddell b1823 Hackney, d1903 Hackney, marr. 1845 to Ellen Coggin (aka Helen Coggan) she was born in Poplar in 1826 according to the marriage record but was actually born in 1830. In 1881 census she is Eliza (Ellen Elizabeth),she died in 1887 in Hackney age 57. Daniel was a farm labourer at 27 and bricklayer at 58. They lived at Cottage in Hilly Field,Homerton,Hackney in 1851 with their first 2 children James and Rebecca - Victoria Street,Hackney in 1861 - 5 Prince Edward Road,Hackney in 1871 with his children and 2 grandchildren - 23 Prince Edward Road,Hackney in 1881 with his grandson George from Daniel b1855 - In 1891 he appears to be in the Pancras area - In 1901 in Hackney where he dies in 1903.
Children - James b1847, Rebecca b1849, Daniel b1855, George William b1856 and Martha Ann b1859 all in Hackney.
My wifes line comes down from Daniel b1855 Hackney, d1912 Hackney marr.Margaret Murphy then through their son George William Ruddell/Ruddle b1877 marr Rebecca Stile in 1898 in Poplar and through their child Isabel Patricia Ruddle b1905 in Hackney. Please let me know if you are connected in anyway.Chris