Help needed with 1901 census address please

[mrs.tenacious]

1891 census
Flora Aldridge b 1883 Bournemouth is a visitor in Holdenhurst, Christchurch in the home of John Waldin b 1832
904/186/26

Thank you - I'd found that previously and saved as a possibility. It's not far from the home her mother was in.
There's a Flora Colmer b 1887 underneath her entry, I wondered if they were both under guardianship or similar (as her mother was in the home and the father wasn't around). I fund Flora Colmer in 1900, and Reckleford School, Somerset, under the guardianship of a Rev. Lock, so my theory could be correct.

I found an 1883 Eastbourne birth for a Florence Aldridge, but the mother's maiden name was Marchant, not Middleton.

The newspaper reports mention the movements of Henry & Eliza mostly between Bournemouth & Brighton from 1881, until the early 1890s when they go to Cardiff (family connections there), but Eliza returns to Bournemouth and is in the home until her death.

Lots more ferreting about to get on with!

Thanks for your help.

[Dave Francis]

Baptised Parish of Knighton in Radnor, Wales
on 1 June 1883
Florence Emily Mary Aldridge
d/o Henry James & Eliza Alridge
Father's occ: Painter
Abode: Knighton

Image is on Ancestry

[Dave Francis]

But her birth was registered...

Florence Emily M ALDRIDGE
Q1 1883 in Hastings v2b p44

[Dave Francis]

Possibility?

1901 Census - Over Compton, Dorset
Florence Alridge, age 18, kitchenmaid, born St Leonards Sussex
in the household of John R P Goodden (bank director) and family

[Dave Francis]

Indexed as Florence "Smilie" Marie Alridge on Ancestry

1911 Census, Bridestowe in Kent
Florence Emilie Marie Aldridge, servant (cook), age 27, single, born St Leonards on Sea Sussex

Living in the household of Susan Emily Calmady-Hamlyn (widow, landowner) at "Leawood"

[mrs.tenacious]

Dave Francis - thank you....all very interesting, especially that baptism.
Will have a good look at all this over the next few days.

I appreciate your help, and all those who have replied.

[mrs.tenacious]

But her birth was registered...

Florence Emily M ALDRIDGE
Q1 1883 in Hastings v2b p44

Eureka! That's her!  Checked GRO and when the mother's maiden name of Middleton came up I ordered the digital image there and then - born St. Leonards.  Correct parents, father's occ House Decorator (that was his main occupation in the earlier years). He even registered the birth.
So the census you found with the St Leonards birthplace will be her.
The baptism shows father's occ as Painter, too. I'm not suprised with the location of baptism, there were connections with Wales, and he moved around so much.

I can't thank you enough ... this is another brick knocked out of the wall concerning this man and his jigsaw of a life .

[mrs.tenacious]

Where was your Florence born please?

There is a Florence Aldridge aged 18, born St Leonards, Sussex - a servant in Sherborne, Dorset in 1901.

Thank you - it's turned out to be her!  Am almost turning cartwheels - she has been part of an utter jigsaw of a story regarding my gg-grandfather that I've been trying to piece together for years.

I am very grateful to you.