Robert (Bob) Ridge (1840–1906)
from Windsor & Richmond Gazette
Quite a gloom has been cast over the neighbourhood by the unexpected deaths of Mr Robert Ridge and Mrs Eliza Jones, both of Upper Colo. The former died on Sunday, 16th inst., and the latter on the following Wednesday. Mr Ridge, as is well-known, had been suffering for a considerable time from a weak heart, but during the few days immediately prior to his death he seemed much better, and consequently his sudden and unexpected death was a surprise and a shock to everyone. The poor old fellow was sitting in the verandah reading a newspaper, and having come across something about horses bucking, he started reading it out, and all at once he said 'my horse is starting to buck too,' whereupon he fell from his chair, and when picked up he was quite dead. Poor old 'Bob,' as he was familiarly known, had a big host of friends, not only in Colo, but throughout the whole district, and the jolly and genial old chap will be very much missed. Sincere sympathy is felt for the bereaved family.
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Other Obituaries for Robert (Bob) Ridge
- Windsor & Richmond Gazette (NSW), 6 October 1906, p 1
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Ridge, Mary Ann (wife)
- Booth, Esther Amelia (wife)
- Ridge, Sarah (mother)
- Ridge, Robert (father)
- Skuthorpe, Mary Ann (mother-in-law)
- Skuthorpe, Thomas (father-in-law)
- Skuthorpe, James Richard (brother-in-law)
- Poole, Martha (aunt)
- Cobcroft, Isabella Jane (aunt)
- Miller, Martha (aunt)
- Ridge, Elizabeth Lucy (aunt)
- Cobcroft, Mary Ann (aunt)
- Buttsworth, Margaret (aunt)
- Wall, Ann (aunt)
- Ridge, James Bligh (uncle)
- Ridge, Richard Charles (uncle)
- Ridge, John (uncle)
- Ridge, William Bligh (uncle)
- Ridge, Mary Ann (aunt by marriage)
- Ridge, Sophia (aunt by marriage)
- Ridge, Charlotte Margaret (aunt by marriage)
- Gosper, Elizabeth (aunt by marriage)
- Norman, John (uncle by marriage)
- Miller, James Cox (uncle by marriage)
- Buttsworth, William (uncle by marriage)
- Cobcroft, Enoch (uncle by marriage)
- Wall, Thomas (uncle by marriage)
- Cobcroft, Abel John (uncle by marriage)
- Ridge, Margaret (grandmother)
- Ridge, Richard (grandfather)
- Ridge, Richard Charles (cousin)
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- Robinson, Sophia (cousin)
- Alderson, Margaret (cousin)
- Miller, George Sternbeck (cousin)
- Ridge, Edward Charles (cousin)
- Miller, James (cousin)
- Hopkins, Charlotte Margaret (cousin)
- Miller, John (cousin)
- Ridge, Isabella (cousin)
- Forrester, Sarah Jane (cousin)
- Eather, Martha Mary (cousin)
- Simpson, Martha Margaret (cousin)
- Ridge, Richard (cousin)
- Ridge, Prosper Henry (cousin)
- Miller, George (cousin)
- Ridge, Martha (cousin)
- Cobcroft, John Richard (cousin)
- Ridge, John William (cousin)
- Wilkinson, Mary Martha (cousin)
- Miller, Richard (cousin)
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- Cobcroft, Enoch John (cousin)
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- Paul, Victoria (cousin)
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- Taylor, Frances Clara (cousin)
- Swayne, Isabella Jane (cousin)
- Miller, Robert (cousin)
- Flemming, Louisa Rebecca (cousin)
- Buttsworth, William John (cousin)
- Butler, Caroline (cousin)
- Stewart, Louisa Caroline (cousin)
- Ridge, William Bligh (cousin)
- Collett, Julia Mary (cousin)
- Miller, William Bligh (cousin)
- Buttsworth, Ann (cousin)
- Miller, Ann (cousin)
- Doubleday, Mary Louisa (cousin)
- Henson, Mary Ann (cousin)
- Thornthwaite, Emily Adelaide (cousin)
- Miller, Robert (cousin)
- Cobcroft, Matilda Ann (cousin)
- Moriarty, Elizabeth Ann (cousin)
- Ridge, William Bligh (cousin)
- Cobcroft, William Bligh (cousin)
- Bowman, Mary Ann (cousin)
- Eather, Lucina Sarah (cousin)
- Nicholls, Martha Margaret (cousin)
- Waller, Frances Clara (cousin)
- Cobcroft, Henry James (cousin)
- Miller, Henry (cousin)
- Buttsworth, Emmeline Eliza (cousin)
- Ridge, Henrietta (cousin)
- Eather, Clara (cousin)
- Day, Mary Anne (cousin)
- Cobcroft, Minnie Rose (cousin)
- Richards, Frances (cousin)
- Cobcroft, Arthur John (cousin)
- Miller, Herbert (cousin)
- Bauer, Amy (cousin)
- Cobcroft, Herbert Cecil (cousin)
- Cobcroft, Percival Henry (cousin)
- Cobcroft, George Creswell (cousin)
Citation details
'Ridge, Robert (Bob) (1840–1906)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/ridge-robert-bob-26935/text34453, accessed 20 April 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
3 October,
1840
Richmond,
New South Wales,
Australia
Death
16 September,
1906
(aged 65)
Colo,
New South Wales,
Australia