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WELLS, Alice
1828 - 1898 (70 years) Has no ancestors but 5 descendants in this family tree.
1827 - 1886 (60 years)-
Name WELLS, Alice Birth 1828 West Walton, Norfolk 
Gender Female Death 1898 Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire Person ID I5636 Edgoose Last Modified 25 Feb 2026
Family BRIDGES, William, b. Between 1826 and 1827, Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England d. 1886, Downham Registration District, Norfolk (Age 60 years) Marriage 1859 King's Lynn Registration District, Norfolk Children 1. BRIDGES, Mary Jane, b. 1860, Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England d. 1940, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 80 years)2. BRIDGES, Leah, b. 1867, Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England d. 1942, Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. BRIDGES, William, b. 1869, Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1015 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Birth - 1828 - West Walton, Norfolk 
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Notes - WELLS, Alice (1828-1898)
An Alice, daughter of John WELLS labourer and his wife Mary, was baptised at West Walton, Norfolk, on 13 April 1829.
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The marriage between William BRIDGES and Alice WELLS was registered in 1859.
(GRO June Q 1859 King's L. 4b 621)
From the 1861 census of Mill Road, Wiggenhall St. Mary's, Norfolk:
William BRIDGES, head, aged 34, agricultural labourer, born at Wiggenhall St. Mary's;
*Alice BRIDGES, wife, aged 33, born at Wiggenhall St. Mary's;
Mary J. BRIDGES, daughter, aged 10 months, born at Wiggenhall St. Mary's.
(RG9/1258/83/4)
From the 1881 census of Wiggenhall St.Mary's:
William BRIDGES, head, aged 54, agricultural labourer, born at St. Germans;
*Alice BRIDGES, wife, aged 52, born at West Walton;
Leah BRIDGES, daughter, aged 13, born at St. Mary's;
William BRIDGES, son, aged 11, scholar, born at St. Mary's.
(RG11/2002/85/14)
From the 1891 census of Wharf Road, Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire:
Herbert PEGG, head, aged 25, railway signalman, born at Impington, Cambridgeshire;
Leah PEGG, wife, aged 23, born at St. German's, Norfolk;
Herbert W. PEGG, son, aged 2 months, born at Bishop Stortford;
*Alice BRIDGES, mother-in-law, aged 63, living on own means, born at West Walton, Norfolk.
(RG12/1098/75/25)
The death of Alice BRIDGES aged 71 was registered in 1898.
(GRO September Q 1898 Peterborough 3b 141)
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- WELLS, Alice (1828-1898)