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BRIDGES, Leah
1867 - 1942 (75 years) Has 2 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
1827 - 1886 (60 years)-
Name BRIDGES, Leah Birth 1867 Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England 
Gender Female Death 1942 Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire Person ID I5637 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father BRIDGES, William, b. Between 1826 and 1827, Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England d. 1886, Downham Registration District, Norfolk (Age 60 years) Relationship natural Mother WELLS, Alice, b. 1828, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1898, Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 70 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1859 King's Lynn Registration District, Norfolk Family ID F1015 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family PEGG, Herbert, b. 1865, Impington, Cambridgeshire, England d. 1958, Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 93 years) Marriage 1889 Downham Registration District, Norfolk Children 1. PEGG, Herbert W., b. 1891, Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, England d. 1972, Cannock, Staffordshire, England (Age 81 years)2. PEGG, Alice Muriel, b. 1896, Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F2236 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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LEAH BRIDGES 1867-1942
The birth of Leah BRIDGES was registered in 1867.
(GRO September Q 1867 Downham 4b 342)
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)
The marriage between Herbert PEGG and Leah BRIDGES was registered in 1889.
(GRO December 1889 Downham 4b 927)
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)
From the 1901 census of Awery Cottage, Rose Lane, Woodstone Rural, Huntingdonshire:
Herbert PEGG, head, aged 35, married, railway guard, born at Histon, Cambridgeshire;
*Leah PEGG, wife, aged 33, married, born at St. Germans, Norfolk;
Herbert W. PEGG, son, aged 10, born at Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire;
Percy I. PEGG, son, aged 8, born at Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire,
Alfred B. PEGG, son, aged 7, born at Woodstone, Hertfordshire;
Jennie R. PEGG, daughter, aged 2, born at Woodstone, Hertfordshire;
Winifred Y. PEGG, daughter, aged 1, born at Woodstone, Hertfordshire.
(RG13/1460/ 95/22)
The death of a Leah PEGG aged 74 was registered in 1942.
(GRO June Q 1942 Peterborough 3b 295)
(revised 28.11.2015)