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Matthew RUDGARD
1871 - 1958 (87 years)
Has no ancestors but 4 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Matthew RUDGARD Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 18 Mar 1871 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England 
- Actual date from the 1939 register, place from the 1911 census
Matthew was a son of Ruth WIlloughby, shown as unmarried but with 8 children aged 1 month (Matthew) to 17 at the time of the 1871 census.
On 4 Jul 1872 Ruth married Edward William Rudgard Rudgard (at St. Swithin's Church, Lincoln), and hence forth all Ruth's children appear in censuses as Rudgards, and with Edward as their father, including after Edward's death in 1898. Whether he was the father of any or all I don't know.
Baptised 1 Feb 1872 St. Swithin's Church, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England - From transcribed data from PRs (on FamilySearch, film no. 1542064)
Shows Matthew Rudgard Willoughby, son of Ruth Willoughby
Gender Male Occupation 1891 Cambridgeshire, England Brewer - The family were living in what was part of Bassingbourne Civil Parish, in Royston Ecclesiastical Parish; Matthew was probably working in Bassingbourne or Royston.
Matthew's father and brother George were in the same household and also working as brewers.
Occupation From 1897 to 1911 Faversham, Kent, England Brewer - At the time of his marriage, when his children baptised and in the 1901 and 1911 censuses. Later (1946, when granted probate for his wife) described as a 'retired brewer' so he presumably continued as a brewer until sometime between 1911 and 1939.
Described in the latter as 'Operative Brewer & Maltster'.
Both his marriage PR entry and the censuses show that his father was also a brewer, although the 1881 census records he was not a master [brewer].
Retired Bef 1939 - Shown as retired in the 1939 register, and as a retired brewer when granted probate for his wife.
Died 20 May 1958 Mount Kerya, Radfall Hill, Chestfield, Whitstable, Kent, England - GRO ref: RUDGARD, Matthew q2 1958 aged 87 Bridge RD 5b 64
Date and place from probate calendar entry
Administration with Will 7 Jul 1958 London, England Calendar entry - "Rudgard Matthew of Mount Kerya Radfall Hill Whitstable Kent died 20 May 1958 Administration (with Will) London 7 July to Phyllis Kathleen Rudgard spinster. Effects £229 16s. 6d."
Also known as Matthew Rudgard WILLOUGHBY Person ID I30774 All | The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch, The descendants (and other halves) of John Prior and Amy née Reynolds Last Modified 17 Mar 2020
Family Elizabeth Jane BERRY, b. 4 Sep 1873, Maine, USA , d. 11 May 1946, Mount Kerya, Radfall Hill, Chestfield, Whitstable, Kent, England (Age 72 years) Married 13 Apr 1897 St. Mary’s Church, Stratford Bow, London, England - From PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 16 Mar 2020)
Shows Matthew Rudgard, aged 28, Bachelor, Brewer, resident Faversham Kent, father Edward William Rudgard Rudgard, Brewer
to
Jennie Elizabeth Berry, aged 23, Spinster, no occupation given, resident 44 Fairfield Road, father William Holland Berry (deceased), Gentleman
Both signed, witnesses Walter Wheeler Berry and Emily J White, both also signed.
The 1911 census shows that Matthew and Elizabeth had had 4 children, all still living. Searching the birth registration index (on FreeBMD) for Rudgards with a mother's maiden name of Berry suggests there were no more born after the census.
Children4 children Last Modified 17 Mar 2020 Family ID F11813 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Actual date from the 1939 register, place from the 1911 census