Lionel Augustus Clark Ridout
ID # 3222, (1817-1859)
| Baptism | Lionel Augustus Clark Ridout was baptized in August 1817 at Bristol, England. |
| Marriage | He married Louisa Lawrason, daughter of Lawrence Lawrason and Abigail Lee, on 17 December 1846. The marriage date for Louisa Lawrason and Lionel Ridout is taken from Lawrence Lawrason Jr's handwritten genealogy that appears in the Lawrason papers at the University of Western Ontario. A copy of this appears on pages 26 and 27 of Delores MacIntyre's Some Records of the Lawrason Family. The date, 17 December, 1846, is given but not the location of the marriage. |
| Death | He died on 10 November 1859 at London, Canada West, at age 42. |
| Burial | He was buried on 12 November 1859 at Old St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery, London, Canada West. |
| Note | The London and Middlesex Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society provides a transcription of Old St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery in London. This provides us with Lionel's date of burial. An interesting biography may be found for Lionel Ridout in The Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Lionel's father was George Charmbury Ridout who emigrated from Bristol to Philadelphia in 1820 and then moved on to York (Toronto) the following year. When Upper Canada College first opened in 1830, Lionel was one of its first students. In 1844, he moved on to London and ran a successfull hardware business. He married Louisa Lawrason in 1846. In later years he invested heavily in real estate, which led to his financial downfall, but by this time suffered from cancer of the tongue. He sought treatment in Canada and abroad without success and died in London in 1859. It is stated that one of the executors of his estate was his father-in-law, Lawrence Lawrason Jr. who took care of Louisa and her children after Lionel's death. |
Children of Lionel Augustus Clark Ridout and Louisa Lawrason |
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| Last Edited | 1 Jul 2016 |