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- Walter worked on William Fulton's farm
Birth: 1823, Roxburgh, Scotland ???
Census: 1851, Martinshouse, Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland, next to Mary's parents.
Census: 1861, 4 O'Connell Street, Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland
Occupation: Wool Hosiery Warehouseman, 1871
Census: 1871, 4 O'Connell Street, Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland
Residence: 1875, 19 Branxholme Terrace, Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland
Occupation: Coal Merchant, 1876
Death: 24 OCT 1876, 19 Branxholme Terrace, Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland at the home of his daughter, Isabella
Cause: Pneumonia
The surname Riddell, which is found in both England and Scotland, is derived from both a personal name and also from a place name. In Early records it is relatively easy to distinguish the exact origin of Riddell as in instances where the name is of place name origin it is invariably prefixed by "de" meaning "of or from". The place name from which Riddell is derived is the "wapentake" of Ryedale in Yorkshire although it has also been said that in some cases Riddell may derive from Rydel, in Westmoreland.
The Scottish Riddells are in no doubt that their name is either derived from Ryedale in Yorkshire or from the personal name Ridel, an Old French forename meaning, literally, "small hill".
Indeed some of the Riddells of Scotland claim descent from a French family named Ridel who came from Gascony and who settled in Scotland in the eleventh century when the name, as Ridel, was introduced by Galfridus Ridel de Blaye who is the first recorded in 1048.
The first Riddell of Craneston (in Midlothian) was Gervasius Ridel a witness in the Inquisition of Earl David and in charters of kings Alexander I and David I.
The first Riddell of Ryedale, Yorkshire was one Walter De Riddale who received a charter from King David of Scotland circa 1150. He died in 1155 leaving his property to his brother Ansketil de Riddel (confirmed by Pope Adrian IV).
It is interesting to note that the property stayed in the hands of the Riddell family for twenty-five generations, until 1819. English references to the name first occur in the eleventh century, when the "Domesday Book" makes mention of one Geva Ridel in 1086. Notable bearers of this name include Robert Riddell, the friend and early patron of Robert Burns (See story of Annie Laurie, daughter of Jean Riddell and Robert Burns), John Riddell (1785-1862), the peerage lawyer and genealogist and Henry Scott Riddell (1798-1870), the renowned statesman
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