Born at Sevenoaks, Kent.
Enlisted at Maidstone on the 12th of December 1854.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 6".
Trade: Groom.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 7th of July 1855.
Shown on a nominal roll of officers and men of the regiment at the Cavalry Depot, Scutari, made out on the 9th of November 1855, as being On Duty there from the 4th of November
Discharged, "by purchase", from Manchester on the 24th of December 1861. Payment of £20.
Served 7 years 14 days.
Conduct: "good". In possession of one Good Conduct badge.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.
1871 Census
177 Clarendon Road, Kensington.
William Shoebridge, aged 39, "Chouster" [?], with his wife Janet and two children. [RM]
1881 Census
Vine Street, Liverpoo, Lancashire.
William Shoebridge, aged 50, an Assistant at Theatre (Theatre Servant), born in Kent, with his wife Jane J., a Dressmaker, 50, born in Paddington, London, and two children: a boy, 18, a student, and a girl, a scholar. [RM]
1891 Census
50, Vine Street, Liverpool.
Janet Shoebridge 60, married, Dressmaker.
Alfred T., 28, Professor of Music.
One daughter shown: Kate, 24.
Also a boarder.
1901 Census
50, Vine Street, Liverpool.
Jane J Shoebridge, 70, widower, retired Dressmaker, born Westminster.
Alfred T, 38, Professor of Music, born Paddington.
Kate, 34, Church Deaconess, Presbyterian.
1911 Census
147 Bedford Street South, Liverpool.
Jane Janet Shoebridge, 80, widow, born Westminster.
Note: 2 children born alive.
Kate Shoebridge, 44, single, Biblewoman, born Paddington.
Also a boarder.
Death registered
Jane J. Shoebridge, 84, June Quarter 1915, Ashton.
Registration of death, and Census information for 1891, 1901 & 1911, kindly provided by Chris Poole.