The birth of Harry Curtis Eldridge is recorded as Harry C Elrich, born 29 Mar 1873 at Grand Rapids in Kent County, Michigan the son of Henry and Saddy (or Laddy) with Henry being a carpenter. Harry was at Chicago in Cook County, Illinois on the 1900 census with a wife of Mary and a son shown as Leo. His widowed father, shown as Henry Eldridge age 76 born Pennsylvania with a Connecticut father and Pennsylvania mother, was recorded in his household.
Census records show Harry was a rivet heater in 1900, a tug master in 1910, and ice man in 1920 and a resort labourer in 1930. He died in Gary, Lake County, Indiana on 1 Nov 1936.
Updated 3 December 2024
Henry Eldridge (1824- ) m ( ) Saddy (Unknown) ( - ) | Harry Curtis Eldridge (1873-1936) m 1896 Mary (Unknown) (1870- ) | Leopold Earle Eldridge (1897-1970) m 1920 Mary Christine Shutter (1903- ) | Lee Roger Eldridge (1921-1999) m 1948 Barbara Jo Ann Potts (1929- ) | | | Gregory Lee Eldridge (1949- ) | m 1970 Susan Lynn Jones ( - ) | m ( ) Marilyn L Johnson (1929-2011) | | | Charles Bruce Eldridge ( - ) | m 1973 Janet Lyn Bloxsom (1951-2024) | | | | | Troy Eldridge ( - ) | | m ( ) Viktoria (Unknown) ( - ) | | Paige Eldridge ( - ) | | | Scott Kevin Eldridge ( - ) | m 1977 Gail Ann Kiefhaber (1955- ) | m 1995 Anita Marie Schwan ( - ) | Roger Lee Eldridge (1959-1999) | m 1983 Eva Maria Dronski (1957- ) | | | Damian J Eldridge ( - ) | Erik S Eldridge ( - ) | Michelle L Eldridge ( - ) | Megan E Eldridge ( - ) | m 1971 Ruth White (1924-1998)