JOHN ELDRIDGE 1805-????

John Eldridge married Martha Carter on 25 Jul 1829 at Twyford, Hampshire, England. He was shown as a yeoman in the 1841 census, as a farmer in the 1851 census and as a sub-warden at Winchester College on the death of his son William and daughter Martha.

Following the death of his wife Martha in 1855 at Bitterne in South Stoneham, Hampshire John remarried in 1856 to Hannah Elizabeth Bloor, a spinster aged 38. They were together in the 1861 census as a butler and cook at Marylebone, London and John died their in 1862.

Four of the children of John and Martha migrated to Australia:

1. William married Mary Coates and they emigrated to Victoria as assisted migrants on the Constant arriving Feb 1855. William was shown as age 20 and Mary 21. Mary died at Frankston VIC in 1908 and William, who was an engineer and farmer, died on 14 Aug 1913 at Buffalo VIC.
2. Charles died in VIC on 26 Aug 1868 and was buried at Echuca.
3. Martha Fuller migrated to VIC along with her two daughters Edith and Florence in 1887 on the Orient. Her husband Benjamin had died before 1881. Martha died on 24 Aug 1926 at Sandringham VIC.
4. Edward married Hannah Maria Parr and they had a son Charles Edward in 1869. Edward then had a relationship with Clara Bramidge, a servant in his household in 1871. He later had a relationship with Julia Lucy Brandon who was a servant in the household of his wife Maria and their son Charles Edward in 1881. Edward and Julia with children Eleanor and Florence emigrated to New South Wales and their son Rupert Edward was born on 8 Sep 1891 at Leichhardt. Edward and Julia married on 7 May 1900 at St James Church of England Sydney. Julia was a spinster born at Battersea England the daughter of James Brandon, a blacksmith, and Mary Ann Munns. Charles Edward also migrated to Australia as he married on 14 Jul 1909 at St Michael and All Angels' Church, New Farm, Queensland. Edward died on 15 Sep 1923 and Julia on 27 June 1929, both at Auburn NSW.

Two of their grandchildren migrated to Canada:

1. Harold Percival Eldridge traveled from Liverpool departing on 15 Dec 1911 on the Empress of Britain for Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. He enlisted in the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Forces on 9 Jul 1915 and served in France with the R.C. Artillery in the First World War.
2. Ada Vaughan Eldridge migrated on the Doric arriving at Quebec on 4 Oct 1925. She later returned to England where she died on 12 Feb 1963 in the Brighton area.

Updated 1 January 2026

Joseph Eldridge (1768-1838)
m 1798 Elizabeth Mason (1770-1821)
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    Elizabeth Eldridge (1799-1868)
    m 1825 Samuel Fellows (1800-1860)
    Ann Eldridge (1801-    )
    m 1827 Stephen Young (1784-1866)
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    |   Ellinor Eldridge (1823-1824)
    |   Elizabeth Eldridge/Young (1825-    )
    |   Joseph Young (1827-1828)
    |   Ellen Young (1829-    )
    |   James Young (1833-    )
    |   Henry Young (1835-    )
    |   Frances Young (1838-    )
    |   Sarah Young (1842-1880)
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    John Eldridge (1804-1862)
    m 1829 Martha Carter (1803-1855)
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    |   Elizabeth Eldridge (1830-1832)
    |   John Eldridge (1832-    )
    |   William Eldridge (1834-1913)
    |   m 1854 Mary Coates (1833-1908)
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    |   |   Eliza Eldridge (1855-1932)
    |   |   m 1884 Duncan McLaren McCrackett (1856-1916)
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    |   |   |   Ethel Mary Jones McCrackett (1892-1968)
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    |   |   Martha Elizabeth Eldridge (1856-1933)
    |   |   m 1886 Henry Trywhitt Cradock (1848-1915)
    |   |   Mary Eldridge (1857-1952)
    |   |   William Eldridge (1859-1943)
    |   |   Samuel George Eldridge (1861-1933)
    |   |   m 1898 Sarah Lillian McClelland (1872-1947)
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    |   |   |   George McClelland Eldridge (1900-1919)
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    |   |   John Caleb Eldridge (1863-1950)
    |   |   m 1887 Jane Miles (1861-1934)
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    |   |   |   Anne Vera Eldridge (1889-1947)
    |   |   |   m 1928 Robert Lester Kirby (1892-1965)
    |   |   |   Adnah George Eldridge (1891-1909)
    |   |   |   Victor Craddock Eldridge (1895-1986)
    |   |   |   m 1921 Lillian May Maher (1893-1974)
    |   |   |   m 1940 Ethel Alice McWatt (1907-1980)
    |   |   |   Ethel Elizabeth Eldridge (1896-1976)
    |   |   |   John Charles Eldridge (1899-1943)
    |   |   |   m 1941 Patricia Mary Fraser (1919-2009)
    |   |   |   Eileen May Eldridge (1901-1979)
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    |   |   Annie Eldridge (1866-1950)
    |   |   m 1903 Thomas Edward Falls (1874-1959)
    |   |   Charles Edward Eldridge (1868-1919)
    |   |   Adnah Francis Eldridge (1870-1940)
    |   |   m 1893 Edith Esther Hudson (1871-    )
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    |   |   |   Dorothy Hudson Eldridge (1894-1981)
    |   |   |   m 1928 Chester Fullerton Bradner (1886-1973)
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    |   |   Hugh Mortimer Eldridge (1874-1942)
    |   |   m 1903 Mary Matilda Falls (1876-1954)
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    |   |   |   Florence Kathleen Eldridge (1905-1995)
    |   |   |   Hugh Thomas Eldridge (1908-1969)
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    |   |   Lovelock Mason Eldridge (1879-1966)
    |   |   Lilian Coates Eldridge (1882-1883)
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    |   Eliza Eldridge (1836-    )
    |   m 1862 Robert Franklin (1827-1883)
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    |   |   William Franklin (1863-    )
    |   |   John Franklin (1864-    )
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    |   Martha Eldridge (1838-1926)
    |   m 1863 Benjamin Fuller (1837-1878)
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    |   |   John Edward Fuller (1864-1894)
    |   |   Benjamin Charles Fuller (1865-1867)
    |   |   Annie Fuller (1867-1868)
    |   |   Edith Eliza Fuller (1869-1958)
    |   |   Florence Martha Fuller (1872-1956)
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    |   Charles Eldridge (1840-1868)
    |   Samuel George Eldridge (1842-    )
    |   Edward Eldridge (1846-1923)
    |   m 1867 Hannah Maria Parr (1834-1890)
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    |   |   Charles Edward Eldridge (1869-1951)
    |   |   m 1909 Hannah Maria Gartside (1878-1951)
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    |   |       Miriam Eldridge (1911-    )
    |   |       m 1946 Joseph Shield Emerson (1891-1974)
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    |   |       |   Ross Blair Emerson (    -    )
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    |   |       Helen Eldridge (1913-1964)
    |   |       m 1938 Colin Sabien Slaughter (1910-1990)
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    |   |           John Colin Slaughter (    -    )
    |   |           Richard Eldridge Slaughter (    -    )
    |   |           Bruce David Slaughter (    -    )
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    |   (partner) Clara Ann Bramidge (1853-1946)
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    |   |   Clara Eveline Eldridge (1874-1903)
    |   |   Ada Vaughan Eldridge (1877-1963)
    |   |   Bruce Edward Eldridge (1879-1970)
    |   |   m 1899 Beatrice Selina Williams (1874-1914)
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    |   |   |   Percival George R Eldridge (1900-1963)
    |   |   |   m 1924 Edith Eveline Skellett (1902-    )
    |   |   |   Thomas Henry Eldridge (1902-1903)
    |   |   |   Bruce Harold Eldridge (1903-1991)
    |   |   |   m 1931 Sarah Nelthorpe (1910-    )
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    |   |   |   |   Bruce H Eldridge (1931-    )
    |   |   |   |   m 1957 Anne Taylor (    -    )
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    |   |   |   Emma Eveline Eldridge (1904-    )
    |   |   |   Ivor Edward Eldridge (1906-1906)
    |   |   |   Thomas Edward Eldridge (1908-1975)
    |   |   |   m 1934 Vera Winifred Bedster (1909-1994)
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    |   |   |   |   June D Eldridge (1935-    )
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    |   |   |   Ada Mary Eldridge (1911-1990)
    |   |   |   m 1939 George Beresford Minnear (1912-1994)
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    |   |   |   |   (female) Minnear (    -    )
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    |   |   |   Rebecca Eldridge (1911-1911)
    |   |   |   Beatrice C R Eldridge (1913-    )
    |   |   |   m 1940 Sydney Richard Bromley (1910-1992)
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    |   |   |   |   Pamela C Bromley (1944-    )
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    |   |   |   Dorothy Eldridge (1914-1914)
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    |   |   m 1915 Eleanor Ethelwyn E Reeves (1868-1931)
    |   |   Harold Percival Eldridge (1880-1969)
    |   |   m 1900 Lizzie Biggs (1881-1949)
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    |   |   |   Winifred Gladys Eldridge (1900-1968)
    |   |   |   m 1933 Charles Mohns (    -    )
    |   |   |   Walter John Edward Eldridge (1901-1940)
    |   |   |   m 1925 Rose May Powter (1897-1972)
    |   |   |   Harold Percival Eldridge (1905-1967)
    |   |   |   m 1930 Marjorie Winifred Colley (1907-1975)
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    |   |   |   |   Peter John Eldridge (1934-    )
    |   |   |   |   Garth Eldridge (1944-2023)
    |   |   |   |   Wendy Ruth Eldridge (1946-    )
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    |   |   |   Constance May Eldridge (1906-2002)
    |   |   |   m 1931 Arthur Roberts P Axon (1900-1983)
    |   |   |   m (    ) Albert John Lord (1912-1987)
    |   |   |   m 1984 Henry H Bennett (    -    )
    |   |   |   Mary Evelyn Eldridge (1907-1995)
    |   |   |   m 1931 Willie Horace Teversham (1907-1986)
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    |   |   |   |   June Mavis Teversham (1932-2010)
    |   |   |   |   Ivy Heather Teversham (1935-    )
    |   |   |   |   Patricia Elizabeth Teversham (1938-2003)
    |   |   |   |   Coral Iris Teversham (1947-    )
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    |   |   |   Alexandra Faith Eldridge (1913-2002)
    |   |   |   m 1955 Horace Gordon Keyte (1908-1994)
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    |   |   m 1924 Madge Katharine Davies (1885-1971)
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    |   |   |   Clara Evelyn Eldridge (1921-2010)
    |   |   |   m 1941 William Lee Hitchcock (1916-2006)
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    |   |   |   |   Judith Lee Hitchcock (1944-    )
    |   |   |   |   (male) Hitchcock (1947-    )
    |   |   |   |   Ruth Evelyn Hitchcock (1949-    )
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    |   |   |   Daphne Eileen Eldridge (1925-1998)
    |   |   |   m 1944 Gilbert Percival Mullins (1919-2007)
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    |   |   Edith Beatrice Eldridge (1882-1908)
    |   |   Katie Winifred Eldridge (1888-1988)
    |   |   m 1916 Frederick Ernest Goodchild (1882-1937)
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    |   |       Mabel Winifred Goodchild (1921-2012)
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    |   m 1900 Julia Lucy Brandon (1864-1929)
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    |       Eleanor Beatrice Eldridge (1882-1980)
    |       Florence Eldridge (1885-1951)
    |       m 1910 Charles Forbes Willick (1884-1981)
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    |       |   Melva Florence Julia Willick (1910-1993)
    |       |   Milton Edward Forbes Willick (1912-1984)
    |       |   Douglas Bert Willick (1917-1996)
    |       |   Alan Eldridge Willick (1920-1989)
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    |       Rupert Edward Eldridge (1891-1951)
    |       m 1916 Winniefred Annie Hewett (1894-1976)
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    |           Rupert Stanley Eldridge (1919-1974)
    |           m 1943 Peggy Featherstonehaugh Clarke (    -1965)
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    |           |   Susan Eldridge (    -    )
    |           |   Paul Eldridge (    -    )
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    |           Edward Jack Eldridge (1920-1993)
    |           m 1944 June Nyrie Collins (1923-2008)
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    |           |   Barry John Eldridge (    -    )
    |           |   m (    ) Shirley Macaree (    -    )
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    |           |   |   James Eldridge (    -    )
    |           |   |   Emily Jane Eldridge (    -    )
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    |           |   Edward Philip Eldridge (1949-    )
    |           |   m 1971 Susan Elizabeth Eager (1949-    )
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    |           |   |   Luke William Eldridge (1972-    )
    |           |   |   Kym Eldridge (    -    )
    |           |   |   Lucy Eldridge (    -    )
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    |           |   m (    ) Chris (Unknown) (    -    )
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    |           |   |   Clare Eldridge (    -    )
    |           |   |   Laura Anne Eldridge (1990-1993)
    |           |   |   Mathew Eldridge (    -    )
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    |           |   Sandra Lorraine Eldridge (1951-    )
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    |           Noel Frederick Eldridge (    -    )
    |           m 1945 Carmen Ivy Wilson (    -    )
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    |           |   Robert Harry Eldridge (    -    )
    |           |   m (    ) Cheryl Jean Hartshorne (    -    )
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    |           |   |   Megan Louise Eldridge (1978-    )
    |           |   |   Nathan Robert Eldridge (1981-    )
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    |           |   Leonie Christine Eldridge (    -    )
    |           |   m 1975 John Barton Dodds (    -    )
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    |           |       Barton John Dodds (1978-    )
    |           |       Evan Leslie Noel Dodds (1981-    )
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    |           Marjorie Winifred Eldridge (1924-2013)
    |           m 1945 David Arthur Newton (1921-1995)
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    |           |   Robyn Joy Newton (1946-    )
    |           |   Greg Newton (    -    )
    |           |   Kerrie Newton (    -    )
    |           |   Rick Newton (    -    )
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    |           Leonard Adnah Eldridge (1926-2016)
    |           m 1950 Daphne Heather Richards (1926-2004)
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    |           |   John Eldridge (    -    )
    |           |   m (    ) Anne (Unknown) (    -    )
    |           |   Kathryn Eldridge (    -    )
    |           |   m (    ) Brad (Unknown) (    -    )
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    |           Elaine Joan Eldridge (1929-2018)
    |           m 1951 Ronald Vincent Taylor (1922-2017)
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    |               Janelle Taylor (1954-2021)
    |               Cheryl Taylor (    -    )
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    m 1856 Hannah Elizabeth Bloor (1818-1884)
    William Eldridge (1806-    )
    Stephen Eldridge (1808-1863)
    m 1833 Mary Ann Froud (    -    )
    m 1841 Jane Emma Vivash (1806-1876)
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        Stephen Waddington Eldridge (1843-1907)
        m 1897 Grace Mary Thompson (1871-1950)
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            Edwin Harold Thompson/Eldridge (1892-1962)
            m 1916 Edith Zillah Bradley (1876-1943)
            m 1956 Gertrude Agnes Owen (    -    )
            Percival Eldridge T Thompson/Eldridge (1894-1979)
            m 1917 Bessie Mabel Dickman (1889-1976)
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            |   John Gordon Eldridge (1920-1943)
            |   m 1941 Daphne Joan G Buley (1917-    )
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            Stephen Waddington Eldridge (1899-1981)
            m 1925 Phyllis Ivy May Bicheno (1895-1995)
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                Christopher Eldridge (1926-    )
                Stephen Philip Waddington Eldridge (1927-    )
                Stephanie Bicheno Eldridge (1929-2019)
                m 1951 Charles Edward Fiddian-Green (1926-2010)
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                |   Charles A Fiddian-Green (1953-    )
                |   Annabell S Fiddian-Green (1956-    )
                |   Camilla J Fiddian-Green (1961-    )
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                m 1980 Jack Stuart Lindsay (1926-2011)