Richard Eldridge was born at Blean, Kent, England. He was a labourer of Lower Hardres, Kent when he married Mary Ann Evans in that Parish on 17 October 1846 however his father's name was not recorded. Mary is shown as the daughter of George Evans, labourer. Richard was a agricultural labourer in 1851, a farm waggoner in 1861 and a farmer bailiff in 1871 and 1881. His children were all born at either or the twin villages of Upper Hardres and Lower Hardres, on the Roman road, Stone Street, south-west of the city of Canterbury. Richard died there in 1881 and his wife Mary died in Canterbury in 1903.
A descendent, Richard Thomas Eldridge, served in the Coldstream Guards between 1898 and 1910
and was awarded the King and Queens South Africa Medals and a Medal for Distinguished Conduct in the Field.
A month after completing his service with the Coldstream Guards he enlisting in the Territorial Forces
for 4 years service.
Three children of Richard's son Henry are known to have migrated to the U.S.A. Henry Marshall on the Majestic arriving New York on 26 Sep 1907 and Herbert Richard with his sister Margaret Mary on the Adriatic arriving New York 20 Feb 1908. All three were in California by 1910.
Albert Edward Eldridge, the son of Richard's first cousin Richard Denwood Eldridge, migrated to Canada on the Kensington departing 26 Mar 1908 with his second wife and two daughters and the family settles at Toronto, Ontario where they had further children.
Descendents known to have migrated to Australia are as follows:
George Daniel was born in Bexley Heath England and his birth was registered at Dartford as George Daniel Watling. He is shown on the 1901 census as the son of Harry Eldridge a bootmaker and his wife Mary (nee Watling). He migrated to Australia on the Themistocles and is shown as age 17 when that ship arrived in Oct 1912 at VIC. He worked on a farm at Kempsey, NSW. Following the outbreak of WW1 he joind the Australian Infantry Forces and he showed his birth place as Bexley Heath and his next of kin as his father, Harry Eldridge. He married Lillian in England prior to his return to Australia. She was born at St Lukes London the daughter of Francis and Annie Austin.
George was a bootmaker and he and Lillian had two children, both born at Lakemba, NSW. Their first child, Joyce Lillian, died at Belmore on 5 Jul 1937 aged 16. Their second child, Iris Winifred, married at Belmore on 4 Apr 1942. George Daniel died at Concord Hospital NSW on 8 Apr 1964 and was cremated the following day at Rookwood NSW. Lillian Katherine Elizabeth died at the Tamworth Base Hospital on 12 Nov 1965 and she was buried at the West Tamworth NSW cemetery.
Annie Eldridge, nee Adams, her son Ernest and grandson William Ernest Eldridge [photo right] migrated to South Australia on the Irishman departing Liverpool in 1912. On the same ship was her daughter Annie and her husband John Shrubsole who had married in 1907. On 31 May 1915 Ernest enlisted for service in WWI at Kreswick, South Australia and he showed his next of kin as his mother Annie Eldridge of 28 Park Street, Hackney SA. He embarked from Australia on 21 Sep 1915 and returned on the Mahia departing England on 4 Jun 1919. He was shown as a bachelor aged 26 son of George Eldridge on his marriage on 21 Oct 1919 at the Registry Office, Adelaide SA to Frances Whybrow. Annie died on 23 Nov 1923 at Mile End, SA and Ernest died on 23 Feb 1956 at St Peters, SA.
Her daughter Margaret Mary married in 1909 to Frederick William Twiddy and they had a son Frederick Richard George. All three migrated to South Australia where another son Leonard Arthur was born in 1913.
Albert Edward Eldridge migrated from London to Adelaide on the Benalla arriving enroute at Western Australia on 19 Apr 1926. The ship records show him as Mr A E Eldridge with Mrs M Eldridge and Miss Dorothy, Master Arthur, Miss Mary and Miss Georgina Eldridge. Albert's wife Minnie died on 13 Nov 1967 at Walkerville, SA and her death notices published in the Adelaide Advertiser read, in part, "beloved wife of Albert Edward, dearly beloved mother of Dorothy, Arthur, Mary and Joan, loved nana of 9 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren. Aged 80 years".
His son Arthur Albert married on 27 Nov 1937 at St Andrews Church, Walkerville, SA to Thelma Irene Juersen and when Arthur enlisted for WWII at Wayville South Australia on 29 Jun 1940 he showed his birth place as Thornton Heath, England.
Annie Eldridge migrated to New South Wales as she married Edward John Coveny on 5 Mar 1932 at St Martins Church, Kensington NSW. Her cousin George Daniel Eldridge had made an application on 30 Nov 1926 for her admision to Australia. The application shows Annie Eldridge was aged 21 born Kent England. George showed that he had been 14 years in Australia confirming he came in 1912 as a 17 year old.
Updated 31 July 2024
George Eldridge (1759-1848)
m 1784 Sarah Honess ( - )
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George Eldridge (1787-1840)
m 1814 Maria Clements (1795-1869)
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| William Eldridge (1815-1846)
| George Eldridge (1817-1897)
| m 1841 Jemima Wood (1814-1874)
| m 1875 Sarah Ann Wood (1819-1903)
| Elizabeth Eldridge (1819-1871)
| (Unknown)
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| | Ann Maria Eldridge (1844- )
| | John Eldridge (1850-1930)
| | m 1879 Mary Bettsworth (1856-1922)
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| | Thomas John Eldridge (1881- )
| | George Eldridge (1882- )
| | Annie Jane Eldridge (1884- )
| | (Unknown) ( - )
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| | | Maud Mary Jane Eldridge (1907- )
| | | m 1927 Albert E Smith ( - )
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| | m 1908 Robert Pennington (1881- )
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| | | Annie J Pennington (1910- )
| | | Robert Pennington (1914- )
| | | Alice Pennington (1919- )
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| | Maud May Eldridge (1890- )
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| | | Maud Mary Eldridge (1909-1985)
| | | m 1934 Cyril Kemsley (1911-1985)
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| | | William J Kemsley (1946- )
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| | m 1911 Frederick Anderson (1871- )
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| m 1851 John Webb (1830- )
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| | George Webb (1852- )
| | Thomas Webb (1855- )
| | James Webb (1858- )
| | Mary A Webb (1861- )
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| Sarah Eldridge (1821-1832)
| Richard Eldridge (1824-1881)
| m 1846 Mary Ann Evans (1827-1903)
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| | John Eldridge (1847- )
| | George Eldridge (1849- )
| | m 1874 Annie Adams (1854-1923)
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| | | Harry Eldridge (1875- )
| | | m 1896 Mary Watling (1871- )
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| | | | George Daniel Watling/Eldridge (1894-1964)
| | | | m 1919 Lillian Katherine Elizabeth Austin (1894-1965)
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| | | | | Joyce Lillian Eldridge (1921-1937)
| | | | | Iris Winifred Eldridge (1922- )
| | | | | m 1942 Frank Robert Elliott (1918-2001)
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| | | | | Robert Peter Elliott (1942- )
| | | | | Mark John Elliott (1945- )
| | | | | Susan Lesley Elliott (1947- )
| | | | | Ruth Katherine Elliott (1953- )
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| | | | Mabel Watling/Eldridge (1896- )
| | | | Florence Eldridge (1898- )
| | | | Edward Richard Eldridge (1900- )
| | | | Annie Eldridge (1902- )
| | | | Margaret Eldridge (1903- )
| | | | Mary Eldridge (1904- )
| | | | Nellie Eldridge (1907- )
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| | | Emily Mary Eldridge (1877-1962)
| | | m 1895 John William Dowsett (1865-1949)
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| | | | John William Dowsett (1896- )
| | | | Ernest George Dowsett (1897- )
| | | | Emily Annie Dowsett (1899-1904)
| | | | Alice Elizabeth Dowsett (1901- )
| | | | Nellie Margaret Dowsett (1903-1987)
| | | | Albert Edward Dowsett (1904- )
| | | | Alfred Harry Dowsett (1907- )
| | | | Dorothy Louisa Dowsett (1903-2006)
| | | | William Kitchener Dowsett (1916-1974)
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| | | Richard Thomas Eldridge (1879-1950)
| | | m 1905 Annie Catherine Elizabeth De Casemaeker (1873-1959)
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| | | | Annie Eldridge (1905-1981)
| | | | m 1932 Edward John Coveny (1905-1969)
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| | | | Bruce Coveny ( - )
| | | | Joyce Annette Coveny (1935- )
| | | | Edward John Lee Coveny ( -1942)
| | | | Arnold Coveny ( - )
| | | | Mary Coveny (1945- )
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| | | Margaret Mary Eldridge (1881-1974)
| | | m 1909 Frederick William Twiddy (1882-1946)
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| | | | Frederick Richard George Twiddy (1911-1998)
| | | | Leonard Arthur Twiddy (1913-1996)
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| | | Annie Eldridge (1882-1923)
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| | | | William Ernest Eldridge (1905-1929)
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| | | m 1907 John Shrubsole (1879-1955)
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| | | | John Shrubsole (1918- )
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| | | George John Eldridge (1885-1891)
| | | Albert Edward Eldridge (1887-1975)
| | | m 1912 Minnie Twiddy (1888-1967)
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| | | | Minnie A (Dorothy) Eldridge (1913- )
| | | | m 1940 Kenneth Henry Sweetman (1912-1969)
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| | | | | John Sweetman ( - )
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| | | | Arthur Albert Eldridge (1914-1980)
| | | | m 1937 Thelma Irene Juers (1915-2009)
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| | | | | Albert William Eldridge (1937- )
| | | | | m 1960 Kaye Winifred Jacques (1943- )
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| | | | | | Julie Eldridge (1963- )
| | | | | | m 1979 David Lesley Harte ( - )
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| | | | | | Kylie Anne Harte (1980- )
| | | | | | Shane David Harte (1982- )
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| | | | | John Arthur Eldridge (1941-1997)
| | | | | m 1962 Sandra Swan ( - )
| | | | | (partner) Aileen Dawn Meffert (1942- )
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| | | | | | Susan Eldridge (1970- )
| | | | | | m 1990 Malcolm Ward (1969- )
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| | | | | | | Robyn Lee Ward/Eldridge (1990- )
| | | | | | | Teisha Jaye Ward/Eldridge (1992- )
| | | | | | | Harlee Tysson Ward (1994- )
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| | | | | | m 2012 Anthony James Leggo (1970- )
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| | | | | Christine Eldridge (1946- )
| | | | | m 1964 Roger Hinder ( - )
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| | | | | | Wayne Hinder ( - )
| | | | | | Tania Hinder ( - )
| | | | | | Steven Hinder (1971- )
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| | | | | m 1986 Tom Rogosie ( - )
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| | | | Mary M Eldridge (1916- )
| | | | Georgina Victoria (Joan) Eldridge (1920-1994)
| | | | m ( ) (Unknown) Carr ( - )
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| | | Nellie Eldridge (1890- )
| | | m 1910 Ernest Charles Valantine (1888- )
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| | | | Doris N M Valantine (1912- )
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| | | Ernest Eldridge (1893-1956)
| | | m 1919 Frances Whybrow (1892- )
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| | Sarah Ann Eldridge (1850- )
| | m 1873 Joseph Stanwell Fletcher (1851- )
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| | | George H Fletcher (1878- )
| | | William A Fletcher (1880- )
| | | Ethel Beatrice Fletcher (1885- )
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| | Henry Eldridge (1852-1927)
| | m 1874 Sarah Frances Tutt (1850-1916)
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| | | Frances Edith Eldridge (1876-1957)
| | | m 1899 Albert John W Wiltshear (1876-1931)
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| | | | James Edmund Wiltshear (1900-1985)
| | | | Kathleen Frances Wiltshear (1904-1909)
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| | | Margaret Mary Eldridge (1877- )
| | | Lillian Lucy Eldridge (1879-1962)
| | | m 1906 Charles George Chapman (1879-1957)
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| | | | Kenneth C S Chapman (1907- )
| | | | Russell Emlyn George Chapman (1909-1964)
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| | | Arthur Frank Eldridge (1881-1928)
| | | m 1921 Ethel May Gigger (1886-1976)
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| | | | Peter Ivan Eldridge (1923-2002)
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| | | Esther Kathleen Eldridge (1885-1931)
| | | m 1905 Sidney Alfred Furlonger (1881-1965)
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| | | | Joyce K Furlonger (1913-1948)
| | | | Frances Elizabeth Furlonger (1917- )
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| | | Herbert Richard Eldridge (1887-1960)
| | | m 1913 Nora M Hardeman (1887-1961)
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| | | | Frances Elizabeth Eldridge (1916-1989)
| | | | m 1940 Colin R West (1915-2002)
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| | | | | Colin Richard West (1940- )
| | | | | Sheila West (1946- )
| | | | | John Ronert West (1951- )
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| | | | Walter Joseph Eldridge (1918-1991)
| | | | m 1949 Dorothy Ellen Glockler (1927-2024)
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| | | | | Cheryl Allene Eldridge (1950- )
| | | | | Robert Walter Eldridge (1954- )
| | | | | William David Eldridge (1955-1988)
| | | | | Herbert R Eldridge (1961- )
| | | | | James Brett Eldridge (1965-2015)
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| | | | John H Eldridge (1920-2005)
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| | | Henry Marshall T Eldridge (1889-1959)
| | | m 1912 Jennie Wilhelmina Larson (1883-1970)
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| | | | Lee Spencer Eldridge (1920-2011)
| | | | m 1945 Helen Gloria Best (1924-2020)
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| | | | | Charles R Eldridge ( - )
| | | | | m ( ) Debra (Unknown) ( - )
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| | | | | Robert Eldridge ( - )
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| | | | m 1968 Delores Mae Ries (1929-2012)
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| | | Annie Isabel Eldridge (1891-1976)
| | | m 1915 Frederick John Vinall (1886-1975)
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| | | | John B Vinall (1915- )
| | | | Edward F Vinall (1916- )
| | | | Audrey M Vinall (1918- )
| | | | Eric Alexander Vinall (1920-2001)
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| | | Robert Walter Eldridge (1892- )
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| | Emma Eldridge (1856- )
| | m 1884 Frederick Ives (1851- )
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| | | Henry James M Ives (1888- )
| | | Philippa Mary Ives (1890- )
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| | Mary Ann Eldridge (1857- )
| | m 1879 Frederick William Finn (1856- )
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| | | Florence Rose Finn (1891- )
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| | Louisa Eldridge (1859- )
| | m 1879 Edwin Kemp (1860- )
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| | | Edith Maud Kemp (1880- )
| | | Amy L Kemp (1882- )
| | | Ellen Florence Kemp (1883- )
| | | Edwin Charles Kemp (1885- )
| | | Ethel Marion Kemp (1887- )
| | | Rose Lilian Kemp (1889- )
| | | William Henry Kemp (1891- )
| | | Albert James Kemp (1893- )
| | | Frederick George Kemp (1895- )
| | | Norman Ernest Kemp (1897- )
| | | Percy Edward Kemp (1899- )
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| | Rosa Eldridge (1861- )
| | m 1881 George Barber ( - )
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| | | Lilian Beatrice Barber (1882- )
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| | Ellen Eldridge (1862- )
| | m 1888 Edward Pretty (1865- )
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| Mary Ann Eldridge (1826-1906)
| m 1844 Thomas Cage (1822-1900)
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| | Louisa Cage (1844- )
| | Clarissa Cage (1847- )
| | Henry Cage (1848- )
| | Adeline Cage (1851- )
| | Rosa Cage (1854- )
| | Lizza Cage (1856- )
| | Mary Jane Cage (1858- )
| | Thomas Cage (1863- )
| | Alfred William Cage (1866- )
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| Thomas Eldridge (1828- )
| Robert Eldridge (1831-1885)
| Joseph Eldridge (1834-1896)
| m 1859 Jame Mount (1837-1866)
| m 1871 Emily Neaves (1840-1916)
| John Eldridge (1837-1837)
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Mary Eldridge (1788- )
Sarah Eldridge (1791- )
John Eldridge (1793-1872)
m ( ) Susannah (Unknown) (1790-1871)
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| Thomas Eldridge (1819-1906)
| m 1854 Maria Churchill (1823-1888)
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| | Ann Maria Eldridge (1856- )
| | m 1878 (Unknown) ( - )
| | Louisa Margaret Eldridge (1864- )
| | (Unknown)
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| | | Arthur Eldridge (1884- )
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| | m 1891 Stephen Keeler (1863- )
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| | Annie Maria Keeler (1892- )
| | Edith Louisa Keeler (1895- )
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| John Eldridge (1825- )
| William Eldridge (1828- )
| Susannah Eldridge (1831-1899)
| m 1853 Charles Thompson Gilham (1832-1892)
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| William Gilham (1854- )
| Henry Gilham (1857- )
| Charles Thompson Gilham (1859- )
| Jane Gilham (1860- )
| Sarah A Gilham (1862- )
| Elizabeth Gilham (1864- )
| Mary Ann Gilham (1867- )
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William Eldridge (1795-1880)
m 1821 Phebe Bromley (1801-1877)
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| Mary Elizabeth Eldridge (1821- )
| m 1845 Robert Parker ( - )
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| | Sarah Ann Parker (1846-1924)
| | Robert Parker (1849- )
| | Henry John Parker (1851- )
| | Harriet Parker (1854- )
| | William Parker (1857- )
| | Stephen James Parker (1859- )
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| m 1868- Robert Gambrill Austin (1838- )
| Phebe Eldridge (1823- )
| m 1855 Henry Ward (1823- )
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| | William J Ward (1856- )
| | Edward Eldridge Ward (1858- )
| | Walter Henry Ward (1861- )
| | Sarah P Ward (1864- )
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| William Eldridge (1826- )
| Harriet Eldridge (1828-1897)
| m 1857 James Blackley (1835-1885)
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| | William James Blackley (1859-1935)
| | Florence Blackley (1862-1931)
| | Clara Blackley (1864-1929)
| | Louisa Blackley (1867-1952)
| | Ada Blackley (1870-1942)
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| Stephen Eldridge (1831- )
| m 1861 Ann Waters (1835- )
| George Eldridge (1833- )
| Sarah Eldridge (1835-1903)
| m 1860 James Brett (1836- )
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| | William James Brett (1861- )
| | Edward John Brett (1865- )
| | Ellen Jane Brett (1867- )
| | Harry Brett (1869- )
| | Charles Thomas Brett (1872- )
| | George Brett (1874- )
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| Herbert Eldridge (1838- )
| Thomas Eldridge (1840- )
| m 1864 Hannah Waters (1837- )
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| | William James Eldridge (1865- )
| | m 1890 Priscilla Fagg (1868- )
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| | | William John F Eldridge (1891-1918)
| | | Charlotte Alice M Eldridge (1893- )
| | | Thomas Stephen George Eldridge (1894- )
| | | m 1921 Annie Maria Fagg (1895- )
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| | | | William C F Eldridge (1922- )
| | | | Marjorie I A Eldridge (1926- )
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| | | Annie Edith H Eldridge (1897- )
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| | Charlotte Phebe Eldridge (1866- )
| | m 1895 Walter Coleman (1868- )
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| | | Frances Elsie Coleman (1897- )
| | | Walter Richard Coleman (1900- )
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| | Stephen John Eldridge (1869- )
| | Harriett Ann Eldridge (1871- )
| | Thomas George M Eldridge (1873- )
| | Edward James W Eldridge (1875-1934)
| | m 1901 Harriet Jane Dixon (1879-1959)
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| | | Edward Charles Eldridge (1905- )
| | | Ivy Frances Eldridge (1908-1908)
| | | Daisy E Eldridge (1910- )
| | | Hilda E Eldridge (1914- )
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| | Mercy Ann Eldridge (1878- )
| | m 1898 John Newington (1874- )
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| | | John Thomas Newington (1898- )
| | | Mercy Elizabeth Newington (1900- )
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| | James Waters Eldridge (1884-1954)
| | m 1907 Jane Eliza S Stanford (1879-1950)
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| | Sidney James Eldridge (1907- )
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| Edward John Eldridge (1843- )
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Harriet Eldridge (1799- )
m 1842 William Bromley (1792- )
Phebe Eldridge (1803- )
Thomas Eldridge (1806- )
m ( ) Maria (Unknown) (1802-1874)
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Caroline Eldridge (1826-1845)
m 1844 George Maniwell (1825- )
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| Ann Maria Maniwell (1844- )
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Richard Denwood Eldridge (1834-1913)
m 1859 Frances Crockford (1836-1919)
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Ann Maria Eldridge (1859- )
m 1881 George Morris Lines (1850- )
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| Edith F Lines (1889- )
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Thomas Denward Eldridge (1861- )
George Frederick Eldridge (1863-1905)
m 1892 Elizabeth Baker (1865- )
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| Thomas Denward Eldridge (1893- )
| Maud Ethel Eldridge (1895- )
| Jesse Albert Eldridge (1897- )
| Annie Frances Eldridge (1899- )
| James William Eldridge (1901- )
| m 1921 Margaret Olive Jordan (1902- )
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| | Joyce Margaret Eldridge (1921- )
| | Cecil J Eldridge (1923- )
| | Margaret R Eldridge (1926- )
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| Edith Mary Eldridge (1903- )
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Emily Mildred Eldridge (1866- )
m 1884 Albert John Russell (1865- )
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| Frederick Charles Russell (1884- )
| Mildred Maud Russell (1885- )
| Edith Louisa Russell (1888- )
| Mable Florence Russell (1890- )
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Frances Elizabeth Eldridge (1869- )
Jesse Richard Eldridge (1871-1871)
Jesse Richard Eldridge (1872- )
m 1901 Amelia Mary Ann Wood (1876- )
(male) Eldridge (1874-1874)
Albert Edward Eldridge (1875-1928)
m 1898 Sarah Emily Allum (1872-1905)
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| Edith Emily Eldridge (1900-1989)
| m 1927 Melvin Clement Hill (1907-1980)
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| Muriel Ruth Hill (1928-1979)
| John Edward Hill (1929-1982)
| Robert Melvin Hill (1938-1988)
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m 1906 Mabel Emily Manchip (1880-1966)
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| Mabel Frances Eldridge (1907- )
| Alberta Veda Eldridge (1908- )
| Doris Lillian Eldridge (1910- )
| Vera May Eldridge (1912-1913)
| Roy Albert Eldridge (1914- )
| m 1939 Doris Mildred Westran (1916- )
| Veda May Eldridge (1917- )
| Denward Eldridge (1920- )
| m ( ) Thelma (Unknown) ( - )
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| | Darlene Eldridge ( - )
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| Kenneth Eldridge (1924- )
| Ileta Eldridge (1929- )
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Edmund Robert Eldridge (1877- )
m 1908 Emily Andrews (1883- )
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| Emily Ivy Eldridge (1909- )
| Annie E Eldridge (1911- )
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William Thomas Denward Eldridge (1880-1950)
m 1908 Kate Poole (1887- )
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| Richard Denward Eldridge (1909-1985)
| m 1937 Marjorie Violet Firrell (1912-1994)
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| | John D Eldridge (1940- )
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| Doris V Eldridge (1910- )
| Francis E Eldridge (1915- )
| Ronald James Eldridge (1920-1943)
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James Joseph Pascoe Eldridge (1883- )
m 1904 (Unknown) ( - )