ROBERT ELDRIDGE 1828-1873

Robert Eldridge was born at Bethnal Green, London, England on 3 Mar 1828 and baptised the following year on 15 Feb 1829 at Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green. His three elder siblings were later baptised at that Church on 25 Jul 1830. Robert was a shoe maker and he married Mary Ann Slater on 3 May 1847 at Saint Matthew. They had six children all born at Bethnal Green. Following the death of Robert in 1873 Mary Ann remarried in 1874 to Frederick Chapman. Robert's son James joined the Army in March 1878 and was in the 58th Regiment of Foot which departed for South Africa in 1879. In 1881 he was in Mauritius on a special detachment and was discharged sometime after March 1882.

James Eldridge 1859-1948

Updated 10 November 2006

Thomas Eldridge (    -    )
m (    ) Mary (Unknown) (    -    )
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    Mary Eldridge (1819-    )
    Ann Eldridge (1821-    )
    Thomas Eldridge (1825-    )
    Robert Eldridge (1828-1873)
    m 1847 Mary Ann Slater (1829-    )
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        Emma Eldridge (1849-    )
        m 1867 William Wyatt (1848-    )
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        |   William Wyatt (1867-1874)
        |   Thomas William Wyatt (1870-    )
        |   Louis Wyatt (1872-    )
        |   Emma Wyatt (1874-    )
        |   Alice Elizabeth Wyatt (1877-    )
        |   Robert Henry Wyatt (1880-    )
        |   Beatrice Maud Wyatt (1882-    )
        |   Florence Wyatt (1884-    )
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        Mary Eldridge (1851-    )
        Elizabeth Eldridge (1853-    )
        Robert Eldridge (1856-    )
        m (    ) Eliza (Unknown) (1857-    )
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        |   Sarah Eldridge (1876-    )
        |   Eliza Eldridge (1878-    )
        |   Florence Eldridge (1880-    )
        |   Robert Eldridge (1882-    )
        |   Albert Eldridge (1887-    )
        |   Arthur Eldridge (1879-    )
        |   Ernest Eldridge (1898-    )
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        James Eldridge (1859-1948)
        m 1884 Elizabeth Ayres (1862-    )
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        |   Elizabeth Eldridge (1886-    )
        |   James Eldridge (1887-    )
        |   William Eldridge (1893-    )
        |   Hilda Eldridge (1897-1963)
        |   m 1923 Harry John R Weeden (1894-1972)
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        |   |   Mavis Weeden (1926-    )
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        |   Leonard William Eldridge (1904-1960)
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        Thomas Eldridge (1862-    )
        m 1879 Louisa Poundberry (1861-    )
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            Thomas Eldridge (1888-    )
            May Pretoria Eldridge (1900-    )