ROBEY ELDRIDGE ????-????


Robey Eldridge was a timber merchant of Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. He married Catherine Way on 19 Jul 1804 at Newport and their three sons born at Newport all had distinguished careers. Robey made a will on 12 Jan 1815 with a codicil on 4 Sep 1824 that was proved on 30 May 1827 at London.

  1. Thomas Way Eldridge, born 1805, was the Manager of the National Provincial Bank, at Ryde and an estate agent. His son John Robey Eldridge was a Solicitor.
  2. Robey Eldridge, born 1806, was a minister of religion. He was the Curate at Fairford, Gloucester when he married Jane Pittis on 18 Dec 1832 at Titchfield, Hampshire. and was later the rector of Desford, Leicestershire. His daughter Harriett married her cousin Robey Frank Eldridge, the son of James Eldridge and Maria Pittis, a younger sister of Jane.
  3. James Eldridge, born 1808, was an attorney, solicitor and town clerk. He married Maria Pittis, a younder sister of his brother's wife Jane. His son Robey Frank was a solicitor, JP and a registrar who married his cousin Harriett Eldridge. His daughter Kate Way married Louis F Liesching and his daughter Maude married Louis George Pett Leisching, a son of Louis F Leisching from a marriage prior to his marriage to Kate Way Eldridge.

Richard Eldridge, a timber merchant of Southampton, was a brother of Robey. He married Jane Penelope Smith Brown Angell on 3 Jan 1805 at Knights Enham, Hampshire and some of their children had distinguished careers, including;

  1. John Smith Eldridge was a solicitor and magistrates clerk of Southampton. He married Rosa Forder and their son Henry James Morse Eldridge was also a solicitor.
  2. Frederick Eldridge was a licentiate of the College and Hall, London as a General Practitioner. He married Elizabeth Lings.

The marriage of Jane Robey Eldridge, a younger sister of Robey and Richard, was reported in the Salisbury and Winchester Journal of Monday 13 Jul 1818 as follows:
"On Thursday last was married at Holy Rhood Church, by the Rev.Dr.Hill, Mr.William Savage Beare, of Old Alresford, to Jane Robey, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Eldridge, Esq. merchant, of this town."

Harry Angell Eldridge, a great grandson of Richard, migrated to Western Australia in 1924 with his wife Amy Gladys (nee Eldridge, his cousin) and their two daughters. Harry, shown as Harry Angel, died aged 83 at Gloster Street, Subiaco, Western Australia on 30 Jul 1972. His wife Amy Gladys died aged 92 on 12 Sep 1983 and they are both buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, WA.

Updated 8 June 2008


William Eldridge (    -    )
m (    ) (Unknown) (    -    )
    Thomas Eldridge (1736-1813)
    m 1764 Ann Robey (1742-    )
        |
        Robey Eldridge (    -    )
        m 1804 Catherine Way (1768-1863)
        |   |
        |   Thomas Way Eldridge (1805-1895)
        |   m 1832 Mary Ann Atkey (1811-1881)
        |   |   |
        |   |   Catherine Eldridge (1839-1839)
        |   |   Mary Ann Eldridge (1840-1913)
        |   |   Matilda Eldridge (1842-1858)
        |   |   Anna Eldridge (1844-    )
        |   |   John Robey Eldridge (1845-1911)
        |   |   m 1873 Amy Elizabeth Margaret Lockton (1845-1900)
        |   |   |   |
        |   |   |   Amy Margaret Eldridge (1878-    )
        |   |   |
        |   |   Elizabeth Eldridge (1846-1847)
        |   |   Charlotte Way Eldridge (1848-1915)
        |   |   Jane Eldridge (1850-1851)
        |   |
        |   Robey Eldridge (1806-1861)
        |   m 1832 Jane Pittis (1807-1900)
        |   |   |
        |   |   Robey Eldridge (1834-    )
        |   |   Mary Eldridge (1836-1925)
        |   |   Catherine Eldridge (1841-1884)
        |   |   Annie Eldridge (1847-1901)
        |   |   Harriett Eldridge (1850-    )
        |   |   m 1873 Robey Frank Eldridge (1843-1930)
        |   |
        |   James Eldridge (1808-    )
        |   m 1835 Maria Pittis (1815-    )
        |       |
        |       Robey Frank Eldridge (1843-1930)
        |       m 1873 Harriett Eldridge (1850-    )
        |       |   |
        |       |   Muriel May Eldridge (1874-1874)
        |       |   Violet Grace Eldridge (1875-1878)
        |       |   Robey Raymond Eldridge (1877-1878)
        |       |   Marion Hope Eldridge (1878-    )
        |       |   Robey James Eldridge (1880-    )
        |       |   m 1916 Agnes Dorothy Way Buckell (    -    )
        |       |   |   |
        |       |   |   William James Eldridge (1917-    )
        |       |   |   Dorothy Ann Eldridge (1918-    )
        |       |   |   m 1943 John Arthur Kingham (    -    )
        |       |   |       |
        |       |   |       Ann Kingham (1944-    )
        |       |   |       John James Kingham (1946-    )
        |       |   |
        |       |   Ernestine Ruth Eldridge (1882-    )
        |       |   Elsie Eldridge (1884-1884)
        |       |   Beatrice Mary Eldridge (1885-    )
        |       |
        |       Ellen Eldridge (1845-    )
        |       m 1865 Frederic Stratton (1841-1916)
        |       |   |
        |       |   Maud Stratton (1866-    )
        |       |   Henry Eldridge Stratton (1868-1949)
        |       |   Ethel Mary Stratton (1869-    )
        |       |   Arthur Carruthers Stratton (1871-    )
        |       |   Hugh Kerr Stratton (1872-1876)
        |       |   Winifred Warner Stratton (1874-    )
        |       |   Theodora Grace Stratton (1876-1958)
        |       |   Eleanor Lawrence Stratton (1878-    )
        |       |   Jeanie Christina Stratton (1880-1954)
        |       |
        |       Kate Way Eldridge (1847-1931)
        |       m 1881 Louis Frederick Liesching (1826-    )
        |       Anna Maria Eldridge (1850-1861)
        |       Maude Eldridge (1852-    )
        |       m 1882 Louis George Pett Leisching (    -    _
        |       James Eldridge (1857-1948)
        |       m (    ) Frances Thomas (1855-    )
        |           |
        |           Theodore Paul Eldridge (1881-    )
        |           m 1904 (Unknown) (    -    )
        |           Edmond Henry Maurice Eldridge (1885-    )
        |
        Richard Eldridge (    -    )
        m 1805 Jane Penelope Smith Brown Angell (1783-1832)
        |   |
        |   William Angell Eldridge (    -1807)
        |   Caroline Angell Eldridge (    -1810)
        |   Richard Eldridge (1811-    )
        |   John Smith Eldridge (1813-1901)
        |   m 1847 Rosa Forder (1823-1904)
        |   |   |
        |   |   John Angell Tilstone Eldridge (1848-1884)
        |   |   William Richard Eldridge (1850-1892)
        |   |   m 1888 Annie Maria Jones (1865-    )
        |   |   |   |
        |   |   |   Amy Gladys Eldridge (1891-1983)
        |   |   |
        |   |   Georgina H Eldridge (1852-1880)
        |   |   m 1878 Philip Francis Frushard Hedger (1851-1896)
        |   |   Alma Rosa Eldridge (1854-    )
        |   |   m 1883 (unknown male) (    -    )
        |   |   Amy Marion Eldridge (1857-    )
        |   |   m 1878 William Paynter Barton Browne (1856-    )
        |   |   |   |
        |   |   |   Cyril Barton Browne (1880-    )
        |   |   |
        |   |   Frederick George Eldridge (1859-    )
        |   |   m 1884 Adelaide Marion Hinlove (1862-    )
        |   |   |   |
        |   |   |   Frederick J Eldridge (1886-    )
        |   |   |   George Stanley Eldridge (1886-    )
        |   |   |   Harry Angell Eldridge (1889-1972)
        |   |   |   m 1915 Amy Gladys Eldridge (1891-1983)
        |   |   |   |   |
        |   |   |   |   Dorothy C M Eldridge (1917-    )
        |   |   |   |   m (    ) Bob Nicholl (    -    )
        |   |   |   |   |   |
        |   |   |   |   |   Margaret Ann Nicholl (    -    )
        |   |   |   |   |
        |   |   |   |   Margaret Agatha Naomi Eldridge (1921-    )
        |   |   |   |   m (    ) John Woods (    -    )
        |   |   |   |   John Eldridge (    -    )
        |   |   |   |   m (     ) Winnie (Unknown) (    -    )
        |   |   |   |       |
        |   |   |   |       Greg Eldridge (    -    )
        |   |   |   |       m (    ) Judy (Unknown) (    -    )
        |   |   |   |       m (    ) Carolyn (Unknown) (    -    )
        |   |   |   |       Rhonda Eldridge (    -    )
        |   |   |   |       m (    ) Steven (Unknown) (    -    )
        |   |   |   |       Peter Eldridge (    -    )
        |   |   |   |       m (    ) Heather (Unknown) (    -    )
        |   |   |   |       Pam Eldridge (    -    )
        |   |   |   |       m (    ) Murray (Unknown) (    -    )
        |   |   |   |           |
        |   |   |   |           Karen (Unknown) (    -    )
        |   |   |   |
        |   |   |   Eva Eldridge (1890-    )
        |   |   |   Herbert Eldridge (1892-    )
        |   |   |   Septimus Eldridge (1895-    )
        |   |   |
        |   |   Henry James Morse Eldridge (1861-1900)
        |   |   m 1893 (unknown female) (    -    )
        |   |
        |   Roby Eldridge (1814-1814)
        |   Jane Angell Eldridge (1816-    )
        |   m 1841 William John Richards (1811-    )
        |   |   |
        |   |   Richard Eldridge Richards (1846-1897)
        |   |   William Frederick Angell Richards (1848-    )
        |   |
        |   Maria Eldridge (1818-1818)
        |   Frederick Eldridge (1819-1899)
        |   m 1847 Elizabeth Lings (1818-1899)
        |   Mary Eldridge (1821-    )
        |
        Jane Robey Eldridge (    -1839)
        m 1818 William Savage Beare (1786-1868)
            |
            Elizabeth Beare (1820-    )
            William Beare (1824-    )

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