THOMAS ELDRIDGE 1802-1879


Thomas Eldridge and Maria Lewis Ingram were both born at Bath, Somerset England and they married there on 22 Jan 1822. Thomas was a tailor and their children were all born at Bath. They were living at Arundel Court, St. Swithins Somerset with four of their children when the 1851 English census was taken. They later moved to Islington, London and were at 17 Moon Street with their son Edwin on the 1871 census. They both died at that address in 1879, Thomas on 27 Feb and Maria on 25 May.

Their son Thomas married Ann Elizabeth Foulger Price. On the 1871 English census he was a hairdresser and they were shown as aged 47 and 49 respectively and both born at Bath. They were living at 228 Upper Street Islington, London with their children Thomas W age 21, Sidney F age 12 and Albert F age 10 all shown as being born at Islington. Thomas and Ann and some of their children are also at the same address on the 1881 census. Their sons Sidney, Albert and Walter migrated to Australia.

Eldridge family wedding Louise Eldridge
(L to R)Thomas William Frederick Eldridge, Florence Emily Waring,
Albert George Eldridge, Frederick Edmund Eldridge,
Florence Lilian Rice, Florence Emma Bernhardt & Frederick Rice
Louise Eldridge

Sydney (sic) Frank Alfred Eldridge died on 19 Jul 1919 at Denistone Hospital, Eastwood, New South Wales and was shown as being aged 61. He had not married and was said to have spent 36 years in NSW suggesting he migrated circa 1883.

Albert Fredk Eldridge, warehouseman age 27 and Walter Danl Eldridge hairdresser age 23 are shown on the departure passenger list for the Hankow that left London in March 1887 for Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. They are both listed amongst the passengers with the ship when it arrived at Sydney. The Sydney Morning Herald of Wednesday 11 May 1887 reports on page 8 that the Hankow arrived on 10 May "from London, via Plymouth March 7, via Las Palmas March 13, Cape Town April 1, Adelaide April 27, and Melbourne 7th instant".

Albert Frederic Eldridge, a warehouseman, married on 31 Aug 1889 at St Stevens Church of England, Newtown, New South Wales to Emma Venning, born in Devonshire, England the daughter of John Venning, a farmer and Mary Ann Pearen. Following their marriage Albert and Emma moved to Queensland where their son Albert Frederic was born on 18 Oct 1890 at The Valley, Brisbane. Albert and Emma both died in QLD, on 4 Oct 1936 and 23 Nov 1940 respectively.

Walter Daniel returned to England as he was living with his two children Alice and Arthur in the household of his brother Harry Charles at Hornsey when the 1901 census was taken.

Janet Eldridge, the great great great granddaughter of Thomas and Maria migrated to Australia from Southampton England on 1 Jan 1966. She married Heinrich Steiner, a German born migrant, on 11 Jul 1967 at Brisbane QLD. She died on 17 Jan 1983 at the Royal Brisbane Hospital QLD.

Updated 1 April 2008


Thomas Eldridge (1802-1879)
m 1822 Maria Lewis Ingram (1806-1879)
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    John Eldridge (1822-1898)
    m 1849 Eliza Kendall (1820-1899)
    |   |
    |   Clara E Eldridge (1851-1899)
    |   Amy Eliza Eldridge (1853-    )
    |   (Unknown)
    |   |   |
    |   |   George Herbert Eldridge (1877-    )
    |   |   m 1899 Amy Beatrice Clement (1874-    )
    |   |       |
    |   |       Reginald Herbert C Eldridge (1900-    )
    |   |       m 1918 Elsie Simms (    -    )
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    |   m 1883 Samuel Grace (1856-    )
    |   |   |
    |   |   Samuel Frederick Grace (1884-    )
    |   |   Gertrude Amy Grace (1886-    )
    |   |   Ernest Edward Grace (1890-    )
    |   |
    |   John William Eldridge (1856-1899)
    |   m 1879 Eliza Padfield (1856-    )
    |   |   |
    |   |   Alice Maud Eldridge (1878-    )
    |   |   William Edward Eldridge (1880-    )
    |   |   Frederick Albert Eldridge (1885-    )
    |   |   Florence Edith Eldricge (1889-    )
    |   |   Nora Anne Eldridge (1891-    )
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    |   Ann Maria Eldridge (1858-    )
    |   Thomas Edwin Eldridge (1866-    )
    |   m 1891 Edith Lusty (1872-    )
    |       |
    |       Ralph Reginald H Eldridge (1892-    )
    |       Percy Edgar Eldridge (1894-    )
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    Thomas Eldridge (1824-1893)
    m 1846 Ann Elizabeth Foulger Price (1822-    )
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    |   Thomas William Eldridge (1850-    )
    |   m 1873 Emily Ann Storr (1859-    )
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    |   |   Annie Emily Eldridge (1874-    )
    |   |   Thomas William Frederick Eldridge (1876-1943)
    |   |   m 1902 Florence Emily Waring (1882-1957)
    |   |       |
    |   |       William Thomas Eldridge (1903-    )
    |   |       m (    ) Edith (Unknown) (    -    )
    |   |       |   |
    |   |       |   Keith Eldridge (    -    )
    |   |       |   Kathleen Eldridge (    -    )
    |   |       |
    |   |       Edith Gertrude Eldridge (1905-1990)
    |   |       Samuel Walter Eldridge (1906-1986)
    |   |       m (    ) Rose (Unknown) (    -    )
    |   |       |   |
    |   |       |   Elizabeth Lorna Eldridge (    -    )
    |   |       |   m (    ) Harry Adler (    -    )
    |   |       |       |
    |   |       |       Michelle Adler (    -    )
    |   |       |
    |   |       Frederick Edmund Eldridge (1908-1991)
    |   |       m (    ) Florence Lilian Rice (1911-1984)
    |   |       |   |
    |   |       |   Janet Eldridge (1938-1983)
    |   |       |   m 1967 Heinrich Steiner (1940-    )
    |   |       |   |   |
    |   |       |   |   Descendants born in Australia
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    |   |       |   |   Alice Steiner (1968-    )
    |   |       |   |   Eve Stiner (1971-    )
    |   |       |   |
    |   |       |   Peter Eldridge (1947-    )
    |   |       |   m 1970 Christine Mary Sharp (1950-    )
    |   |       |   |   |
    |   |       |   |   Barry Simon Eldridge (1972-    )
    |   |       |   |   m 1998 Belma Guvenir (1976-    )
    |   |       |   |   Joanna Claire Eldridge (1976-1976)
    |   |       |   |   Neal James Eldridge (1977-    )
    |   |       |   |
    |   |       |   m 1990 Lynn Maria Cherry (1962-    )
    |   |       |       |
    |   |       |       Rosie Florence Mary Eldridge (1995-    )
    |   |       |
    |   |       Albert George Eldridge (1913-1994)
    |   |       m (    ) Rose Rice (1915-    )
    |   |       |   |
    |   |       |   David Albert Eldridge (1941-    )
    |   |       |   m 1963 Brenda Joan (1942-    )
    |   |       |       |
    |   |       |       Karen Lesley Eldridge (1969-    )
    |   |       |       m (    ) Philip Henley (    -    )
    |   |       |       |   |
    |   |       |       |   Stuart Henley/Mumford (1986-    )
    |   |       |       |
    |   |       |       m 1990 Andrew Mumford (    -    )
    |   |       |       |   |
    |   |       |       |   Cara Iris Rose Mumford (1993-    )
    |   |       |       |
    |   |       |       Nicola Susan Eldridge (1974-    )
    |   |       |       m 1996 Mark Andrew Watters (    -    )
    |   |       |           |
    |   |       |           Kyle Michael David Watters (1997-    )
    |   |       |
    |   |       Lucy Florence Eldridge (1915-2000)
    |   |       m (    ) Jack Austin (    -    )
    |   |       |   |
    |   |       |   Rita Austin (    -    )
    |   |       |
    |   |       Betty A Eldridge (1917-    )
    |   |       Eleanor Eldridge (1919-    )
    |   |       m 1939 Archibald Earnest Murdoch (1915-    )
    |   |       |   |
    |   |       |   John Archibald Murdoch (1942-    )
    |   |       |   Marilyn Eleanor Murdoch (1947-    )
    |   |       |
    |   |       Walter James Eldridge (1922-    )
    |   |       m (    ) Joyce Ruby Winter (1924-    )
    |   |           |
    |   |           Susan Eldridge (    -    )
    |   |           (unknown)
    |   |           |   |
    |   |           |   Leigh (    -    )
    |   |           |   Stuart (    -    )
    |   |           |   Sam (    -    )
    |   |           |
    |   |           Philip John Eldridge (1948-    )
    |   |           m 1972 Jean Rose Wickerson (1948-    )
    |   |               |
    |   |               Paul Martin Eldridge (1976-    )
    |   |               Sarah Jane Eldridge (1978-    )
    |   |
    |   Jessie Maria Eldridge (1858-    )
    |   Sidney Frank Alfred Eldridge (1859-1919)
    |   Albert Frederic Eldridge (1860-1936)
    |   m 1889 Emma Venning (1859-1940)
    |   |   |
    |   |   Descendants born in Australia
    |   |   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8
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    |   |   Albert Frederic Eldridge (1890-1953)
    |   |   m 1918 Agnes Isabel Short (1894-    )
    |   |       |
    |   |       Joyce Isabel Eldridge (1919-    )
    |   |       m 1939 Leslie Gordon Thomas Schmidt (    -    )
    |   |
    |   Walter Daniel Eldridge (1864-    )
    |   m (    ) (Unknown) (    -    )
    |   |   |
    |   |   Alice Lily Eldridge (1893-    )
    |   |   Arthur James Eldridge (1898-    )
    |   |
    |   Harry Charles Eldridge (1867-    )
    |   m 1896 Adelaide Eldridge (1866-    )
    |       |
    |       Nellie Frances Eldridge (1896-    )
    |       Albert Sidney Eldridge (1898-    )
    |       Ida Jessie Eldridge (1900-    )
    |
    Jane Eldridge (1824-1862)
    m 1845 Charles Purnell (1822-    )
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    |   Charles Thomas Purnell (1846-1890)
    |   Henry Witham Purnell (1848-    )
    |   Mary Jane Purnell (1851-    )
    |   Edwin Alfred Purnell (1852-    )
    |   Arthur J Purnell (1853-1884)
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    Maria Eldridge (1827-    )
    Edwin Eldridge (1829-    )
    Georgina Maria Eldridge (1837-    )
    m 1858 Samuel John Jackson (1833-1912)
    |   |
    |   Catherine Jackson (1861-    )
    |   Minnie Jackson (1866-1905)
    |   Charles T Jackson (1868-    )
    |   Ernest Jackson (1870-1931)
    |   Frederick Jackson (1872-    )
    |   Sidney Jackson (1873-    )
    |   Albert E Jackson (1875-    )
    |   Walter Jackson (1879-    )
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    William Eldridge (1839-    )
    m 1865 Frances Smith (1843-    )
    |   |
    |   Adelaide Eldridge (1866-    )
    |   m 1889 Thomas George Northfield (1866-1892)
    |   |   |
    |   |   George Arthur Northfield (1890-    )
    |   |   Thomas William Northfield (1892-    )
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    |   m 1896 Harry Charles Eldridge (1867-    )
    |   Frances Florence Eldridge (1867-    )
    |   m 1885 Frederick William Dauernheim (1859-    )
    |   |   |
    |   |   Edith Hester Dauernheim (1885-1886)
    |   |   Florence Maria Dauernheim (1886-1890)
    |   |   Frederick Charles Dauernheim (1887-    )
    |   |   William Charles Dauernheim (1890-    )
    |   |   Alice Louisa Dauernheim (1892-1892)
    |   |   Maud Mary Dauernheim (1893-1895)
    |   |   Horace Sidney Dauernheim (1902-    )
    |   |
    |   William Thomas Eldridge (1870-    )
    |   m 1897 Louisa Eliza Tasker (1875-    )
    |   Alice Kate Eldridge (1872-    )
    |   m 1894 William Booth (1871-    )
    |   |   |
    |   |   Sidney Booth (1896-    )
    |   |
    |   Louise Eldridge (1877-1944)
    |   m 1903 Arthur Manley (1876-1926)
    |   |   |
    |   |   Percy Arthur Manley (1904-1986)
    |   |   Ivy May Manley (1906-1907)
    |   |   (daughter) Manley (    -    )
    |   |   (daughter) Manley (    -    )
    |   |
    |   Ellen Eldridge (1880-    )
    |   Albert Eldridge (1883-    )
    |   Amy Eldridge (1887-    )
    |
    Adelaide Eldridge (1842-    )
    m 1869 Harry Neal Milan (1844-    )
    |   |
    |   Amy Laura (1872-    )
    |   Edith Adelaide (1874-    )
    |   Harry James (1875-    )
    |   Arthur Robert (1877-    )
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    Frederick Charles Eldridge (1847-    )
    Alfred Augustus Eldridge (1847-    )
    m 1865 Fanny Fuller (1847-    )
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        Alice Eldridge (1870-    )
        Alfred Augustus Eldridge (1872-    )
        Ellen Maria Eldridge (1879-1927)
        m 1905 George Frederick Richardson (1879-1962)
        |   |
        |   Ellen Richardson (1907-    )
        |   George Richardson (1908-    )
        |   Rose Richardson (1909-    )
        |   Claire Richardson (1911-    )
        |   May Richardson (1912-    )
        |   Daisy Richardson (1914-    )
        |   Alfred Richardson (1917-    )
        |   Ethel Richardson (1918-    )
        |   Evelyn Richardson (1922-    )
        |
        Frederick Charles Eldridge (1888-    )

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