William Eldridge was born on 23 Nov 1863 at Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, England. On the 1881 English census he was at Highfield Row, Edmonton, Middlesex as a 17 year old agricultural labourer with his father Thomas aged 41, younger siblings Joseph aged 15 and John aged 13 and his grandmother Elizabeth Eldridge, a widow aged 68. His mothers presence when the census was taken is not known.
William married Annie Jane Litchfield at the Church of England, Winchmore Hill on 25 Dec 1885. She was the daughter of John Litchfield and Ruth Hill and was baptised on 4 Dec 1859 at Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. The births of their first two children were registered at Edmonton, Middlesex and their third child, William Goodson, had his birth registered at Boxhill, Victoria, Australia suggesting the family emigrated to Australia in the late 1880s. Annie Jane's mother, Ruth Litchfield, nee Hill, was present at the birth of Alice Amelia on 4 Feb 1893 at Durham Road, Surrey Hills, VIC. William died at Melbourne East in 1908 aged 44 and Annie Jane at Balwyn in 1918 aged 60.
A first cousin once removed of William, Ernest Arthur Douglas Eldridge, was a well known motor racer in the early 1900s in England and Europe. He held numerous speed records including the World motor vehicle speed record in 1924 at 145.89 miles per hour over one mile and was the last record set on a public road.
Updated 25 February 2007
John Goodson Eldridge (1807-1877)
m 1833 Elizabeth Freshwater (1812- )
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Emma Eldridge (1834-1900)
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| Richard Henry William Eldridge (1863-1887)
| Francis Eldridge (1866-1939)
| m 1892 Alice Susan Whitaker (1869- )
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| | Ada Emma Eldridge (1892- )
| | Francis Edward Eldridge (1894-1942)
| | m 1920 Amy Hilda Brown ( -1956)
| | Elsie May Eldridge (1897- )
| | Minnie Edith Eldridge (1900- )
| | m ( ) John Fellows ( - )
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| | | Arthur Fellows ( - )
| | | Frank Fellows ( - )
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| | Edna Victoria Eldridge (1908- )
| | m ( ) George Collas ( - )
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| | | Michael Collas ( - )]
| | | Geoffrey Collas ( - )
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| | Constance Eldridge ( - )
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| Edward Eldridge (1868-1932)
| m 1900 Elsie Elizabeth Ward (1879- )
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| | Herbert Edward Eldridge (1901- )
| | Hilda Caroline Emma Eldridge (1905- )
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| m 1910 Daisy Gertrude Huish (1882-1971)
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| | Gertrude Ada Eldridge ( -1996)
| | m ( ) Alfred Shellard ( - )
| | Percival Laurence Eldridge (1912-1990)
| | Rowland Albert Eldridge (1914-1989)
| | m 1940 Winifred Mary Grace Kilby (1911-1992)
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| Arthur Eldridge (1870-1946)
| m 1894 Elizabeth Appleby (1869- )
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| | Ernest Arthur Douglas Eldridge (1897-1935)
| | m 1915 Marjorie May Tooth (1894-1967)
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| | Joan May Eldridge ( - )
| | m 1937 James Ernest Milne ( - )
| | Peter Ernest Eldridge (1918-1940)
| | Marjorie Elizabeth Eldridge (1920-1979)
| | m 1941 Philip Ashley Mann ( - )
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| | | Christopher Ashley Mann ( - )
| | | Jennifer Ashley Mann ( - )
| | | Peter Ashley Mann ( - )
| | | Alexander Ashley Mann ( - )
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| | John A Eldridge (1926-2001)
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| Walter Eldridge (1872- )
| m 1898 Frances Appleby (1873- )
| George Herbert Eldridge (1874-1948)
| m 1911 Elsie Frances Hooper (1893-1949)
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| Daphne Vera Eldridge (1914- )
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Elizabeth Ann Eldridge (1836- )
Thomas William Eldridge (1839- )
m 1861 Mary Ann Lawrence ( - )
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| Thomas William Eldridge (1862- )
| William Eldridge(1863-1908)
| m 1885 Annie Jane Litchfield (1859-1918)
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| | Emily Annie Ruth Eldridge (1887-1968)
| | m 1914 Herbert Thompson ( - )
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| | | Phyllis Annie Thompson (1915- )
| | | William Robert Thompson (1917- )
| | | Herbert Thompson (1919- )
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| | m ( ) (Unknown) Etherton ( - )
| | Elizabeth Emma Eldridge (1888-1944)
| | m 1922 Robert Louis Alfred Garrick (1875-1929)
| | William Goodson Eldridge (1889-1890)
| | Ellen Caroline Eldridge (1890-1983)
| | m 1920 Edgar Raymond Simons (1889-1959)
| | Alice Amelia Eldridge (1893-1907)
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| Joseph Henry Eldridge (1866- )
| m 1893 Annie Elizabeth Simpson (1868- )
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| | Frances Mabel Eldridge (1895- )
| | Joseph Eldridge (1897- )
| | Annie Elizabeth Eldridge (1900- )
| | Beatrice Alice Eldridge (1903- )
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| John Goodson Eldridge (1868- )
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William Eldridge (1841- )
Joseph Eldridge (1843- )
m ( ) Mary Ann (Unknown) (1844- )
George Eldridge (1846- )
m ( ) Louisa (Unknown) (1845- )
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| George James Eldridge (1869- )
| Charlotte S Eldridge (1870- )
| Charles Edward Eldridge (1877- )
| m ( ) Eliza (Unknown) (1877- )
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| | Gladys Louisa Eldridge (1899- )
| | Albert Eldridge (1900- )
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| John Harman Eldridge (1879- )
| Emma Jane Eldridge (1880- )
| Herbert Eldridge (1882- )
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Caroline Eldridge (1849- )
m 1874 George Ward (1852- )
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| Ada Phoebe Ward (1876- )
| Elsie Elizabeth Ward (1879- )
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Samuel Eldridge (1854- )
m ( ) Charlotte (Unknown) (1853- )
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Charlotte Eldridge (1878- )
Anna Eldridge (1879- )
Caroline Eldridge (1882- )
Emma Eldridge (1886- )