John Eldridge was born on 15 Jan 1799 at St Nicholas, Kent, England the son of George Eldridge, a farmer in Isle of Thanet, and Elizabeth Ralph (or Rolph). He married Mary Chandler at Deal, Kent on 5 May 1821 and they had seven known children. He then married as a widower to Susanna Elgar Claringbold on 7 May 1837, also at Deal. John, Susanna and his surviving children then emigrated to New South Wales leaving Gravesend on 20 Oct 1838 on the Juliana. The ship was wrecked off Greens Point, Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope on 19 Jan 1839. They later proceeded to NSW on the Morayshire arriving at Sydney on 20 Apr 1839. Fifty migrants remained in South Africia.
Two children died on the way to Australia. Edward, a twin brother of John and the baby George James. John and Susanna had a further five children in NSW. The first and last two had their births registered at Sydney and their 3rd childs birth was registered at Maitland.
John was a dyer, scourer, calico glazer and hot presser of 203 Castlereagh Street, Sydney in the mid 1840's. He died aged 61 on 28 Sep 1861 at Cooks River Road, Petersham NSW and was buried on 30 Sep 1860 at Camperdown Cemetery. Susanna died on 9 Jul 1885 and was buried on 11 Jul 1885 at Camperdown Cemetery.
William Charles Smith, a grandson of John, married Catherine Mary Kingsford and the last of their seven children was Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith. He was the pilot of the Southern Cross, the first aeroplane to cross the Pacific Ocean from America to Australia, arriving at Brisbane on 9 Jun 1928.
Ada Maitland Eldridge, a grand daughter of John, married Martin McIlrath. He was co-founder and later managing director of the NSW State-wide grocery and provision chainstores of McIlrath's Pty Ltd and chairman of the Bank of NSW.
Updated 24 September 2023
John Eldridge (1799-1860)
m 1821 Mary Chandler ( - )
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| Mary Jane Eldridge (1822-1906)
| m 1858 Charles William Rogers (1834-1878)
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| | Charles William Rogers (1859-1934)
| | John Eldridge Rogers (1862-1924)
| | George Frederick Rogers (1866-1918)
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| John Eldridge (1823- )
| William Chandler Eldridge (1826-1889)
| m 1857 Caroline Brett (1828-1906)
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| | William Eldridge (1858-1890)
| | Caroline Eldridge (1860-1940)
| | m 1890 William Wilson Wood (1863- )
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| | | Angelina Wood (1891- )
| | | Louie Wood (1895-1896)
| | | William E Wood (1897- )
| | | Shirley Sadie Wood (1899-1988)
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| | John Thomas Eldridge (1862-1932)
| | m 1890 Catherine Elizabeth Wood (1867-1943)
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| | | May Eldridge (1891- )
| | | John Brett Eldridge (1895-1939)
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| | George Foreman Eldridge (1864-1929)
| | m 1893 Maria Anne Williams (1869-1952)
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| | | Alice Eldridge (1894-1966)
| | | m 1918 Eric Charles Bush (1891-1959)
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| | Harriet Elizabeth Eldridge (1871-1878)
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| Elizabeth Eldridge (1828-1901)
| m 1848 Richard Sheppard Smith (1819- )
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| | Edward Eldridge Smith (1849-1936)
| | William Charles Smith (1852-1930)
| | Elizabeth Ann Smith (1856-1894)
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| m 1857 William Smith (1822-1872)
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| | Sidney Mercer Smith (1857-1933)
| | Caroline Mary Smith (1860-1936)
| | Albert Henry Smith (1862-1924)
| | Frederick Richard Smith (1865-1935)
| | Louise Selina Smith (1871-1872)
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| Ann Eldridge (1830-1905)
| m 1850 John Lindsay Young Tebbutt (1822-1887)
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| | Henry Wesley Tebbutt (1851-1870)
| | John William Tebbutt (1855-1940)
| | Mary Eldridge Tebbutt (1856-1943)
| | Agnes E Tebbutt (1859-1932)
| | Lucy Ann Tebbutt (1861-1862)
| | Thomas Hessell Tebbutt (1863-1894)
| | Alfred Edward Tebbutt (1865-1938)
| | Grace Ann Tebbutt (1867-1943)
| | Arthur Rutledge Tebbutt (1869-1870)
| | Ernest Henry Tebbutt (1871-1938)
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| John Eldridge (1833-1870)
| m 1861 Louisa Ann Burge (1840-1926)
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| | Lucy Charlotte Eldridge 1862-1862)
| | Rose Louisa Eldridge (1863-1899)
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| | | Lily Eldridge (1885-1885)
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| | m 1895 John Sebastian Smith (1849-1901)
| | Caroline Alice Eldridge (1865-1948)
| | John Walter Eldridge (1867-1877)
| | Alfred Ralph Eldridge (1869-1904)
| | m 1891 Fanny Matilda Pool (1871-1950)
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| | Alfred William Eldridge (1891-1956)
| | m 1913 Margaret Molan (1872-1937)
| | m 1953 Ida Blanche Richardson (1901-1958)
| | Elizabeth Florence Eldridge (1892-1924)
| | m 1912 Eugenio Murolo (1882- )
| | m 1924 Constantine Thamistocles Epeotes ( - )
| | George Ernest Eldridge (1893-1915)
| | Arthur James Eldridge (1895-1896)
| | Harry Leslie Eldridge (1896-1970)
| | m 1929 Alice May Barry (1898-1982)
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| | | Margaret Shirley Eldridge (1931- )
| | | m 1956 Kenneth Edgar John Bourton (1926-2011)
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| | | Gary John Bourton ( - )
| | | Sue Bourton ( - )
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| | Alice May Eldridge (1901-1957)
| | m 1923 John Albert Denman (1898-1969)
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| | | Robert John Denmam (1933-1950)
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| | Charles Eldridge (1904- )
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| Edward Eldridge (1833-1839)
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m 1837 Susanna Elgar Claringbold (1806-1885)
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George James Eldridge (1838-1839)
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Lucy Claringbold Eldridge (1842-1905)
m 1862 Edward Richard Adams (1836-1873)
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| Norris Adams (1863- )
| Caroline Lucy Adams (1865-1946)
| Susie Caroline Adams (1867-1951)
| Ellen R Adams (1869-1872)
| Edward James Adams (1871-1873)
| Edward Richard Adams (1874-1930)
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Sarah Ann Eldridge (1844-1915)
m 1868 Frederick McKern (1848-1908)
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| William Claude McKern (1870-1870)
| Florence M McKern (1871-1878)
| Frederick John McKern (1872-1873)
| Edward Adams McKern (1874-1875)
| Ernest Henry McKern (1875-1875)
| George Edwin McKern (1877-1877)
| George Horace McKern (1878-1950)
| Florence Hannah McKern (1880-1954)
| Stanley Hampson McKern (1884-1954)
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George James Eldridge (1846-1934)
m 1869 Catherine McLean (1847-1927)
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| Ada Anna Claringbold Eldridge (1870-1876)
| Claude John Eldridge (1872-1908)
| Charlotte Mary Eldridge (1873-1952)
| m 1906 Vincent Joseph Doyle (1874-1952)
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| | Catherine Macauley Doyle (1907- )
| | Claude James Eldridge-Doyle (1912-1979)
| | m 1939 Dorothy Lois Burcher (1907-1973)
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| | Michael Eldridge-Doyle (1941- )
| | m 1970 Teresa Barbara Hasler (1946- )
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| | | Henry Eldridge-Doyle ( - )
| | | Mary Ellen Eldridge-Doyle ( - )
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| | Peter John Eldridge-Doyle (1943- )
| | m ( ) Deirdre Mary Quinlan ( - )
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| | | Emma Catherine Eldridge-Doyle (1991- )
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| | Shane Wallis Eldridge-Doyle ( -1946)
| | Felicity Eldridge-Doyle (1948- )
| | m 1978 Radnay S Ramdenee ( - )
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| | Joanna Ramdenee ( - )
| | Neal Ramdenee ( - )
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| George James W Eldridge (1875-1947)
| Ada Maitland Eldridge (1877-1961)
| m 1906 Martin McIlrath (1874-1952)
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| | Muriel Betty McIlrath (1907-1982)
| | Joan Urcy McIlrath (1908-1980)
| | Mary Catherine McIlrath (1913-1959)
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| Ethel Muriel Eldridge (1879-1960)
| Percy Hunter Eldridge (1884-1942)
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Claude John Eldridge (1847-1909)
m 1871 Elizabeth O'Neill (1850-1881)
m 1874 Mary Baird (1856-1935)
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| Claude Alexander Claringbold Eldridge (1874-1927)
| m 1895 Eveline Florence Sparkes (1875-1914)
| m 1907 Annie McMahon (1887- )
| m 1914 Rachel Winfield (1874-1955)
| Ada Lucy Bray Eldridge (1876-1878)
| Ruth Mary Elgar Eldridge (1878-1963)
| m 1901 James Dawes (1877-1949)
| John George Verrier Eldridge (1881-1963)
| m 1905 Effie Fanny Stevenson (1883-1960)
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| | Stella Grace Eldridge (1906-1987)
| | m 1935 Reginald McEncroe (1902- )
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| | | Janice McEnroe ( - )
| | | Beryl McEnroe ( - )
| | | Denis McEnroe ( - )
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| | Frank Stevenson Eldridge (1907-1994)
| | m 1942 Marjorie Jean Little (1902-1979)
| | Clarice Effie Eldridge (1909-2004)
| | m 1937 Harold Rawling ( -1976)
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| | James Rawling ( - )
| | Steven Rawling ( - )
| | Peter Rawling ( - )
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| Charles William Frederick Eldridge (1883-1954)
| m 1905 Constance Smith (1884-1960)
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| | Reginald Charles Eldridge (1905-1965)
| | m 1933 Jessie Constance Straw (1912-1997)
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| | | Joy Constance Eldridge (1935- )
| | | m 1958 Anthony George Golds (1933- )
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| | | | Fransciene Golds (1959- )
| | | | Pauline Golds (1960- )
| | | | Gregory Golds (1970- )
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| | | Christopher William Eldridge (1936-1997)
| | | m 1961 Lorna May Minister (1940- )
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| | | | Carolyn Eldridge (1965- )
| | | | m 1988 Ross Alfonzetti (1964- )
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| | | | | Olivia Alfonzetti (1992- )
| | | | | Matthew Alfonzetti (1995- )
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| | | | Jennifer Eldridge (1967- )
| | | | John Eldridge (1971- )
| | | | m 2003 Belinda (Unknown) ( - )
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| | | Malcolm James Eldridge (1945- )
| | | m 1967 Christine Canavan (1945- )
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| | | Paul James Eldridge (1971- )
| | | m 2003 Claudia Passalacqua (1971- )
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| | | | Escher Lauren Eldridge (2005- )
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| | | Kate Eldridge (1980- )
| | | m 2005 Nathan Monk ( - )
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| | Alexander Claude Eldridge (1910-1978)
| | m 1935 Marjorie Norma Barlow (1914-2006)
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| | | Ronald Alexander Eldridge (1936-1955)
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| | Phyllis Constance Eldridge (1917-2000)
| | m 1952 Melvin Ronald (Russell) Barden (1916- )
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| | Diane Barden (1954- )
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| Florence May Eldridge (1885-1926)
| m 1904 John Liddel Tiertius McCormick (1880-1929)
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| | Doreen Mary McCormick (1905-1970)
| | Rita Florence McCormick (1907-1998)
| | Wilbur Robert Claude McCormick (1909-1989)
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| Arthur Ernest Eldridge (1888-1959)
| m 1908 Ivy Gornall (1886-1956)
| Harold Samuel Eldridge (1890-1973)
| m 1913 Laura Anne Brown (1890-1959)
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| | Harold Frederick Eldridge (1914-1997)
| | m 1936 Lois Williams (1918- )
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| | | Jania Eldridge (1937- )
| | | m 1957 Philip Maiden (1935- )
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| | | | David Phillip Maiden (1958- )
| | | | Steven John Maiden (1960- )
| | | | Malcolm James Maiden (1961- )
| | | | Arlene Lesley Maiden (1964- )
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| | | m 1991 Lyle Bruce Wright (1926- )
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| | m 1947 April Iona Tye (1919-2008)
| | m 1959 Ethel May Donnelly (1911- )
| | m 1984 Eleanor Baxter (1938- )
| | John Roger Lancelot Eldridge (1919-1920)
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| m 1960 Nellie Irene Brindle (1899-1986)
| Alfred James Eldridge (1895-1984)
| m 1921 Frances Alice Perth Stephinson (1897-1958)
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| | Maxwell William Eldridge (1922-1925)
| | Alfred Maurice Eldridge (1923-1986)
| | m 1949 Jean Lillian Polley (1925- )
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| | | Murray Desmond Eldridge (1950- )
| | | m 1972 Diane Ruth Woolfenden (1952- )
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| | | | Dane Ryan Eldridge (1982- )
| | | | Rohan Blake Eldridge (1987- )
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| | | Stewart James Eldridge (1952- )
| | | m 1975 Rhonda Jones (1953- )
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| | | | Bradley James Eldridge (1981- )
| | | | m 2004 Danielle Wilson (1980- )
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| | | | | Heidi Nevaeh Eldridge (2006- )
| | | | | Phoenix Rose Eldridge (2008- )
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| | | | Andrew Eldridge (1983- )
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| | | Graeme Anthony Eldridge (1955- )
| | | m ( ) Mary-Lou Kelly (1958- )
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| | | David Eldridge 1985- )
| | | Kristen Eldridge (1988- )
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| | Kenneth Stephenson Eldridge (1925- )
| | m 1948 Mavis Jean Ferry (1930-1994)
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| | | Kenneth Eldridge (1949- )
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| | m ( ) Heather May Nesbitt ( -1983)
| | Geoffrey Maxwell Eldridge (1926-2012)
| | m 1952 Gwen Aileen Reilly (1930- )
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| | | Lyn Eldridge ( - )
| | | Phillip Maxwell Eldridge ( - )
| | | m ( ) Julianne Bernadette (Unknown) ( - )
| | | Robert John Eldridge ( 2009)
| | | Mark Eldridge ( - )
| | | Bruce Richard Eldridge ( - )
| | | John Eldridge (1960-1960)
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| | David Farleigh Eldridge (1936-2017)
| | m 1959 Judith Eleanor Spark ( - )
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| | | Paul Dawson Eldridge ( - )
| | | m ( ) Trish (Unknown) ( - )
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| | | | Lisa Marie Eldridge (1985- )
| | | | Sarah Eldridge ( - )
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| | | Phillip Stephinson Eldridge (1964-1964)
| | | Elizabeth Jane Eldridge ( - )
| | | m ( ) Daniel Crowe ( - )
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| | | | Mitchell Crowe ( - )
| | | | Ben Crowe ( - )
| | | | Alexander Crowe ( - )
| | | | Bridget Crowe ( - )
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| | | Matthew Farleigh Eldridge (1970- )
| | | m ( ) Jane Simone Cooke (1973- )
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| | | Maddison Bhey Eldridge (2000- )
| | | Billy Jake Eldridge (2003- )
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| | Miriam Perth Eldridge (1940- )
| | m 1957 Donald Arthur Roberts (1935-2007)
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| | | Maxwell John Roberts ( - )
| | | (Unknown) Roberts ( - )
| | | (Unknown) Roberts ( - )
| | | Dianne Roberts ( - )
| | | (Unknown) Roberts ( - )
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| | Winston Stephinson Eldridge (1942-2023)
| | m 1966 Noeleen Hilda Fairfield (1945-2021)
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| | Megan Elizabeth Eldridge (1970- )
| | m ( ) (Unknown) Barrett ( - )
| | Brendon Scott Eldridge (1972- )
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| m 1960 Mary Hannah Elliott (1902-1986)
| Percy Norman Eldridge (1897-1973)
| m 1925 Elsie Lillian Taylor (1895-1986)
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| | Donald Austin Eldridge (1927-1998)
| | m 1955 Alwyne Merle Gould (1931- )
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| | | Debra Helen Eldridge (1956- )
| | | m ( ) John Nelson ( - )
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| | | | Robert Nelson ( - )
| | | | Andrew Nelson ( - )
| | | | Jane Nelson ( - )
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| | | Richard John Eldridge (1960- )
| | | m ( ) Lisa Pitchford ( - )
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| | | | Elisha Eldridge (1985- )
| | | | Sophie Eldridge (1988- )
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| | | (partner) Gail Taryn Burnside ( - )
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| | | | William Eldridge (1996- )
| | | | Richard Eldridge (1998- )
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| | | Robert Andrew Eldridge (1963- )
| | | m 1987 Michelle Louise Gale ( - )
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| | | | Jesse Eldridge (1989- )
| | | | Luke Eldridge (1991- )
| | | | Daniel Eldridge (1992- )
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| | | (partner) Jane Moir ( - )
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| | | Robert Eldridge (1997- )
| | | Lili Eldridge (2000- )
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| | m 1980 Mary June Saunders (1929-2023)
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| Ada Fanny Eldridge (1900-1988)
| m 1925 John Henry Sibson (1899-1984)
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| Judy Sibson ( - )
| David Sibson ( - )
| Robert John Sibson ( -1949)
| Enid Mary Sibson ( -1947)
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Susanna Elizabeth Eldridge (1849-1938)
m 1880 Samuel Wildman (1859-1917)
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John William Wildman (1882-1883)
Edward Victor Wildman (1882-1883)
Harold Ethelbert Wesley Wildman (1884-1939)
Stuart C Wildman (1886-1886)
Samuel C E Wildman (1888-1891)
Vera Kate B Wildman (1891-1952)
Harry Will Daniel Wildman (1893-1971)