Miscellaneous Eldridge

This page lists miscellaneous Eldridge people and families and other Eldridge references.

Updated 17 February 2025

Edgar Eldridge enlisted in Western Australia for service in the Boer War in 1901 and he was shown as a saw mill hand of Collie, aged 21 born Adelaide, South Australia. He served in South Africa and returned to WA in 1902. He was shown as a shearer and miner when he enlisted in WA in the Australian Imperial Force in Jan 1916 and is shown aged 33 years and 9 months with his next of kin being his mother Lucy Eldridge of Coolup, WA. He served in Europe and whilst in England he married in 1917 to Daisy Grace Wilkes showing his father as Edgar Eldridge, an engine driver. Edgar and his wife and their son Edgar Sidney all came to WA in 1919 after the the end of WWI. Daisy had a son Gordon in 1920 but Edgar disputed that he was the father. Daisy obtained maintenance orders on the grounds of desertion in 1922 and filed for divorce in 1923. She later had another son, William Eldridge in 1924. Daisy remarried in 1935 in WA to Frank Henry New. Her children Edgar Sidney and William both changed their names.

Edgar is believed to be born in North Adelaide, SA on 29 Apr 1882 as Edgar Brazier, the first of three children of Edgar Brazier and Lucy Cunningham. Edgar Brazier snr remarried in SA in 1894 to Fanny Norton and they had had a son in 1895 before moving to WA where a number of additional children were born. Edgar snr was an engine driver at Lion Mill in WA where he was tragically killed in a machinery accident in 1916.

Rosa Brazier, daughter of Edgar Brazier snr and Lucy Cunningham, married in WA in 1899 to Edward Henry Eldridge and her younger sister Pansy married Francis Alexander Nicholson in 1904 in WA. It is thought that Lucy Brazier, nee Cunningham brought her children to WA and and is the Lucy Eldridge shown at Coolup in 1903 as a widow and in 1906 as home duties in Commonwealth Electoral Rolls. An Edward Eldridge is also shown of Coolup in these two rolls and he is the Edward Henry Eldridge of Coolup who married Rosa Brazier in 1899. Lucy Cunningham is shown as the mother of Amelia Eldridge on her 1912 marriage and her father is shown as Charles Eldridge deceased. On the 1921 death of Lucy Brazier a Charles Eldridge is shown as her first husband with her second husband unknown. It is believed that Charles Eldridge is a fictitious name used to account for Amelia having an Eldridge surname.

Lucy Charlotte Cunningham (1858-1921)
m 1881 Edgar Brazier (1853-1916)
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|   Edgar Brazier/Eldridge (1882-    )
|   m 1917 Daisy Grace Wilkes (1888-1963)
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|   |   Edgar Sidney Eldridge (1917-2003)
|   |   Gordon Eldridge (1920-1996)
|   |   m 1942 Joyce Clara Bennett (1919-1995)
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|   |       Valerie Betty Eldridge (1943-    )
|   |       m 1966 Michael Lindsay Baker (1945-    )
|   |       Barry William Eldridge (    -    )
|   |       Deidrie Fern Eldridge (1948-    )
|   |       m 1966 Gary James Weston (1943-    )
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|   Rosa Brazier (1885-1929)
|   m 1899 Edward Henry Eldridge (1864-1924)
|   Pansy Brazier (1888-1936)
|   m 1904 Francis Alexander Nicholson (1880-1948)
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(unknown)
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    Amelia Eldridge (1891-1970)
    m 1912 Arthur Cecil McDonald (1889-1965)
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        (female) McDonald (1913-1913)
        Arthur Alexander McDonald (1914-1964)
        Elsie Amelia McDonald (1916-1984)
        John Wesley McDonald (1917-1991)
        Cecil Carrington McDonald (1924-1993)

Thomas Eldridge was born 2 Aug 1841 at Easebourne, Sussex England the son of Harriet Eldridge, formerly Medley with no fathers details shown. Harriet Medley had married George Eldridge on 29 Jan 1831 at Easebourne and they had three sons before George died in 1838. Thomas married on 14 Feb 1874 at Bramdean, Hampshire, England and showed his father as George Eldridge.

Thomas Eldridge (1841-1901)
m 1874 Mary Merritt (1854-1904)
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    Alfred Eldridge (1874-    )
    m 1901 Susannah Nichols (1875-    )
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    |   Alfred Thomas Eldridge (1901-    )
    |   George Edward Eldridge (1902-    )
    |   William Henry Eldridge (1905-    )
    |   Ernest Frank Eldridge (1907-    )
    |   Charles Eldridge (1910-    )
    |   m 1935 Dora Florence Nash (1914-1989)
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    |      Charles Malcolm Eldridge (1936-2003)
    |      Trevor G Eldridge (1937-    )
    |      m 1958 Muriel N Miller (    -    )
    |      Margaret A Eldridge (1938-    )
    |      Ernest J Eldridge (1941-    )
    |      Anthony M Eldridge (1947-    )
    |      m 1975 Caroline A Carter (    -    )
    |      Alan C Eldridge (1949-    )
    |      m 1977 Patricia A Tupholme (    -    )
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    |   Margaret S Eldridge (1913-    )
    |   Cyril J Eldridge (1916-    )
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    George Eldridge (1877-    )

Mirko Yelovich, son of Nikola and Moriza, was born in Dubrovnik, Serbia in about 1892. He married Margaret Martin Maclean Wallace on 28 May 1930 at Botany, New South Wales. He was then an engineer and his father shown as a retired barber and his mother deceased. Margaret was a widow born in Stonehouse, Scotland the daughter of John Maclean Gage, then a deceased game keeper and Jane Stewart. Margaret had earlier married James Wallace in 1915 with their marriage being registered at Redfern, NSW and they had one deceased daughter.

By a public notice published in the Sydney Morning Herald of 29 Sep 1931 Margaret and Mirko advised that they had changed their names by deed poll filed with the Registrar General to Margaret Martin McLean Yelovich Eldridge and Mirko Yelovich Eldridge. Margaret died on 19 Oct 1937 and her death was registered as Margaret Eldridge by her husband. A legal notice published in the Sydney Morning Herald of 29 Oct 1937 advised that an application for probate of Margaret's will be granted to Mirko Jalovica, commonly known as Jack Eldridge (in the will called Mirko Yelovich Eldridge) the executor.

Jack Eldridge is then mentioned in 1950 newspaper reports about a breach of promise proceeding brought in South Australia by Zivan John Niketich, aged 62 against Francesca Eldridge. Zivan said he first met Francesca in Sydney and in 1945 he came to SA and met her again when she was Francesca Pekarovich a widow. During that visit he alleged that a proposal of marriage was accepted and that she should meet him in Sydney after his return. She purchased him a christmas present in Sydney in 1946 and planned a marriage in January 1947 however Francesca had met another Yugoslav at a christmas party and agreed to marry him instead. This man, now her husband, was reported to be Jack Eldridge who had previously changed his name from Mirko Jelavica (sic) and had married Francesca in or about December 1947. Francesca Eldridge died in SA on 9 Aug 1964 and was shown aged 81.

Jack Eldridge then married Neda and she was show as his wife in his will of 26 Feb 1965 which had a note annexed showing that he was proceeding overseas and on his return he did not intent to return to South Australia but to return to New South Wales and make that his permant home. He died on 18 May 1965 at an unknown location. Neda Eldridge, on her return to Australia on 24 Dec 1965 after a 9 month absense, is shown as a widow. She died on 18 Jan 1983 late of Kensington, NSW.

Mirko Yelovich/Jack Eldridge (1892-1965)
m 1930 Margaret Martin Maclean Gage (1892-1937)
m 1947 Franchesca (Unknown) (1883-1964)
m (    ) Neda Matkovich (1924-1983)

Slavo Tomljanovic was born 1 May 1911 in Senj, Croatia the son of Jur and Marta. He married at age 23 in Italy to Maria Torchio and the couple with their two children migrated to Australia as displaced persons departing Bremerhaven, Germany on 6 Oct 1950 on the Fairsea. At some time before 1980 Slavo changed his name to Thomas Eldridge and his death on 28 Dec 1981 at Randwick, New South Wales, as a widower, is recorded with that name.

Jur Tomljanovic (    -    )
m (    ) Marta (Unknown) (    -    )
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    Slavo Tomljanovic/Thomas Eldridge (1919-1981)
    m 1942 Maria Torchio (1928-    )
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        Alba Tomljanovic (1934-    )
        Antonia Tomljanovic (1939-    )
        m 1958 Ronald Fabri (    -    )

Richard Hilditch was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England the son of Joseph and Alice and he is shown at Oldham with his parents in the 1871 and 1881 census. His marriage to Amelia Sheridan was registered at Oldham in 1885. Richard and Amelia together with their children shown as Joseph, Leah, Thomas, Alice and Elizabeth are recorded on the 1900 US census at Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts with the surname Eldridge. The same Eldridge family are at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts for the 1910 census together with Amelia's brother Thomas Sheridan. Amelia is with her children Alice and Elizabeth Eldridge and her brother Thomas for the 1920 and 1930 census.

Richard Hildich (1861-    )
m 1885 Amelia Sheridan (1868-    )
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    Joseph Hildich/Eldridge (1886-    )
    m 1912 Mary Keenan (1889-1974)
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    |   Sarah Grace Eldridge (1912-    )
    |   m 1937 Charles Henry Stevens (1914-1943)
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    |   |   Charles Eldridge Stevens (1938-    )
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    |   Amelia Leah Eldridge (1915-    )
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    Bridget Leah Hildich/Eldridge (1888-1970)
    m 1906 Albert Arthur Vaslet (1884-    )
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    |   Charles J Vaslet (1907-1997)
    |   Shirley Alice Vaslet (1913-    )
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    Thomas Eldridge (1891-    )
    Richard Eldridge (1893-1893)
    Richard Eldridge (1894-1897)
    Alice Eldridge (1897-    )
    Elizabeth Eldridge (1900-    )
    (male) Eldridge (1902-1902)

Augustus Erving Eldridge was born 22 Jun 1871 and his younger sister Anna Mabel Eldridge on 30 Aug 1876 at Dennis in Barnstable County, Massachusetts in the United States of America. Their mother was Maria S Perry who had previously had a number of children with George S Eldridge. George had died on 13 Feb 1865 at Dennis and both births are noted as illegitinate.

Augustus Erving Eldridge (1871-1911)
m 1890 Annie Crosby Cahoon (1872-1948)
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|   Irving Belmont Eldridge (1890-1944)
|   m 1912 Evelyn Marion Sears (1893-1951)
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|   |   Allison Elinor Eldridge (1912-1961)
|   |   m 1932 Albert Raymond Chase (1911-1991)
|   |   Geraldine Eldridge (1918-2014)
|   |   m 1942 Elmer A Carlson (    -    )
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|   |   |   Merry Lee Carlson (1943-1987)
|   |   |   Robert G Carlson (    -    )
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|   |   m (    ) (Unknown) Amaral (    -    )
|   |   m 1968 John Martin Ondov (1916-1989)
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|   Inez Thacher Eldridge (1892-1979)
|   m 1915 George McNally (1889-1955)
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|       Mildred Mae McNally (1915-1992)
|       George McNally (1919-1986)
|       Irving Thacher McNally (1921-1981)
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Anna Mabel Eldridge (1879-1939)
m 1895 Milton E Ellis (1872-1915)
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    Walter Everett Ellis (1896-1961)
    Anna Freeman Ellis (1899-1933)

Emelio Sanchez Eldridge is recorded in his 1937 United Stated of America petition for naturalization as having been born on 22 Apr 1890 in Mexico City, Mexico and having entered the US at El Paso, Texas in July 1900. He enlisted on 26 Apr 1918 at Tucson, Arizona for service in WWI. When he married on 17 Aug 1924 in Santa Cruz County, Arizona his age was shown as 36 suggesting a 1888 birth year. In census records he was shown aged 40 in 1930 and aged 45 in 1940.
Some researchers suggest he was baptised Jose Emilio Dario Sanchez, the son of Baltazar Sanchez and Maria del Carmen Trejo on 24 Dec 1886 at Regina Coeli Convent Church, Mexico City.

Emelio Sanchez Eldridge (1890-1973)
m 1924 Josephina Astorga (1897-1947)
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    Gasper Antonio Eldridge (1931-1995)
    m (    ) Angelina Anaya (1934-2021)
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         Evelyn Yvonne Eldridge (1953-    )
         m (    ) (Unknown) Morris (    -    )
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         |   Jason Glenn Morris (    -    )
         |   Barbara Ann Morris (    -    )
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         Martin Emilio Eldridge (1954-    )
         m (    ) Lupita (Unknown) (1952-    )
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         |   Teodore M Eldridge (    -    )
         |   Emilia G Eldridge (    -    )
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         David Glenn Eldridge (1963-1963)

John Eldridge was born in Hungary and is recorded on the 1915 New York State census as being John Hedger age 16, a lodger in the household of George Eldridge born US and his wife Mary age 41 born Hungary. In the 1920 US census they are still in New York and George is shown as being age 59 and born in Vermont to a Massachusetts born father and Vermont mother. His wife is shown as Marie aged 45 born in Hungary, immigrated in 1912 and naturalized in 1914. John is shown John Hedges a step-son aged 22 born Hungary and immigrated in 1912. The 1925 New York State census shows John as John Eldridge born in the US and a son of George and Mary. Later census record John as John Eldridge born in Hungary. John died on 19 Jun 1952.

No record of George Eldridge born about 1861 in Vermont, prior to the 1915 census, has been located. He died 22 May 1928 at New Hempstead in Nassau County, New York and his wife Marie died on 3 Jul 1941 at Hempstead.

John Eldridge (1897-1952)
m 1920 Magdalena Findies (1902-1954)
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    Magdalena Anne Eldridge (1924-2023)
    m 1946 Allan W Senty (1925-2022)
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    |   Michael Senty (1949-    )
    |   Leah Senty (    -    )
    |   Donna Senty (    -    )
    |   Jeffrey Senty (    -    )
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    John Bartholomew Eldridge (1928-    )
    m 1954 Barbara Ann King (1931-1998)
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    |   Mark Eldridge (    -    )
    |   m (    ) Linda (Unknown) (    -    )
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    |   |   Justin Eldridge (    -    )
    |   |   Jennifer Eldridge (    -    )
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    |   Johnna Eldridge (    -    )
    |   m (    ) (Unknown) Poruznick (    -    )
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    |       Cheri Poruznick (    -    )
    |       Theresa Poruznick (    -    )
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    Roy Edwin Eldridge (1935-2014)
    m 1959 Marilyn Kaye Laiser (1942-    )
    m 1963 Carol Goldie Heighington (1944-    )

Hannah Hodder married Silas Eldridge in 1864 in Dorset England and they has 3 known children before Silas died on 31 Dec 1870. Hannah later had a son who was named Joseph Andrew Eldridge, born on 29 May 1872. In 1874 Hannah was assulted by the reputed father of Joseph and made an invalid with the incident being reported in The Bristol Mercury of 17 Apr 1875.

No record of the birth of Joseph is known however he was baptised on 29 Nov 1872 at Southampton being shown as the son of Silas and Hannah Eldridge of Southampton. The 1911 census shows Joseph and an Alice as being married for 9 years with Alice being the mother of 5 children with 3 still living. No record of a marriage between Joseph and Alice is known. Based on the maiden surname used for the births of two of her children she is believed to be Alice Langridge, born in 1868 the daughter of Lucy Langridge who later married as a spinster to William Herbert Brooker in 1877 with Alice being shown as their daughter in the 1881 and 1891 census.

Hannah Hodder (1835-1918)
(repudiation) William Luffman (    -    )
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    Joseph Andrew Eldridge (1872-1941)
    m (1902) Alice Langridge (1868-    )
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         Joseph Percy Gordon Eldridge (1903-1975)
         m 1931 Olice Clara Smith (1905-1976)
         William Frederick Eldridge (1905-1913)
         Cyril Ewart Eldridge (1906-1913)
         Albert Leslie Eldridge (1912-1989)
         m 1940 Peggy Margaret Albeinie Green (1917-2003)

Philip James Eldridge was the son of Bertha Holmes born before she married George James Eldridge in 1918. Philip is shown in the 1915 State census for West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island as Filrob Hornes age 2 born in the US with his mother shown age 22 born Sweden. In the 1920 census for the same location Philip is with his mother Bertha and her husband George James Eldridge. George was with his first wife Grace Viola Tuckerman on the 1915 State census suggesting Philip was his adopted son in 1920.

Philip James Eldridge (1913-1995)
m (    ) Louise Dorothy Keegan (1920-1979)
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    Phyllis R Eldridge (1940-2019)
    m 1959 Alberic Thomas DiMasi (1934-2014)
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    |   Julie DiMasi (    -    )
    |   Thomas DiMasi (    -    )
    |   Lisa M DiMasi (    -    )
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    Philip J Eldridge (1943-2025)
    m (    ) Joyce Miller (    -    )
    Richard Paul Eldridge (1951-2010)
    Peter D Eldridge (    -    )
    m (    ) Miriam (Unknown) (    -    )