Peter and Mary A Eldridge are recorded as the parents of Benjamin F Eldridge, born in Connecticut, on his 1872 death at Pine River in Gratiot County, Michigan. His mother Mary A died later in 1872, also in Pine River. She had been in the household of Benjamin at Fremont in Sandusky County, Ohio for the 1870 census.
William W Eldridge was with Benjamin and his first wife Jemima at Wellington, Lorain County Ohio for the 1850 census. He is recorded as being a carpenter in all census records and mostly as being born in Connecticut. In 1880 and two diffenrent 1900 census records he is shown as having an England born father and Connecticut born mother.
Peter may be the Peter Eldridge at Brooklyn, Cuyahoga County, Ohio on 1840 census as the head of a household of 1 male aged 5-9, 3 males aged 10-14, 1 male aged 60-69 and 1 female aged 40-49. If this is the case then Benjamin and William may have 2 male siblings.
Updated 6 March 2023
Peter Eldridge ( - ) m ( ) Mary A (Unknown) (1793-1872) | Benjamin F Eldridge (1830-1872) m 1849 Jemina Harry (1828- ) m ( ) Lydia J Root (1835- ) William W Eldridge (1831-1901) m 1856 Elizabeth A Smith (1837-1909) | Frank Marion Eldridge (1857-1927) m 1883 Nellie Leslie (1862-1885) | | | William Leslie Eldridge (1885-1909) | m 1908 Flora Louella Cartmill (1887-1987) | | | Laura Mellie Eldridge (1908-1970) | m 1929 Arnold Larue Thompson (1906-1981) | | | | | Patricia Ann Thompson (1929- ) | | | m 1936 Milton Brown West (1904-1942) | | | William Eldridge West (1937- ) | m 1887 Florence May Smith (1864-1936) Willie Eldridge (1859- ) Ernest D Eldridge (1861-1877) Charles E Eldridge (1869- ) Edna A Eldridge (1875- ) Sarah Elizabeth Eldridge (1880-1971) m 1904 Thomas Richard Jones (1875-1923) | Lawrence Richard Jones (1905-1986) Frank Harvey Jones (1907-1984) James Wilbur Jones (1910-1986) Myrtle Alice Jones (1913-2006)