William Eldridge was born at Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. He married Ester Pearce and they are known to have had 8 children, all born at Ballinger. William was a farm labourer and his surname is spelt Aldridge in early records. He and Ester with various children are recorded as living at Ballinger, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire on the 1871, 1881 and 1891 English census. Ester is shown as a widow, living on her own means, with some of her children at Ballinger on the 1901 census.
His cousin William Aldridge migrated to New South Wales, Australia in about 1872 followed later by his wife Jane Aldridge, nee Manuel and their children William, Harriet and Mary Ann who migrated on the Samuel Plimsoll from London, arriving Sydney on 22 Oct 1875.
His great grandson Michael William Eldridge and his wife Margaret migrated to Australia on the Fairsea departing on 27 Oct 1963. Margaret died on 21 May 1990 and Michael on 16 Jan 1998 and they are both buried the the Karrakatta Lawn Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia.
Two great grandsons of William's brother James also migrated to Australia. Sidney Arthur Eldridge with his wife and three children migrated on the Chitral departing 3 Sep 1952 and on the same ship departing 19 Dec 1952 his brother Leslie also migrated to Australia.
Updated 6 January 2014
John Aldridge ( - )
m 1804 Anne Smith ( - )
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Sarah Aldridge (1805- )
Moses Aldridge (1807- )
David Aldridge (1809-1887)
m ( ) Mary Statham (1814- )
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| William Eldridge (1835-1899)
| m 1862 Ester Pearce (1842- )
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| | Henrietta Eldridge (1864- )
| | John Eldridge (1866- )
| | Charles Eldridge (1869- )
| | Albert Eldridge (1872- )
| | James Eldridge (1875- )
| | Hephziba Ann Eldridge (1877- )
| | Lois Eldridge (1880- )
| | Florence Fanny Eldridge (1882- )
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| | William George Eldridge (1902- )
| | m 1926 Ivy Jane Randall (1903- )
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| | Michael William Eldridge (1933-1998)
| | m 1955 Margaret Rogers (1935-1990)
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| | | Mark W Eldridge ( - )
| | | Michelle Eldridge ( - )
| | | m ( ) Ian Wallace ( - )
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| | | Margaret Louise Wallace ( - )
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| | m ( ) Daphne (Unknown) ( - )
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| Elizabeth Eldridge (1837- )
| Joseph Eldridge (1840- )
| m 1863 Elizabeth Fletcher (1842- )
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| | Sarah Ann Eldridge (1865- )
| | Mary Eldridge (1867- )
| | Elizabeth Eldridge (1868-1946)
| | m 1901 Edward Vaughan Beeson (1875-1947)
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| | | Eric Vaughan Beeson (1907-1965)
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| | Ellen Eldridge (1870- )
| | Minnie Eldridge (1872-1948)
| | m 1899 Noah Pearce (1872-1943)
| | George Eldridge (1874- )
| | Alice Eldridge (1876- )
| | Moses Eldridge (1877-1950)
| | m 1909 Emily Langley (1878-1933)
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| | | Winifred Eldridge (1910- )
| | | Kathleen Eldridge (1913- )
| | | Harry Eldridge (1915- )
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| | William Eldridge (1879- )
| | Lilly Kate Eldridge (1881- )
| | Rosa May Eldridge (1887- )
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| James Eldridge (1843- )
| m 1865 Mary Ann (Unknown) (1839- )
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| | Joseph Eldridge (1866- )
| | George Edward Eldridge (1868- )
| | m 1891 Annie Worley (1872- )
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| | | James Eldridge (1894- )
| | | George Edward Eldridge (1898- )
| | | Rose Winifred Eldridge (1900- )
| | | Frederick Eldridge (1901- )
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| | William Eldridge (1870-1901)
| | m 1894 Charlotte Tarmar (1868- )
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| | | Arthur William Eldridge (1896- )
| | | Daisy Eldridge (1898- )
| | | Cecil Stanley Eldridge (1900-1918)
| | | Mabel Wilhelmina Eldridge (1902- )
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| | Frederick Eldridge (1872- )
| | m 1907 Emily Saunders (1891- )
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| | | Doris Edith Eldridge (1909- )
| | | Frederick W Eldridge (1910- )
| | | Leslie W Eldridge (1913- )
| | | Alice C Eldridge (1915- )
| | | Albert Eldridge (1921- )
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| | Mary Eldridge (1874-1907)
| | m 1896 Thomas Williams (1875- )
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| | | Ralph Eldridge (1893-1940)
| | | m 1916 Sarah Penn (1892-1974)
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| | | | Lily Eldridge (1916-1988)
| | | | m 1939 Cyril William Winch (1917-2001)
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| | | | | Peter W R Winch (1942- )
| | | | | Patricia A Winch (1946- )
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| | | | Sidney Arthur Eldridge (1919-2011)
| | | | m 1941 Joan Rosemary Lacey (1922- )
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| | | | | Christopher J Eldridge (1942- )
| | | | | Patricia C Eldridge (1946- )
| | | | | Phillip A Eldridge (1950- )
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| | | | Freda Eldridge (1921- )
| | | | Leslie Eldridge (1923-2006)
| | | | m ( ) Yoshi Furuya (1932- )
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| | | | | Ken Eldridge ( - )
| | | | | Grace Yoshi Eldridge ( - )
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| | | | Phyllis Eldridge (1925-1992)
| | | | m 1944 Bernard L Franklin ( - )
| | | | Ruby Eldridge (1927-1991)
| | | | m 1953 Thomas W Caple ( - )
| | | | Joan E Eldridge (1928- )
| | | | m 1950 Gerald A P Wright ( - )
| | | | John Ralph Eldridge (1930-1985)
| | | | m 1954 June E Puddephatt (1929- )
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| | | | | Susan D Eldridge (1954- )
| | | | | m 1974 Geoffrey N Sones (1953- )
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| | | | | | Benjamin Carl Sones (1979- )
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| | | | | Anthony J Eldridge (1956- )
| | | | | Jacqueline A Eldridge (1957- )
| | | | | June E Eldridge (1958- )
| | | | | Sharon M Eldridge (1959- )
| | | | | m 1976 Raymond Arthur Rose (1957-1996)
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| | | | | | Tracey Anne Rose (1976- )
| | | | | | Wayne Rose (1980- )
| | | | | | Hannah Rose (1983- )
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| | | | | m 1987 Anthony Lawrence McEwan (1939-2007)
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| | | | | | Charlotte McEwan (1989- )
| | | | | | Laura Jane McEwan (1992- )
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| | | | | Gail L Eldridge (1960- )
| | | | | m 1977 Garry H Tompkins ( - )
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| | | | | | Neil John Tompkins (1978- )
| | | | | | Soriya Bibi Tompkins (1979- )
| | | | | | Katrina Louise Tompkins (1981- )
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| | | | | Angela M Eldridge (1962- )
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| | | | Barbara A Eldridge (1933- )
| | | | Jane Sarah Eldridge (1935-1998)
| | | | m 1961 Jerome Shepherd ( - )
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| | | Albert Edward Williams (1897- )
| | | Sidney Williams (1897- )
| | | Nora Annie Williams (1900- )
| | | Horace Thomas Williams (1902- )
| | | Hilda Florence Williams (1903- )
| | | Lily May Williams (1905- )
| | | Arthur Ernest Williams (1907- )
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| | Ted Eldridge (1877- )
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| John Eldridge (1850- )
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Samuel Aldridge (1811- )
Daniel Aldridge (1813- )
m 1839 Mary Ann Braily (1811-1850)
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| Charlotte Aldridge (1835- )
| Mary Ann Aldridge (1836- )
| William Aldridge (1839- )
| m 1864 Jane Manuel (1843-1919)
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| | William James Aldridge (1865-1910)
| | m 1888 Elizabeth Mary Hedges (1870-1828)
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| | | Walter James Aldridge (1889-1975)
| | | m 1917 Hylene Alma Ethel Sutton (1894-1985)
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| | | | Una May Aldridge (1918- )
| | | | m 1941 Eric Walter Hull (1916- )
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| | | | | Janette Hylene Hull ( - )
| | | | | Roslyn Elizabeth Hull ( - )
| | | | | Cranston Eric Hull ( - )
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| | | | Noel Isabel Aldridge (1920-1970)
| | | | m 1943 William Vincent Collison (1904- )
| | | | Gwendoline Margaret Aldridge (1932-1936)
| | | | Ronald John Aldridge ( - )
| | | | m ( ) Janice Mae Greig ( - )
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| | | | Janine Maree Aldridge ( - )
| | | | m ( ) Bernard James McMinn ( - )
| | | | Narelle Margaret Aldridge ( - )
| | | | m ( ) Rodney Alan Crafter ( - )
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| | | | | Samuel David Crafter ( - )
| | | | | Matthew James Crafter ( - )
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| | | | Cherie Ann Aldridge ( - )
| | | | m ( ) Maxwell John Whitby ( - )
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| | | | Mitchell James Whitby ( - )
| | | | Liam Peter Whitby ( - )
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| | | Elizabeth Mary Aldridge (1892- )
| | | m 1919 Thomas Albert Moffatt ( - )
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| | | | Maxwell John Moffatt (1923- )
| | | | Lola Joyce Moffatt ( - )
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| | | (unknown) Aldridge ( - )
| | | (unknown) Aldridge ( - )
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| | Harriet Aldridge (1869-1952)
| | m 1883 Abraham Edwin Moore (1848-1910)
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| | | Albert Edwin Moore (1884- )
| | | Florence Ada Moore (1886-1946)
| | | William Allan Moore (1888- )
| | | Alfred E Moore (1892- )
| | | Bertha Emily Eileen Moore (1895- )
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| | m 1916 Edwin Heath (1880-1949)
| | Mary Ann Aldridge (1870-1927)
| | (Unknown)
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| | | Florence Ada Aldridge (1887-1887)
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| | m 1898 Garibaldi Becus (1867-1947)
| | (female) Aldridge ( - )
| | Robert Bartlett Aldridge (1876-1950)
| | m 1923 Florence Ethel Cook (1892-1936)
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| | | Jeffrey Ambris Aldridge (1924-1999)
| | | m 1948 Violet Elizabeth Callander (1926- )
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| | | | Kay Maree Aldridge (1949- )
| | | | m ( ) Phillip Lindop (1945- )
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| | | | | Brett Lindop (1974- )
| | | | | Trent Lindop (1976- )
| | | | | Scott Lindop (1978- )
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| | | | Robert Stephen Aldridge (1952- )
| | | | Ian Jeffrey Aldridge (1958- )
| | | | m ( ) Carol Lesley Read ( - )
| | | | m ( ) Linda Jane Pike (1959- )
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| | | | Joshua David Aldridge (1989- )
| | | | Douglas Ian Aldridge (1991- )
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| | | Robert James Aldridge (1925-1975)
| | | m 1947 Patricia Marjorie Jackson (1925-1999)
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| | | | Sallyann Aldridge (1960- )
| | | | m ( ) Stephen Rhys Beckett (1958- )
| | | | m ( ) Glen Owen Heys (1956- )
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| | | | Kate Louise Heyes (1989- )
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| | | Jack Bernard Aldridge (1928-1990)
| | | m ( ) Winifred Julia Wolfe (1923- )
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| | | | Graham Aldridge (1947- )
| | | | Peter Aldridge (1948- )
| | | | David Aldridge (1950- )
| | | | Dawn Aldridge (1952- )
| | | | m ( ) Jeff Saunders ( - )
| | | | Julie Aldridge (1954- )
| | | | Terry Aldridge (1957- )
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| | | m ( ) Yvonne Smith ( - )
| | | William James Aldridge (1936-1936)
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| | Jane Aldridge (1878- )
| | m 1895 George Henry Steele ( - )
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| | | William Edward Steele (1896-1896)
| | | Elsie May Steele (1897- )
| | | Ethel Maud Steele (1899- )
| | | Elaine Ada Steele (1902-1902)
| | | Alma Emma Jane Steele (1904-1905)
| | | Thelma Steele (1906- )
| | | George Arthur Steele (1907- )
| | | Cecil Henry Steele (1910-1910)
| | | Phyllis Doreen Steele (1912-1913)
| | | John Manuel Steele (1914-1914)
| | | Ronald V Steele (1917- )
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| | Agnes Aldridge (1881- )
| | Frederick Aldridge (1882-1944)
| | Arthur Aldridge (1882- )
| | Edwin Ernest Aldridge (1884-1885)
| | Walter Manuel Aldridge (1885-1885)
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| Sarah Aldridge (1841-1842)
| James Aldridge (1842- )
| m ( ) Francis Ann (unknown) (1842- )
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| | Julia Emma Aldridge (1866-1900)
| | m 1890 William Edwin Kentish (1864- )
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| | | William J E Kentish (1900- )
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| | Fanny Aldridge (1872- )
| | Alice A Aldridge (1875- )
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| Mark Aldridge (1844-1845)
| Henry Aldridge (1846-1847)
| John Aldridge (1850-1850)
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Joseph Aldridge (1815- )
m ( ) Mary Ann (unknown) (1823- )
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| Elizabeth Aldridge (1846- )
| m ( ) Henry White (1842- )
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| | Evelin White (1873- )
| | Jessie White (1874- )
| | Sarah White (1876- )
| | Ernest White (1876- )
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| Sarah Ann Aldridge (1850- )
| William Aldridge (1857- )
| m 1879 Ruth Dell (1853- )
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| | Henry Dell (1875- )
| | Johnan Aldridge (1880- )
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| Alfred Aldridge (1860- )
| Charles Aldridge (1865- )
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Matthew Aldridge (1818- )
m 1851 Eliza Collins (1824- )
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| George Aldridge (1847- )
| William Eldridge (1851-1911)
| m 1873 Elizabeth Hoare (1847-1924)
| John Aldridge (1853- )
| Sarah Ann Eldridge (1857- )
| James Eldridge (1859- )
| Joseph Aldridge (1862- )
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James Aldridge (1822- )