William Eldridge was born at Cocking, Sussex, England. He was of Tichfield, Hampshire when he married Elizabeth Ayling at West Dean, Sussex on 10 Nov 1814. Elizabeth was of that parish.
William was living with his daughter Emily at West Dean on the 1841 census and was living with her at West Dean on the 1851 census when she was married with one child. On the 1861 census William was living with his son William, who was a widower with three children, with his widowed elder sister Elizabeth also living in his household.
It is thought that William may be related to William Eldridge, baptised at nearby Easebourne in 1794, who married at Cocking in 1817 and later migrated with his family to South Australia in 1838.
Updated 3 August 2024
William Eldridge (1783-1862) m 1810 Elizabeth Ayling (1789- ) | Elizabeth Eldridge Ayling (1809- ) m ( ) (Unknown) Cleary ( - ) Harriet Eldridge (1811-1882) m 1840 Jack Frogbrook (1817-1890) | | | Lucy Frogbrook (1842- ) | John William Frogbrook (1845-1918) | Fanny Frogbrook (1847-1910) | Elizabeth Frogbrook (1850- ) | William Eldridge (1813-1886) m 1841 Mary Sharp ( - ) m 1848 Harriet Nash (1825-1856) | | | John Eldridge (1851-1908) | m 1870 Mary Jane Trask (1851-1920) | | | | | Mary Ann Eldridge (1870-1936) | | m 1891 Budd Russell (1862-1923) | | | | | | | William Budd Russell (1892-1893) | | | Mary Russell (1893- ) | | | Gladys Russell (1897- ) | | | Elizabeth Harriett Russell (1899- ) | | | Edith Nellie Russell (1900-1901) | | | Louisa Russell (1903- ) | | | Percy John Russell (1904- ) | | | Arthur George Russell (1906- ) | | | Emily Lottie Russell (1909- ) | | | Alfred E Russell (1905- ) | | | | | Harriett Eldridge (1871-1967) | | m 1899 Arthur George Desborough (1870-1946) | | | | | | | Pretoria Elizabeth Desborough (1900-1988) | | | m 1924 William Norman Eldridge (1900-1971) | | | Arthur Ernest Desborough (1902-1918) | | | Olive Mary Desborough (1904-1994) | | | Gladys May Desborough (1906-2002) | | | Edith Ida Desborough (1907-1987) | | | Charles John Budd Desborough (1910-1994) | | | Alfred Thomas George Desborough (1910-1977) | | | Margherita Irene Desborough (1912-1991) | | | Reginald Clifford Desborough (1914-1974) | | | Vernon John Desborough (1918-1988) | | | | | Elizabeth Eldridge (1873- ) | | William Eldridge (1875-1962) | | m 1897 Evelyn Maude Flett (1872-1947) | | | | | | | William Norman Eldridge (1900-1971) | | | m 1924 Pretoria Elizabeth Desborough (1900-1988) | | | | | | | | | Joan M Eldridge (1926- ) | | | | John W Eldridge (1927- ) | | | | Peter George Eldridge (1936- ) | | | | m 1963 Iris Riddle (1939- ) | | | | | | | | | | | Denise Gay Eldridge (1965- ) | | | | | | | | | Darrell A Eldridge (1936-1937) | | | | | | | Charles John Eldridge (1906-1974) | | | m 1931 Jeanetta Goodall Strachan (1909-2001) | | | Frederick James Eldridge (1907-1987) | | | | | Frederick John Eldridge (1878-1941) | | m 1906 Ida Maud Thoy (1887- ) | | | | | | | John Henry Charles Eldridge (1907- ) | | | Dorothy Maud Eldridge (1909- ) | | | m 1932 Ronald William Cawdeary (1907- ) | | | Cyril Frederick Eldridge (1911-1958) | | | m 1955 Marie Teresa Moore (1916- ) | | | | | | | | | Valerie Ida Eldridge (1949- ) | | | | Brenda Kathleen Eldridge (1950- ) | | | | Patricia Ann Eldridge (1954- ) | | | | | | | Florence Olive May Eldridge (1913- ) | | | m 1936 Harold Stanley Sell (1912- ) | | | | | George Eldridge (1880-1921) | | Maria Eldridge (1882- ) | | Lucy Eldridge (1885-1898) | | Samuel Joseph Eldridge (1886-1896) | | Emily Eldridge (1888- ) | | m 1911 Ernest Pennecot Holden (1882- ) | | | | | | | Harriet M Holden (1913- ) | | | | | James Eldridge (1890- ) | | m 1912 Mabel Alice Shier (1891- ) | | | | | | | Francis John Eldridge (1913-2001) | | | Leslie Victor C Eldridge (1918-1987) | | | | | Samuel Eldridge (1892-1980) | | m 1913 Bertha Margaret Sheppard (1894-1978) | | | | | Annie M E Eldridge (1913- ) | | m 1934 Leslie Chandler ( - ) | | | | | | | Evelyn M Chandler (1938- ) | | | Doreen May Chandler (1943-1982) | | | | | Ida Irene Eldridge (1921-1996) | | m 1944 Reginald W Miles (1911-1965) | | | | | | | Peter L J Miles (1946- ) | | | | | m 1971 Roy L Stockman ( - ) | | Vincent James Eldridge (1922-1986) | | m 1946 Gladys Grace Southard (1924-1991) | | | | | Wendy E Eldridge (1948- ) | | m 1972 Robin G Botting (1946- ) | | | | | Claire Louise Botting (1974- ) | | | William Eldridge (1853- ) | Maria Eldridge (1855-1879) | Lucy Eldridge (1815-1874) m 1846 James Organ (1814-1852) m 1854 Richard Larby (1809-1879) Emily Eldridge (1817- ) m 1847 Richard Hughes (1818- ) | Elizabeth Hughes (1849- ) Louisa Hughes (1854- ) Charles Hughes (1855- )