Albert Eldridge was born at Challock, Kent England. He married Ellen Histed on 29 Nov 1869 at Charing, Kent. She was born at Charing the daughter of Amy Histed who later married George Brisley in 1855. On the 1881 census Albert is shown as an agricultural labourer age 33 and Ellen as age 30 and they were living at Stockers Head, Charing with their seven children and Ellen's brother Richard Brisley.
Their son Joseph Eldridge and his wife Elizabeth Emma Chapman and daughter Esther Phyllis migrated to Australia in 1960 on the Oriana. They lived at Swansea, New South Wales. Elizabeth Emma died on 6 Dec 1961 and Joseph died on 2 Jan 1964.
A grand-daughter of Albert, Margaret Fibbens, nee Eldridge, and her family migrated to Australia in 1958.
William Eldridge, eldest brother of Albert, was born at Gouldhurst, Kent where their parents had married on 21 Apr 1828. He married Celia Crackett in 1850 at Challock, Kent and their children Emma, George Richard, Harriet and William are known to have migrated to Australia.
- Emma and her husband Richard Marsden are mentioned in the 1918 will of Emma's brother George Richard as being of South Australia when he left part of his estate to their eldest son William Edward, his sole Executor. William Edward Marden was a grocer of Sydney, New South Wales when the will was proved in the Supreme Court of Tasmania on 18 Jul 1927.
- George Richard Eldridge, a farmer of Carnarvon Tasmania, made a will on 12 May 1918. His wife Elizabeth had died at Hobart on 18 Jan 1918. He was still a farmer and was late of Carnarvon when he died on 10 Jun 1927. He left his estate to his nephew William Edward Marsden, eldest son of Richard and Emma Marsden of South Australia and his sisters Harriet Seex, of VIC and Celia Clark of London.
- Harriet married Edward Seex on 9 Jan 1887 and the marriage was registered at West Ashford. Edward was a baker born at Hackney, Middlesex, England and he was living with his employer at 1 Circus Rd, St Marylebone, London on the 1881 census. They migrated to Australia, probably with their son William Edward and were in Tasmania for the birth of their son George on 3 Feb 1889 and daughter Harriet Celia on 11 Feb 1890. The family then moved to Victoria where a further three children were born. On the birth of their daughter Nina at Sydney Road, Coburg, VIC on 27 Apr 1896 Edward was shown as baker age 40 born London and Harriet as age 32 born Ashford, England. Edward died in 1921 at Prahran VIC and Harriet in 1940 at Caufield VIC aged 77 and her father was shown as William Eldridge.
- William married Annie Farrell at the Holy Trinity Rectory, Yackandandah, Victoria on 21 Nov 1913. She was born at Bally McWard, County Galway, Ireland the daughter of John Farrell and Bridget Tyrrell. William was a licensed victualler of Wodonga VIC and on his marriage he is shown as age 40 born Ashford, Kent the son of William Eldridge, a gardener and Celia Marsden. He died at Wodonga in 1928 and Annie died at the District Hospital, Albury NSW on 22 Jun 1945. They did not have any children.
George Alfred Eldridge, a 3rd removed cousin of Albert, and his wife Sophia both migrated to Australia. He departed London in 1926 destined for Melbourne. They both died at Bentleigh Victoria, Sophia in July 1979 and George Alfred on 30 Jun 1982. On the registration of the death of George he is shown as having married at age 33 and was without issue.
Elizabeth Eldridge, John Spicer, Winifred Spicer nee Eldridge,
John Cyril Eldridge and James Charles Eldridge
Elizabeth Emma Eldridge
nee Chapman with son Joseph
and her husband Joseph Eldridge
circa 1915 to right
Updated 31 January 2012