ROBERT ELDRIDGE 1828-1873


Robert Eldridge was born at Bethnal Green, London, England on 3 Mar 1828 and baptised the following year on 15 Feb 1829 at Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green. His three elder siblings were later baptised at that Church on 25 Jul 1830. Robert was a shoe maker and he married Mary Ann Slater on 3 May 1847 at Saint Matthew. They had six children all born at Bethnal Green.

From the mid 1860s Robert's wife Mary Ann had a relationship with Frederick Chapman and she married him in 1874 as a widow following the death of Robert in 1873.

Robert's son James joined the Army in March 1878 and was in the 58th Regiment of Foot which departed for South Africa in 1879. In 1881 he was in Mauritius on a special detachment and was discharged sometime after March 1882.


James Eldridge 1859-1948

Updated 14 August 2011


Thomas Eldridge (    -    )
m (    ) Mary (Unknown) (    -    )
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    Mary Eldridge (1819-    )
    Ann Eldridge (1821-    )
    m 1844 William Pedrick (1819-    )
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    |   Hannah Pedrick (1842-    )
    |   John Pedrick (1844-    )
    |   Mary Ann Pedrick (1845-    )
    |   Sarah Pedrick (1849-    )
    |   William Pedrick (1852-    )
    |   Andrew Pedrick (1854-    )
    |   Emma Pedrick (1856-    )
    |   Esther Pedrick (1858-    )
    |   Jane Pedrick (1863-    )
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    Thomas Eldridge (1825-    )
    m 1867 & 1877 Elizabeth Frances Davies (1818-    )
    Robert Eldridge (1828-1873)
    m 1847 Mary Ann Slater (1829-    )
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        Emma Eldridge (1849-    )
        m 1867 William Wyatt (1848-    )
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        |   William Wyatt (1867-1874)
        |   Thomas William Wyatt (1870-    )
        |   Louis Wyatt (1872-    )
        |   Emma Wyatt (1874-    )
        |   Alice Elizabeth Wyatt (1877-    )
        |   Robert Henry Wyatt (1880-    )
        |   Beatrice Maud Wyatt (1882-    )
        |   Florence Wyatt (1884-    )
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        Mary Eldridge (1851-    )
        Elizabeth Eldridge (1853-    )
        Robert Eldridge (1856-    )
        m 1878 Eliza Maria Graves (1857-    )
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        |   Sarah Eliza Eldridge (1876-    )
        |   Eliza Maria Eldridge (1878-    )
        |   George James Eldridge (    -    )
        |   Florence Louisa Eldridge (1880-    )
        |   Robert Eldridge (1882-1944)
        |   m 1903 Florence Dorling (    -    )
        |   |   |
        |   |   Robert Ernest Eldridge (1905-1905)
        |   |   Thomas Robert Eldridge (1913-1986)
        |   |   Florence L Eldridge (1915-    )
        |   |   Patricia E Eldridge (1928-    )
        |   |
        |   Albert William Eldridge (1886-    )
        |   m 1907 Ethel Louisa Bridger (1887-    )
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        |   |   Ethel Rose Eldridge (1908-1911)
        |   |   Lily Eldridge (1910-    )
        |   |   Albert W Eldridge (1914-    )
        |   |   Ernest H Eldridge (1919-    )
        |   |
        |   Arthur Victor Eldridge (1888-    )
        |   Ernest Robert Eldridge (1899-1944)
        |   m 1928 Adelaide Esther Pinkstone (1899-    )
        |       |
        |       Norman P Eldridge (1929-    )
        |       Ruth A Eldridge (1931-    )
        |       Valerie E Eldridge (1934-    )
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        James Eldridge (1859-1948)
        m 1884 Elizabeth Ayres (1862-    )
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        |   Elizabeth Eldridge (1886-    )
        |   James Eldridge (1887-    )
        |   William Eldridge (1893-    )
        |   Hilda Eldridge (1897-1963)
        |   m 1923 Harry John R Weeden (1894-1972)
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        |   |   Mavis Weeden (1926-    )
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        |   Leonard William Eldridge (1904-1960)
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        Thomas Eldridge (1862-    )
        m 1879 Louisa Poundberry (1861-    )
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        |   Henry Thomas William Eldridge (1879-1880)
        |   Thomas Edwin Eldridge (1887-    )
        |   William Eldridge (1889-    )
        |   Frederick Eldridge (1893-1897)
        |   Charlotte Florence Eldridge (1899-1899)
        |   May Pretoria Eldridge (1900-    )
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        Eliza Amelia Eldridge (1864-    )
        m 1884 Thomas Jackson (1863-    )
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            Thomas Jackson (1887-1888)
            William Jackson (1889-    )
            George Frederick Jackson (1893-    )
            Thomas Jackson (1896-    )
            Minnie Eliza Jackson (1901-    )
            John Diprose Jackson (1903-    )
            Lily May Jackson (1906-    )

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