WILLIAM ELDRIDGE 1831-????


William Eldridge was born at Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England around 1831. The 1841 census at Kings Lynn shows a Jane Eldridge 25, George Eldridge 20, an engraver and William Eldridge 10. It is unknown as to whether Jane or another person is his mother.

William was a printer compositor who moved to London and married Harriet Prior on 9 Sep 1855 at Stepney, London, England and they lived at Hackney. No fathers details are shown on his marriage registration and Illegitimate written.

Their daughter-in-law Lizzie Eldridge and her daughter Trixie Eldridge migrated to Canada on the Empress of Scotland arriving at Quebec on 4 Oct 1925. Her sons Ernest Walter and Douglas Frederick had earlier migrated to Canada, in 1906 and 1909 respectively, as part of the child emigration movement and they both married in Ontario, Canada.

George Eldridge was shown as an engraver of full age when he married Harriet Clayden on 5 May 1842 at The independent Chapel, Kings Lynn Union, Norfolk. No father's name and rank or profession is shown for George or Harriet.

Updated 30 September 2011


Elizabeth Eldridge (    -    )
(Unknown)
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    (female) Eldridge (    -    )
    (unknown)
    |   |
    |   William Eldridge (1831-    )
    |   m 1855 Harriet Prior (1831-    )
    |       |
    |       William Henry Eldridge (1856-    )
    |       m 1890 Eliza Louie Starling (1865-    )
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    |       |   Lily Emily Eldridge (1891-    )
    |       |   Leonard Henry Eldridge (1893-1955)
    |       |   m 1918 Edith Draper (    -    )
    |       |   |   |
    |       |   |   Leonard Alexander Eldridge (1921-1989)
    |       |   |   m 1944 Florence M Williams (    -    )
    |       |   |   Ronald R Eldridge (1925-    )
    |       |   |   m 1949 Ada E L Budd (    -    )
    |       |   |   |   |
    |       |   |   |   Margaret J Eldridge (1951-    )
    |       |   |   |   Linda J Eldridge (1961-    )
    |       |   |   |
    |       |   |   Audrey E Eldridge (1931-    )
    |       |   |   m 1960 (Unknown) Hibbert (    -    )
    |       |   |       |
    |       |   |       Neil R Hibbert (1962-    )
    |       |   |       Karen Paula Hibbert (1968-    )
    |       |   |
    |       |   Gladys Dorothy Eldridge (1896-    )
    |       |   Victor William Eldridge (1897-1899)
    |       |   Ivy Jane Eldridge (1901-    )
    |       |   Albert William Eldridge (1909-    )
    |       |
    |       Agnes Amelia Eldridge (1858-    )
    |       Walter James Eldridge (1859-    )
    |       m 1888 Lizzie Agnes Arles (1861-    )
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    |       |   Ernest Walter Eldridge (1890-    )
    |       |   m 1915 Edna Irena Bates (1894-    )
    |       |   Douglas Frederick Eldridge (1894-    )
    |       |   m 1921 Eva Bella Campbell (1895-    )
    |       |   Maguerite Dorothy Eldridge (1897-    )
    |       |   Constance Jessie Eldridge (1897-    )
    |       |   Trixie Kathleen Eldridge (1899-    )
    |       |
    |       Robert George Eldridge (1861-    )
    |       m 1888 Mary Eliza Frances Brunyee (1862-    )
    |       |   |
    |       |   Hilda Mary Eldridge (1889-    )
    |       |   Leslie Brunyee Eldridge (1890-    )
    |       |   Douglas Roy Eldridge (1893-1893)
    |       |   Cyril Robert B Eldridge (1895-    )
    |       |   Marjorie Kathleen Eldridge (1898-    )
    |       |   Eric Aubrey Eldridge (1899-1986)
    |       |
    |       Harriet Jane Eldridge (1864-    )
    |       Jessie Eleanor Eldridge (1867-    )
    |       Annie Mabel Eldridge (1870-    )
    |       m 1894 Arthur Graham Nixon (1873-    )
    |           |
    |           Phyllis Nixon (1894-    )
    |           Norman Nixon (1896-    )
    |           Iris Nixon (1899-    )
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    Jane Eldridge (1817-    )
    George Eldridge (1818-    )
    m 1842 Harriet Claydon (1809-    )
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        George William Alchizauk Eldridge (1843-    )
        m 1868 Elizabeth Woods (1844-    )
        |   |
        |   Harriett Elizabeth Eldridge (1873-    )
        |   m 1895 Frederick William Hall (1867-    )
        |   |   |
        |   |   Percy William Hall (1896-    )
        |   |   George Dundonald Hall (1900-    )
        |   |
        |   Caroline Eldridge (1875-    )
        |   m 1897 Arthur William Cozens (1874-    )
        |       |
        |       Grace Mary Cozens (1898-    )
        |       Lilian Maud Cozens (1900-    )
        |       Gladys May Cozens (1903-    )
        |       Elsie Cozens (1905-    )
        |       Daisy Cozens (1906-    )
        |       Wilfred Arthur William Cozens (1908-    )
        |       Irene Bessie Cozens (1910-    )
        |       Olive M Cozens (1912-    )
        |       Vera D Cozens (1913-    )
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        m (    ) Elizabeth Annie Smith (1852-    )
        |   |
        |   Annie Eldridge (1890-    )
        |   Elsie Eldridge (1893-1893)
        |   Hilda Eldridge (1893-1893)
        |   Daisy Eldridge (1894-    )
        |
        Jane Elizabeth Eldridge (1844-    )
        m 1871 Robert Howlett (    -    )
        Henry John Eldridge (1847-1847)

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