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10 Jun 2018 09:05 |
I am in England and looking for members of the family of ELDRIDGE I used to know who left here in 1948 on the Mooltan and landed in Fremantle, Australia. My mother was their cousin. The children were June and Jeffery and were in their teens at the time. The family possibly stayed around Perth?
Surnames of spouses in the next generation: - ANDERSON, McDANIEL and PERRET-CLAPHAM.
Any contacts please? I only have these details from one family tree online. Thanks for any current information - Alison Little
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10 Jun 2018 10:03 |
As it might help to know dates of birth - those of June & Jeffery edited as they may still be living. From National Archives of Australia record search, Immigration & Naturalisation http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/search/
ELDRIDGE Tilden Theodore born 13 August 1901; Constance Maud (nee Davies) born 1 August 1898; June Constance born 1932; Jeffrey Theodore William born 1934; departing UK under the Ex-servicemens Free Passage Scheme
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10 Jun 2018 10:17 |
Assuming they remained in Western Australia, there is a problem searching for BMD. According to the WA government site, online records are only available for the following years
BIRTHS (1841-1932) DEATHS (1841-1971) MARRIAGES (1841-1936)
http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx
I've a suspicion that Ancestry is playing up at the moment as the only record for Tilden is when his family arrived. Could he have been known by another name or a diminutive?
Have you messaged the people who have supplied the additional surnames? Have you checked All Members Trees on this site? Select that option from the drop down Search menu, top right of the page.
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10 Jun 2018 10:20 |
Jeffrey was still in WA as of 2003 https://abr.business.gov.au/AbnHistory/View/63820336048
The main business location was WA 6056. Looking on the White Pages online phone book, there is an entry for a J S Eldridge with the same code. Could they be related or is just a coincidence?
https://www.whitepages.com.au/
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10 Jun 2018 10:29 |
A GR member, Valerie, lives in Australia. She's very good at winkling out records. Lets hope she spots this thread and can assist!
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10 Jun 2018 10:38 |
Found this | Tilden Theodore Eldridge (1901-1974) m 1929 Constance Maud Davies (1898-1987) June Constance Eldridge (1932- ) m 1952 Robert Warden Anderson (1929- ) | David Warden Anderson (1953- ) Carolyn June Anderson (1955- ) Sally Joan Anderson (1956- ) Pauline Margaret Anderson (1958- ) Eric Robert Anderson (1962- ) Keith George Anderson (1962-1967) Jeffrey Theodore William Eldridge (1934- ) m 1970 Susan Margo McDaniel ( - ) | Evan Tilden Eldridge (1971- ) m ( ) Gemma Fraser ( - ) http://members.iinet.net.au/~rgkje/eldridge/we3.html#tte
Scroll to the bottom & you'll see an email address for the site owner. Send him a message to see if he can provide further details. It may turn out that he's only compiled it from other online trees.
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10 Jun 2018 10:50 |
Thanks for quick response, +++DetEcTive+++!
All I have in Australia came from this tree: http://members.iinet.net.au/~rgkje/eldridge/we3.html - Apart from one death in 1967 of child Keith Eldridge.
The owner of this tree, a 'one name' research, I think is unlikely to know any more than he says in the first paragraphs...... Tilden is obviously a family first name.
We knew the parents as Connie and Theo. 'Jeffery Theodore William' is right in 2003, but no contact?
I have messaged an Evan Eldridge on GR but no answer yet. And, I think Constance is possibly still alive. (No death found...85?)
Thanks again - Alison
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10 Jun 2018 10:54 |
We crossed! I have met a one name researcher and I think they tend to have tunnel vision...no insult intended, but not much outside the box! I will try Robert if this gets to one of those brick walls....Alison
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10 Jun 2018 11:00 |
http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/results.php
Summary Of Record Information
First Name TILDEN THEODORE Application Number Last Name ELDRIDGE Names are only recorded in capitals KC00046466 Karrakatta Cremation Aged (Years) 73 Date of Death 16/10/1974 Suburb SWAN VIEW Ashes Request TAKEN BY FUNERAL DIRECTOR AT KARRAKATTA CEMETERY Completed yes ............
First Name CONSTANCE MAUD Application Number Last Name ELDRIDGE Names are only recorded in capitals KC00088358 Karrakatta Cremation Aged (Years) 88 Date of Death 05/06/1987 Suburb DIANELLA Ashes Request TAKEN BY ADMINISTRATOR AT KARRAKATTA CEMETERY Completed yes .............
First Name KEITH GEORGE Application Number Last Name ANDERSON Names are only recorded in capitals MB00003083 Midland Burial Aged (Years) 4 Date of Death 07/02/1967 Suburb HERNE HILL Grave Location MIDLAND CEMETERY Cemetery ANGLICAN Area or Denomination I Section 0048 Gravesite Grant Number M0002183 Grantee ROBERT WARDEN ANDERSON Grant Status EXPIRED At today's date Expiry 02/07/2012 ** ....
They're all so long ago that its not worth contacting the crematorium/cemetery or funeral directors. Although they wouldn't give out contact addresses, there's an outside chance they'd pass on a letter.
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10 Jun 2018 11:19 |
Not what you're after, but may be of general interest??
Electrical Engineering Apprentices & Trainees, 1902-1934 Transcription First name(s) Tilden Theodore Last name Eldridge Year 1923 Residence C/o. British Power Railway Signal Co., Slough, Bucks Country England Notes 1923-26: College Apprentice: Special Trainee Category Education & work Subcategory Apprentices Collections from England, Great Britain ............
1939 Register Davies Household (5 People) "thornton" Off Hope Street , Wrexham R.D., Denbighshire, Wales
FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER William Davies 19 Oct 1865 Male Colliery Saleman Ret Married 253 1 Harriet Julia Davies 07 Dec 1870 Female Unpaid Domestiv Wor Married 253 2 Constance M Eldridge 01 Aug 1898 Female Unpaid Domestiv Wor Married 253 3 Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record. Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.
Possibly Constance living with her parents - the closed records are likely to be June & Jeffrey. No sign of Tilden, unless he was in the Forces?
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10 Jun 2018 11:37 |
Valerie might suggest you contact the Ask a Librarian service - hyperlink on this page http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/contact-us
Assuming they are permitted under their privacy laws, they could look up Jeffery's entry on the current ER.
If they have access to the business record refered to in https://abr.business.gov.au/AbnHistory/View/63820336048 they might be able to release the address.
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10 Jun 2018 12:04 |
Great! :-) I didn't know about Theo being a special trainee in Slough, although I have found lots of electoral roll records later in Australia and I knew he was a railway engineer. I will add this to his life file.
And although I have lots of information about Wales, the 1939 records weren't available when I was doing that! I can add this in the right places too.
And I will try the other contacts.
Many thanks - Alison Back later....
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10 Jun 2018 12:06 |
PS - Tilden/Theo was in the forces, became Lt, but I only have a record from the Gazette, and of course they never said where.... Alison
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10 Jun 2018 12:07 |
PPS sorry to hear that Connie is no longer alive....
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10 Jun 2018 12:45 |
If Connie were alive, she'd be approaching her 120th birthday :-D :-D
Re the business link for Jeffrey. As it became inactive in 2003, could he have retired? Although hopefully he is living, he'd now be aged 84. Similarly June will be about 86. Even when the people are our contemporaries, we do sometimes have to 'do the math'.
As you have a number of addresses, either from ER or correspondence, the Ask the Librarian might be able to trace them forward.
It seem's June's husband has also died Summary Of Record Information
First Name ROBERT WARDEN Application Number Last Name ANDERSON Names are only recorded in capitals KC00182844 Karrakatta Cremation Aged (Years) 82 Date of Death 17/07/2011 Suburb DIANELLA Ashes Request TAKEN BY ADMINISTRATOR AT KARRAKATTA CEMETERY Completed yes
Try contacting the cemetery http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/ They might be willing to give you the name of the funeral director who could facilitate contact with the person who arranged the funeral.
There a couple of entries for a J C Anderson on the whitepages, although I've no idea where the places are in relation to Karrakatta/Dianella suburb. Might the Librarian service tell you if the J C's were June Constance??
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10 Jun 2018 13:00 |
Tilden's military records would be with the MOD. Should you be so inclined, you could order a copy for £30. Don't worry about not having a service no. as you already have his DOB. They could take a number of months to arrive.
http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/service_records.html
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11 Jun 2018 03:54 |
Hi Alison ....(I've just come 'on board') 'yes' I recommend the 'Ask a Librarian' service provided by the 'West Aus State Library' (on-line).
So ...I have just sent in a request for current address for 'Jeffrey Theordore' ..will p.m. you when it arrives.
Our 'White Pages' show only one initial - so need to check full name on electoral roll.
Valerie WAus
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11 Jun 2018 08:32 |
Hello and thanks, Valerie - I can't answer properly now as I have to go out, that Monday morning feeling here - back later - Alison
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11 Jun 2018 08:49 |
Thanks, Valerie :-D
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11 Jun 2018 14:10 |
Valerie - I have found a Mrs J Anderson in the white pages:
But I'm stuck on looking at the electoral rolls, some are not open to me, and can one get the current records?
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