Gordon Joseph ALDRIDGE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Butcher
• _MILT: 1940-1947; Australian Imperial Force
• Residence: 1949, Anna St, Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1954, Anna St, Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1958, Anna St, Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1963, Anna St, Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1972, Anna St, Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1977, 66 Anna St, Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1980, 66 Anna St, Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia

Notes:

_MILT:
ALDRIDGE GORDON JOSEPH : Service Number - QX39198 : Date of birth - 20 May 1918 : Place of birth - CHARTERS TOWERS QLD : Place of enlistment - GROVELY QLD : Next of Kin - ALDRIDGE RUBY

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Buried:
http://austcemindex.com/inscription.php?id=7154989

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Gordon married Ruby Olive MARKWELL on 31 Oct 1942 in St Thomas' Church of England, Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia. Ruby was born on 8 Aug 1914 in Queensland, Australia; died on 22 May 2001 in Queensland, Australia; was buried in May 2001 in Woodhill Cemetery, Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
MARRIAGES ALDRIDGE-MARKWELL. On October 31st, at St. Thomas' Church of England, Beaudesert, by the Rev. Lee Warner, Ruby Olive, second Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Markwell, Wyandra, Beaudesert, to Cpl. Gordon Aldridge, A.I.F., eldest Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Aldridge, Beaudesert.
Family Notices. (1942, November 6). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved July 1, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50120015

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Also Qld BDM:
1942 No. B51788 Gordon Joseph Aldridge and Ruby Olive Markwell

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1. Living
2. Living

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Master butcher
• _FNRL: 15 Aug 1975, Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia

Notes:

Birth:
Qld Historial Indexes: 1888/C005811 Aldridge John son of Thomas & Elizabeth Sandel Rollinson.
Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922: Name: John Aldridge. Birth Date: 5 Aug 1888. Father's Name: Thomas Aldridge. Mother's name: Elizabeth Sandel Rollinson. Birth Place: Queensland. Registration Year: 1888. Registration Place: Queensland. Page Number: 166. Registration number: 005811

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_FNRL:
Funeral notice Brisbane Courier-Mail 14 Aug 1975: ALDRIDGE, John, late of Anne Street, Beaudesert. The relatives and friends of Mr and Mrs Gordon Aldridge, Mr Tom Aldridge, Mr and Mrs Len Yates (Gloria), Mr and Mrs Greg Small (Elva), Mrs Amy Cliff, Mr and Mrs Bob Aldridge and their families and the family of the late May Roberts, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral service of their beloved father, father-in-law, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and uncle, John Aldridge, to be held at St Thomas' Church of England, Beaudesert at 12 noon tomorrow (Friday) August 15th. Cremation service at Mt Thompson Crematorium East Chapel at 2.15pm.

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John married Lillian Martha HALL on 19 Dec 1915 in Albert St, Methodist Church, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Lillian was born on 5 Apr 1884 in Queensland, Australia; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922
Lilian Martha Hall Birth Date 5 Apr 1884 Birth Place Queensland Registration Year 1884 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Father Joseph Hall Mother Jane Hampson Page number 5941 Registration Number 002566.

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Notes:

Married:
ALDRIDGE-HALL - On 19th instant, at Albert-street Methodist Church, by the Rev G. E. Rowe, Mr John Aldridge, eldest son of Mr T Aldridge, of Charters Towers, to Miss Lillian Martha Hall, third daughter of the late Joseph Hall, Brisbane.
Family Notices. (1915, December 31). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864-1933), p. 6. Retrieved March 3, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20053324

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Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950: Name: Lilian Martha Hall. Spouse Name: John Aldridge. Marriage Date: 18 Dec 1915. Marriage Place: Queensland. Registration Place: Queensland. Registration Year: 1915. Registration number: B 017908. Page Number: 797

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Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 134688309
• Residence: 1905, Racecourse Rd, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
• _FNRL: 26 May 1933, K.M.Smith Funeral Parlour, Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Probate: May 1934, Newspaper notice

Notes:

Birth:
No birth record for Thomas but he appears to have been born not long after the Aldridge family arrived in Australia as his age is given as 53 in 1915 on his mother's death certificate

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Residence:
Found in Post Office directory for several years from 1905 at Racecourse Rd, Charters Towers

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_FNRL:
Aldridge - The relatives and friends of Mr and Mrs Jack Aldridge, Beaudesert, Mr and Mrs Bob Aldridge, Brisbane, Mrs and Mrs C Goodwin, Beaudesert, Mr and Mrs A. Roberts, Mr and Mrs A Cliffe, Mr and Mrs Joe Hall, Mrs and Mrs Jim Williamson, all of Brisbane, and Mrs James Rollinson, Allandale Station, are invited to attend the funeral of their beloved father, father-in-law, brother and brother-in-law, Thomas Aldridge, late of Charters Towers, to move from the funeral parlour, Wickam Street, Valley, this Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock to the Lutwyche Cemetery. K.M.Smith funeral director.

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Probate:
Aldridge, Thomas, formerly Yarraman Park, near Charters Towers, late Brisbane, retired station manager May 25, 1933; Joseph Hall, Tenneriffe, retired storekeeper, and John Aldridge Beaudesert, master butcher, P ?884.
PROBATES GRANTED. (1934, May 24). The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1930 - 1956), p. 31. Retrieved January 20, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70565349

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Thomas married Elizabeth Sandall ROLLINSON on 13 Aug 1887 in Broughton, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia. Elizabeth was born on 8 Aug 1868 in Gympie, Queensland, Australia; died on 26 Mar 1932 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; was buried on 28 Mar 1932 in Lutwyche Cemetery, Kedron, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 134688124

Notes:

Birth:
Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922: Name: Elizabeth Sandall Rollinson. Birth Date: 8 Aug 1868. Father's Name: Robert Rollinson. Mother's name: Lydia Gorton. Birth Place: Queensland. Registration Year: 1868. Registration Place: Queensland. Page Number: 12782. Registration number: 001902

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Died:
From Qld HIstorical Index: Death 1932/16868 Elizabeth Sandall Aldridge dau of Robert Rollinson and Lydia Gorton

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Notes:

Married:
Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950: Name: Elizabath Sandall Rollinson. Spouse Name: Thomas Aldridge. Marriage Date: 13 Aug 1887
Marriage Place: Queensland. Registration Place: Queensland. Registration Year: 1887. Registration number: 001004
Page Number: 12782

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carrier, publican, labourer
• Census: 1841, Welwyn, Hertford, England, UK
• Census: 1851, Welwyn, Hertford, England, UK
• Emigration: Jul 1859, To Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia on the Glentanner

Notes:

It seems that William and Elizabeth had another son, Thomas, born around 1861 but no record for him despite being mentioned in Henry Aldridge's memoirs. He obviously was born when they lived in Drayton, Toowoomba. After William died in Australia, Elizabeth married a John Hall with whom she had at least two children: Elizabeth (1865/C001745 Hall Elizabeth daughter of John and Elizabeth Lovett) and William Joseph (1873/C000807 Hall William Joseph son of John Hall and Elizabeth Lovel)

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Census:
In the 1841 census James and Sarah are at the Brickwall Hotel, Digswell, Welwyn, with the following children:
George 20, William ?, Sarah 16, Henry 15, Mary ?, Edward 5

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Census:
1851 census for Fore St, Brick Wall, Welwyn:
William Aldridge, head, aged 32, beershopkeeper, born Stevenage
Mary A Aldridge, wife, aged 38, born Welwyn
Henry Aldridge, son, aged 6, scholar, born Welwyn
William Smith stepson, unm, aged 16, app shoemaker, born Marleybone, Middlesex
William Smith, father-in-law, aged 66, pauper (formerly thatcher), born Offley, Herts

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Died:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Death registration: William Aldridge
Death date: 04/01/1861
Mother's name: Sarah Aldridge Father/parent's name: James Aldridge
Registration details: 1861/C/50

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Death cert shows William died aged 41 years of liver disease

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William married Elizabeth LOVETT on 17 Sep 1855 in Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, England, UK. Elizabeth was born on 5 Jul 1827 in Middlesex, England, UK; died on 12 Jun 1915 in District Hospital, Charters Towers, Qld, Aust. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: Jul 1859, To Moreton Bay, Qld, Australia on the Glentanner

Notes:

After William died, Elizabeth married a John Hall with whom she had at least two children: Elizabeth (1865/C001745 Hall Elizabeth daughter of John and Elizabeth Lovett) and William Joseph (1873/C000807 Hall William Joseph son of John Hall and Elizabeth Lovett)
On the 1851 census there is an Elizabeth Lovett aged 23, dressmaker, born Clerkenwell, Middlesex, living with her parents John and Elizabeth at Islington, Middlesex

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Birth:
According to wedding cert, her father James was a gardener but, according to death cert, she was the daughter of James Lovett hotel keeper and Elizabeth Fox (Buck in other ancestry trees). Another confusing piece of information is that when she married, she was unable to write but, four years later when the family arrived in Australia, the entry says she could both read and write.

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Died:
Death certificate No A8188

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Notes:

Married:
1855 marriages in the Trinity Church, Marylebone, Middlesex: No 338, 17 Sep 1855, William Aldridge, full aged, widower, licensed victualler, of Norton Green, son of James Aldridge, licensed victualler and Elizabeth Lovett, full aged, spinster, of Trinity District, dau of James Lovett, gardener. Signed William Aldridge and mark of Elizabeth Lovett.

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