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Walter Burdekin ALDRIDGE

Walter Burdekin ALDRIDGE

Male 1882 - 1968  (85 years)


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  • Name Walter Burdekin ALDRIDGE 
    Birth 20 Jul 1882  Burdekin River, near Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1882 births in the district of Kennedy, in the Colony of Queensland
      3505/2257 20 Jul 1882 at Burdekin River near Charters Towers, Walter Burdekin, male, Father Henry Aldridge, butcher, aged 36, born Wellwyn*, Herts, England. Married 16 Jun 1870 at Maryborough, Queensland. Living Elizabeth 10, Emma Ellen Sophia 6, Edward Henry 2, one male deceased. Mother Harriett formerly Phillips, aged 32, born London, Middlesex, England. Certified in writing by Henry Aldridge, father, Burdekin River.
      *Welwyn is correct spelling
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1908  Liontown, Kennedy, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Residence 1908  Liontown, Charters Towers, Dalrymple, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Residence 1912  Struck Oil, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Occupation 1913 
    Butcher 
    Residence 1913  Rocklands Station, Camooweal, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Occupation 1925 
    Grocer, butcher 
    Residence 1925  Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Occupation 1926 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1926  Bouldercombe, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Residence 1930  Hop Wah Rd, Cairns, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Occupation 1934 
    Cane farmer 
    Residence 1937  Clare Rd, Ayr, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Occupation 1943 
    Farmer at Slacks Creek, Logan 
    Residence 1943  Brandon, Ayr, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Residence 1943  Slacks Creek, Logan, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Residence 1949  Boolburra, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Residence 1949-1963  Kabra, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    _FGRAVE 160441677 
    Death 9 Jun 1968  Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
      Death registration: Walter Burdekin Aldridge Death date: 09/06/1968 Mother's name: Harriet Phillips Father/parent's name: Henry Aldridge Registration details:1968/C/1721
    Burial 12 Jun 1968  North Rockhampton Cemetery, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Buried in the North Rockhampton Cemetery in the Salvation Army area, Compartment 6, Section A, Grave 38
      ALDRIDGE Walter Burdekin M 85 Sunday, 9 June 1968 Wednesday, 12 June 1968 SALV G A 38
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    Notes 
    • He was known as Bert and had a reputation for not treating women well, according to several of his nieces, daughters of his brother Ted.
      Family information suggests that Bert (sometimes spelt Burt) had relationships apart from his marriage to Margaret Shonhan.
      In 1908, there is a Johannah Aldridge seemingly in the same household as Bert in Liontown, Charters Towers.
      There is no recorded marriage for Bert other than the one with Margaret, so it is assumed his other relationships were common-law arrangements which are, of course, common these days but not so much 100 years past.
      Bert is found with Margaret in 1930 and again in 1937, so it is assumed they separated before 1943.
      In 1927, Margaret took over as licensee of the Royal Hotel, Bouldercombe, near Rockhampton; the previous licensee was her father-in-law Henry Aldridge.
      By 1954, Bert is back at Kabra, near Rockhampton, with a Lily Aldridge in the same household. Her maiden name was Lily Morgan and they married in 1951 at Kabra Salvation Army Church. https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
      Birth registration: Lily Morgan Birth date: 26/07/1908 Mother's name: Sarah Jane Colls Father/parent's name: Alfred Morgan
      Registration details: 1908/C/8516

      Bert is buried with Lily. She died in January 1995.
      Lily Aldridge kept in touch with the Coker family and, for many years, taught Sunday School at Kabra.
    Person ID I1412  Warren Nunn's family tree
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2023 

    Father Henry ALDRIDGE,   b. 16 Apr 1844, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1926, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Harriet PHILLIPS,   b. Jan 1848, Pancras, London, Middlesex, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1892, Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Marriage 16 Jun 1870  Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Reference 1870/C316: No 569, 16 June 1870, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
      Henry ALDRIDGE, bachelor, born Hertfordshire, England, miner, aged 23, address Maryborough, son of William ALDRIDGE (publican) and Mary Ann Smith.
      AND Harriett PHILLIPS, spinster, born London, Middlesex, England, domestic, aged 21, address Maryborough, dau of George PHILLIPS (lint manufacturer) and Sophia Bygraves at Office of the District Registrar and Maryborough. Witnesses: William Archer and Emily Archer. (NOTE: Henry gives their surname as Akers in his memoirs)

      Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser (Qld. : 1860 - 1947), Saturday 18 June 1870, page 2
      MARRIED. On the 16th of June instant, by Mr. J. H. Stevens, Registrar of Marriages, Maryborough, Mr. Henry Aldridge to Miss Harriet Phillips, both of Maryborough. The Chronicle. SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1870.
    Family ID F363  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Hay SHONHAN,   b. 31 Oct 1888, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1974, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 30 Sep 1908  Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Doris May ALDRIDGE,   b. 26 Apr 1909, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1987, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F781  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2025 

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