Husband: Henry ALDRIDGE #1398
Born: 16 Apr 1844 in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, UK (see note 1)
Died: 13 Nov 1926 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia
Buried: 27 Nov 1926 in Rockhampton Cemetery, Rockhampton, Qld, Australia
Occupation: Gold miner, butcher, publican, rouseabout
Census: 1841 in Welwyn, Hertford, England, UK (see note 2)
Census: 1851 in Welwyn, Hertford, England, UK (see note 3)
Emigrated: Jul 1859 in To Moreton Bay, Qld, Australia on the Glentanner
Father: William ALDRIDGE #2579
Mother: Mary Anne SMITH #2580
Other spouse 2
Notes
Wife: Harriet PHILLIPS #1399
Married: 16 Jun 1870 in Maryborough, Qld, Australia (see note 4)
Born: C1848 in Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, England, UK
Died: 15 Dec 1892 in Mt Morgan, Qld, Australia (see note 5)
Buried: 16 Dec 1892 in Mt Morgan, Qld, Australia
Emigrated: 15 Apr 1870 in Qld, Australia (see note 6)
Census: 1851 in No 20 Knottisford St, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK (see note 7)
Census: 1861 in No 17 Park St, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK (see note 8)
Father: George PHILLIPS #2874
Mother: Sophia BYGRAVES #2875
Notes
F Child 1: Elizabeth ALDRIDGE #1400
Born: 19 Dec 1871 in Maryborough, Qld, Australia (see note 9)
Died: 3 Jul 1952 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia (see note 10)
Spouse: Charles DOBBS #1403 b. C1871 d. 27 Sep 1944
Married: 18 Jul 1896 in Brisbane, Qld, Australia (see note 11)
F Child 2: Emily Ellen Sophia ALDRIDGE #1401
Born: 20 Jun 1876 in Logan Village, Qld, Australia (see note 12)
Died: 23 Jun 1970 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia
Buried: 24 Jun 1970 in Grave 4 North Rockhampton Cemetery family plot, Rockhampton, Qld, Australia (see note 13)
Spouse: Henry COKER #1397 b. 1 Sep 1868 d. 16 Oct 1924
Married: 31 May 1899 in Methodist Manse, East St, Mt Morgan, Qld, Australia (see note 14)
F Child 3: Henry William ALDRIDGE #1410 Born: 8 Apr 1878 in Qld, Australia (see note 15) Died: 25 Apr 1878 in Qld, Australia (see note 16)
M Child 4: Edward Henry ALDRIDGE #1411
Born: 18 Jun 1880 in The Broughton, Charters Towers, Qld, Australia (see note 17)
Died: 1 Jul 1953 in Tewantin, Qld, Australia (see note 18)
Military: 1900-03 6th Qld (Imperial Bushmen) Regiment (see note 19)
Spouse: Mary Ann RICHARDSON #2881 b. 5 Nov 1883 d. 1917
Spouse: Minnie RABJOHN #4635 b. C1885 d. ?
M Child 5: Walter Burdekin ALDRIDGE #1412
Born: 20 Jul 1882 in Burdekin River Weir, Qld, Australia (see note 20)
Died: 10 Jun 1968 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia
Buried: 12 Jun 1968 in North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld, Australia (see note 21)
Spouse: Margaret Hay SHONHAN #2885 b. C1885 d. ?
Event Notes Note (1) From Henry Aldridge memoirs and IGI
Note (2) In the 1841 census James and Sarah are at the Brickwall Hotel, Digswell, Welwyn, with the following children: Note (3) 1851 census for Fore St, Brick Wall, Welwyn: Note (4) 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)
Note (5) Qld State Library death ref: 92/004270
Note (6) Information from Kevin J. Morton (tekmar@opera.iinet.net.au) Harriet Phillips (20) was a passenger on board the "Maryborough" which sailed from Gravesend England on the 9th December 1869 and arrived in Brisbane Australia on the 15th April 1870, with 114 passengers on board. The "Maryborough" was originally the "Robert Parker" and was renamed on the 10th April 1862 when she was purchased by Baines & Co. of the Blackwall Line.
Note (7) 1851 census for No 20 Knottisford St, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London: Note (8) 1861 census for No 17 Park St, Bethnal Green: Note (9) Qld State Library birth ref: 71/002400
Note (10) Headstone gives Elizabeth's date of death as July 3, 1952
Note (11) Qld State Library marriage ref: 2145.96
Note (12) Qld State Library birth ref: 76/003748
Note (13) Coker family plot at the North Rockhampton Cemetery is in the Church of England area Compartment 3, Section 3. There are eight burials; three each in graves 4, 5 and two in grave 6. Buried in grave 4 are: Arthur Coker 28/2/1945, Emily Ellen Coker 24/6/1970 and Estel Frances Maud Coker 16/1/1886. Note (14) Copy of certficate of marriage I David Boyd being a Methodist Minister do herby certify that I have this day at the Methodist Manse East Mt Morgan duty celebrated marriage between Harry Coker Miner of West Mount Morgan aged 32 years born London Middlesex England Farther James Martin Coker (Note: James Martin Coker was Harry's brother, his father's name was James Thomas Coker) clerk, mother Emily Lee AND Emily Ellen Sophia Aldridge of Shandon Hill, Mr Morgan, spinster aged 22. born Logan in Moreton Shire, Queensland. Father Henry Aldridge miner, mother Harriet Phillips. Witnesses Charles Dobbs and Elizabeth Dobbs. Dated this 31st day of May 1899.
Note (15) Qld State Library birth ref: 78/001464
Note (16) Qld State Library death ref: 78/000809
Note (17) Birth reference 80/003344 Qld State Library
Note (18) Death reference 1953/003146 Qld State Library
Note (19) From Boer War Nominal Roll Database Aldridge, Edward Henry Number: 129 Rank: Private Unit: 6 (QLD IMPERIAL BUSHMEN) CNTGNT State: QLD Murray Page Number: 512 1900-1903.
Note (20) Qld State Library birth ref: 82/003505
Note (21) Buried in the North Rockhampton Cemetery in the Salvation Army area, Compartment 6, Section A, Grave 38
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