ELDRIDGE John
Name | John ELDRIDGE |
Country Of Origin | England |
Born | 1793 |
Died | 1819 |
Birth/Baptism | Bapt. 8 December 1793, Clerkenwell, London |
Parents | John and Rebecca Eldridge (formerly Smith) |
Apprenticeship | unknown |
Skills | Watchmaker, Watch Motion Maker |
Work Locations | No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) |
Trial | July 1817, Central Criminal Court, London |
Sentence | Seven years transportation for stealing a pair of trousers |
Arrival | 11 June 1818 on the convict ship, Lady Castlereagh |
Police Number | 25 |
Other | Possibly from a family line of watchmakers in London. |
Death | 2 December 1819, Launceston
Cause of death: Drowned Burial: 13 December 1819, Launceston |
References | |
Brian Loomes, Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Complete 21st Century Edition, 2006, p243. TAHO: CON31/1/9, CON23/1/1, CON13/1/1 p173, RGD34/1/1 no365 Burial Launceston 1819 [Aldridge]. Web: Ancestry: Parish Registers Reference No: P76/JS1/011 Baptism 1793, New South Wales & Tasmania Convict Musters 1817-1821; Old Bailey Reference t18170702, 1817; Founders & Survivors convict database. |
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