Born in Brightlingsea, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Benjamin Steady
and Jane Ann (Denney) Steady
Sister of
Florence Ellen (Steady) Lee, Daisy Jane (Steady) Orrin, Jim Steady, Lily May Steady, Bertie Steady and Benjamin Steady
Wife of
Arthur Harry Eldridge
— married
1918 in Tendring, Essex
Died
at age 75
in Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Jul 2019
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Biography
Dora (Steady) Eldridge was born in Essex, England.
- FamilySearch profile
- Day girl nursemaid
- 1896 - Elsie Dora Steady was born 16 Dec 1896[1] to Willie Steady and Jane Denney in Brightlingsea[2], christened 14 Jan 1897 in Brightlingsea[3]
- 1901 - Living with parents and siblings James W, Daisy J, Bertie and cousin William P in Brightlingsea[4]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Willie Steady Head M 34 Brightlingsea Essex Jane A Steady Wife F 41 Dedham Essex James W Steady Son M 11 Brightlingsea Essex Daisy J Steady Daughter F 13 Brightlingsea Essex Bertie Steady Son M 6 Brightlingsea Essex Elsie D Steady Daughter F 4 Brightlingsea Essex William P Steady Nephew M 28 Stanway Essex
- 1911 - Day girl nursemaid, living with parents and siblings James William and Bertie in Brightlingsea[5]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace William Steady Head M 43 Brightlingsea Essex Jane Ann Steady Wife F 51 Dedham Essex James William Steady Son M 21 Brightlingsea Essex Bertie Steady Son M 16 Brightlingsea Essex Elsie Dora Steady Daughter F 14 Brightlingsea Essex
- 1918 - married Arthur H Eldridge in Tendring[6]
- 1920 - daughter Joan Eldridge was born in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England[7]
- 1927 - daughter Margaret Eldridge was born in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England[8]
- 1927 - son Douglas Eldridge was born in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England[9]
- 1939 - living with husband Arthur and children Joan, Margaret and Douglas at 1 Cuspin Villas, Eton, Buckinghamshire[10]
Household Members Age Arthur H Eldridge 43 Elsie D Eldridge 43 Joan Eldridge 19 Margaret Eldridge 12 Douglas Eldridge 12
- 1972 (75) - died 6 Jul 1972 in Tonbridge, Kent, cremated 11 Jul 1972[11][1][12]. Her last residence was 11 Hartfield Close, Higham Lane, Tonbridge, and she left £946[13]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Source Citation:
General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 5f; Page: 1888
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Name: Elsie Dora Eldridge Death Age: 75 Birth Date: 16 Dec 1896 Registration Date: Jul 1972 [Aug 1972] [Sep 1972] Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration District: Tonbridge Inferred County: Kent Volume: 5f Page: 1888 - ↑ Name: Elsie Dora Steady Event Type: Birth Registration Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration Year: 1897 Registration District: Tendring County: Essex Event Place: Tendring, Essex, England Volume: 4A Page: 654 Affiliate Line Number: 109 Citing this Record "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FW7-BXX : 1 October 2014), Elsie Dora Steady, 1897; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Tendring, Essex, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ Name: Elsie Dora Steady Event Type: Christening Event Date: 14 Jan 1897 Event Place: Brightlingsea, Essex, England, United Kingdom Gender: Female Father's Name: William Steady Mother's Name: Jane Ann Steady Digital Folder Number: 004298766 Image Number: 00089 Citing this Record "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPRT-99GM : 1 October 2019), Jane Ann Steady in entry for Elsie Dora Steady, 14 Jan 1897; citing Christening, Brightlingsea, Essex, England, United Kingdom, Essex Record Office, England; FHL microfilm .
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9NY-MGJ : 20 May 2019), William P Steady in household of Willie Steady, Brightlingsea, Essex, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Ardleigh subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWNH-7PN : 24 June 2019), Elsie Dora Steady in household of William Steady, Brightlingsea, Essex, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ Name: Elsie D Steady Event Type: Marriage Event Place: Tendring, Essex, England Registration District: Tendring County: Essex Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration Year: 1918 Volume: 4A Page: 1537 Affiliate Line Number: 124 Spouse Name (available after 1911): Eldridge Possible Spouse: Arthur H Eldridge Citing this Record "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26VM-33Q : 13 December 2014), Elsie D Steady and null, 1918; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1918, quarter 4, vol. 4A, p. 1537, Tendring, Essex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ :Event Type: Birth Registration
- Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
- Registration Year: 1920
- Registration District: Leighton Buzzard
- County: Bedfordshire
- Event Place: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England
- Mother's Maiden Name: Steady
- Volume: 3B
- Affiliate Line Number: 46
- "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVFT-92R4 : 1 October 2014), null in entry for Joan Eldridge, 1920; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ :Event Type: Birth Registration
- Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
- Registration Year: 1927
- Registration District: Leighton Buzzard
- County: Bedfordshire
- Event Place: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England
- Mother's Maiden Name: Steady
- Volume: 3B
- Affiliate Line Number: 72
- "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3V-5N86 : 2 October 2014), null in entry for Margaret Eldridge, 1927; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ :Event Type: Birth Registration
- Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
- Registration Year: 1927
- Registration District: Leighton Buzzard
- County: Bedfordshire
- Event Place: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England
- Mother's Maiden Name: Steady
- Volume: 3B
- Affiliate Line Number: 61
- "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3V-5NZL : 2 October 2014), null in entry for Douglas Eldridge, 1927; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ 1939 England and Wales Register
Source Citation:
The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/2143A
Name: Elsie D Eldridge Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 16 Dec 1896 Residence Year: 1939 Address: 1 Cuspin Villas Residence Place: Eton, Buckinghamshire, England Occupation: Unpaid Domestic Duties Line Number: 11 Schedule Number: 162 Sub Schedule Number: 2 Enumeration District: DWIA Borough: Eton Registration district: 144/1 Inferred Spouse: Arthur H Eldridge Inferred Children: Joan Eldridge Margaret Eldridge Douglas Eldridge - ↑ Name: Elsie Dora Eldrige Event Type: Death Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration Year: 1972 Registration District: Tonbridge County: Kent Event Place: Tonbridge, Kent, England Birth Date (available after June quarter 1969): 16 Dec 1896 Volume: 5F Page: 1888 Affiliate Line Number: 6 Citing this Record "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCP-BMS4 : 4 September 2014), Elsie Dora Eldrige, 1972; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Tonbridge, Kent, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014 Source Citation: Deceased Online; United Kingdom; Deceased Online Burial Indexes
Name: Elsie Dora Eldridge Death Date: abt 1972 Burial or Cremation Date: 11 Jul 1972 Burial or Cremation Place: Kent, England URL: https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch?DetsView=Summary&src=ext&fileid=153928 - ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 Source Information: Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright.
Name: Elsie Dora Eldridge Death Date: 6 Jul 1972 Death Place: Tonbridge Probate Date: 4 Oct 1972 Probate Registry: Brighton
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dora by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dora:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dora by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dora:
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