| The Eldridge Family |
Advertisement, The Jefferson Jimplecute
Charity
Hebrew Benevolent Association.
Org. July, 1862. Pres., Mrs. Dora Rosenthal; Sec., Eva Eldrldge.
Cemetery
Cemetery, maintained by the Hebrew
Benevolent Association.
American
Jewish Year Book - Page 412
American
Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America - 1907
Hebrew Sinai Congregation.trustee
"An Act to incorporate the Hebrew Sinai Congregation.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the- State of Texas, That E. Marx, E. Eberstadt, P. Eldridge , M. Dapplemayer, H. Ablowitch, A. Rosenthal, I. Lewis, J. Oppenheimer, L. Goldberg, and their associates and successors,"and all such persons as shall become members of said congregation hereby
1880 Census Jefferson, Texas
| Name | Relation | Marital Status | Gender | Race | Age | Birthplace | Occupation | Father's Birthplace | Mother's Birthplace | Phillip Eldrldge. | Self | M | Male | W | 47 | Prussia | Merchant | Prussia | Prussia |
| Betty Eldrldge. | Wife | M | Female | W | 46 | Hanover | Keeping House | Hanover | Hanover | Edward Eldrldge. | Son | S | Male | W | 22 | LA | Merchant | Prussia | Hanover |
| Eva Eldrldge. | Dau | S | Female | W | 17 | LA | Prussia | Hanover | David Eldrldge. | Son | S | Male | W | 14 | LA | At School | Prussia | Hanover |
| Henry Eldrldge. | Son | S | Male | W | 12 | TX | At School | Prussia | Hanover | Sophia Eldrldge. | Dau | S | Female | W | 10 | TX | At School | Prussia | Hanover |
| Samuel Eldrldge. | Son | S | Male | W | 8 | TX | At School | Prussia | Hanover |
"The Eldridges, a Jewish family who had arrived in Jefferson around 1867 lived next door to the synagogue. When it closed they became the custodians of its records and ritual objects. The eternal light (ner tamid) is now on display in the Jefferson Museum".
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