Birth: January-March 1859 11 Little Elborow Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, UK
Father: John Elson 1815-1889
Mother: Ann (Anne) Jane Wright 1828-1898
Christening: 31 March 1861 St Matthews, Rugby, Warkwickshire, UK
Marriage: 22 May 1879 Holy Trinity Church, St Andrew, Rugby, Warwickshire, UK
Wife: Elizabeth Clarke [Anderson] 1862-1927
Death: November 1901 184 Lawford Road, Bilton, Warwickshire, UK
Burial: 20 November 1901 New Bilton, Warwickshire, UK
Elizabeth Elson [Wilkins] 1879-a1911
Edward John Elson 1881-1969
Henry Ernest Elson 1888-1954
Alfred William Elson 1890-1918
Ernest Percy Elson 1897
Louisa Mary Elson [Keates] 1898-1948
Florence Elson 1899-a1911
Birth of John Elson in FreeBMD in January-March 1859 in Rugby (6d 429).
Entry in Ancestry All England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for John Elson baptised on 31 March 1861 at Saint Matthews, Rugby, Warwick, parents John and Anne Elson.
Entry in Ancestry Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, 1813-1910 for John Elson baptised on 31 March 1861 in Rugby, St Matthew, parents John and Anne Elson. "Page 25 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St Matthews, Rugby in the County of Warwick in the Year 1861 [...] 1861 March 31st No. 194 John, parents John, a Bricklayer, and Anne Elson of Rugby". His sister Silvia was baptised in the previous entry.
In the 1861 census as John Elson aged 2, born in Rugby, and living with hia parents (John and Ann), and three sisters (Elizabeth, Hannah and Selena) at 11 Little Elborow Street, Rugby, Warwickshire.
In the 1871 census as John Elson aged 12, born in Rugby, Warwickshire, and living with his parents (John and Ann), and two sisters (Hannah and Sarah Jane) at 6 Little Elborow Street, Rugby, Warwickshire.
Marriage of John Elson and Elizabeth Clarke in FreeBMD in April-June 1879 in Rugby (6d 611).
Entry in Ancestry All England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for John Elson aged 19, father John Elson, and Elizabeth Clarke on 22 May 1879 at Holy Trinity, Rugby, Warwick.
Entry in Ancestry Warwickshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1910 for John Elson aged 19, father John Elson, and Elizabeth Clarke aged 17, father Joseph Clarke on 22 May 1879 at Rugby St Andrew. "Page 28 1879 Marriage solemnized at Holy Trinity Church in the Parish of St Andrew Rugby in the County of Warwick. No. 56 May 22 1879 John Elson aged 19, a Bachelor and Labourer of 34 Queen Street, father John Elson, a Bricklayer, and Elizabeth Clarke aged 17, a Spinster of 19 Gas Street, father Joseph Clarke, a Labourer. Married in the Holy Trinity Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us Richard Clarke and Sarah Jeffs".
In the 1881 census as John Elson aged 22, born in Rugby, Warwickwickshire, a bricklayers labourer, and living with his wife (Elizabeth), and daughter (Elizabeth) at 38 Church Street, Rugby, Warwickshire.
In the 1891 census as John Elson aged 32, born in Rugby, Warwickwickshire, a coal carter, and living with his wife (Elizabeth), three sons (Alfred, Harry and John) and daughter (Elizabeth) at 56 Cambridge Street, Rugby, Warwickshire.
In the 1901 census as John Elson aged 42, born in Rugby, Warwickshire, a plasterer's labourer, and living with his wife (Elizabeth), four sons (Alfred, Ernest, Henry and John), and three daughters (Elizabeth, Florie and Louie) at 184 Lawford Road, Bilton, Warwickshire.
Death of John Elson in FreeBMD in October-December 1901 aged 42 in Rugby (6d 367).
Entry in Ancestry Warwickshire, England, Burials, 1813-1910 for John Elson buried on 20 November 1901 aged 42 in Bilton. "Page 73 Burials in the Parish of New Bilton in the County of Warwick in the Year One thousand nine hunred and one [...] John Elson No. 279 of New Bilton on November 20th 1901 aged 42."
There are fourteen entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for John Elson born in 1859 in Rugby, some give his parents as John Elson and Ann Wright, others his mother as Ann Cheadle, his marriage to Elizabeth Clarke and various children.
John Elson was the father of Elizabeth Elson, wife of John Frederic (Frederick) Wilkins (Wilkin), husband of Kate Luff, my half first cousin twice removed.
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