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George ELDER

Male 1850 - 1931  (80 years)


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  • Name George ELDER 
    Birth 24 Aug 1850  Saint John, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Jan 1931  Kings, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Union Cemetery, Belleisle Creek, Kings, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I7152  bmds
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2014 

    Father Alexander ELDER,   b. 1806, Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1869, Perry, Saint John, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Katherine CUNNAN,   b. 1807, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1888, Foreston, Carleton, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F2718  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Jane McDOUGALL,   b. 16 Oct 1856, Carleton, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1907 (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 16 Apr 1889  Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Age at Marriage George : 38 years old | Mary : 32 years old. 
    Children 1 son and 2 daughters 
     1Female. Mary Evangeline ELDER,   b. 26 Jan 1894, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1963 (Age 68 years)
     2Male. George William ELDER,   b. 7 Apr 1895, Passekeag, Kings, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1975, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     3Female. Jean McDougall ELDER,   b. 16 Feb 1897, Passekeag, Kings, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1985 (Age 87 years)
     
    Family ID F2717  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Jennie T. STRAIGHT,   b. 14 Feb 1872, Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1926, Springfield, Kings, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage 12 Nov 1919  York, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Age at Marriage George : 69 years old | Jennie : 47 years old. 
    Family ID F2700  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Aug 1850 - Saint John, New Brunswick
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 16 Apr 1889 - Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Nov 1919 - York, New Brunswick
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Jan 1931 - Kings, New Brunswick
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Union Cemetery, Belleisle Creek, Kings, New Brunswick
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Source: George Elder fonds:
       George Elder, the son of Catherine Curran and Alexander Elder, was born at Saint John, New Brunswick on 24 August 1850. The Elders raised no fewer than 3 other children, namely, Robert, Catherine, and Samuel. In 1889 George Elder was farming in Carleton, New Brunswick. On 16 April of that year he married Mary Jane McDougal of Carleton County. They had at least 4 children, namely, Samuel Rutherford (b. 23 July 1892), Mary (b. 26 January 1894), George William (b. 7 April 1895), and Jean McDougal (b. 16 February l897).
       By 1895 George and Mary Elder were living at Passekeag, Kings, and both were active in the local Reformed Presbyterian Church. George was employed as a colporteur or travelling salesman by the Canadian Bible Society, and he travelled widely in south-central New Brunswick selling Bibles and other religious books. In 1903 he was president of the Upham and St. Martins branch of the Bible Society, and about 1905 he was appointed for missionary work in the lumber camps of the Miramichi by the Miramichi Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church.
       About 1906, the Elders were residing at Salmon Creek, near Chipman, New Brunswick. Mary Jane Elder died prematurely on 4 October 1907. Son George William Elder married Margaret E. Vail of Belleisle Creek on 1 July 1919. On 12 November of that year his father George Elder married Jennie Straight (b. 14 February 1871) of Gagetown, Queens County. She predeceased him on 3 September 1926.
       Throughout his life, George Elder contributed poems and numerous letters to the editor to several newspapers, including the Presbyterian Witness, the Witness and Canadian Homestead, and the Telegraph-Journal. Many of his letters to the editor dealt with religious subjects. George Elder died at Belleisle Creek, New Brunswick on 11 January 1931, aged 80.

  • Sources 
    1. [S50] New Brunswick Provincial Archives – Vital Statistics, (website).
      Certificate of death.

    2. [S15] Internet.
    3. [S50] New Brunswick Provincial Archives – Vital Statistics, (website).
      Certificate of marriage.