Thomas Elliott (1851 - 1917)

Born 5 Mar 1851 in Corraness, Ardara, Killybegs, Glenties, County Donegal, Ireland

Ancestors

Son of George Elliott and Mary (Cassidy) Elliott

Husband of Marion (Mitchell) Elliott — married 25 Apr 1879 (to 18 May 1917) in Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 18 May 1917 at age 66 in Middlemarch, Otago, New Zealand

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1851 in the County of Donegal, Ireland, the son of George Elliott and Mary Cassidy. Thomas was baptised on March 23 1851 at Ardara.

His mother is recorded as Catherine on the Baptism record but as Mary Cassidy on his death record.

Thomas spent time in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire with his brothers John and William. He was a witness to John's marriage in 1874 to Christina Kerr in Kilmarnock.

Thomas left Scotland from Glasgow on the ship Oamaru leaving Glasgow 30 November 1874. They arrived at the Port of Otago on 15 February 1875. Also on board was Christina's sister Jane and her husband James Boyd. John's son George wasn't listed perhaps due to his age, about 2 weeks old. His age given as 23 but was a few years older. Thomas settled in Taieri, Otago.

He joined in Community events and participated in the North Taieri Ploughing Match held 22 June 1875 receiving 3rd prize for his effort.

At age 26, Thomas married Scottish born, Marion Mitchell and they set up home at Willowbank raising a family of 10 children.

He firstly worked as a Labourer and was later employed with the Railways as a Surfaceman.

Thomas Elliott died age 66 and is buried at Middlemarch Cemetery. BLK 10 PLOT 1.^[1]

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Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #185063026

• W Baxter - Church Parish Register for Baptism - sighted
• Death record - Dept of Internal Affairs NZ
• http://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/marriageregisters/northtaierimarriages.htm
• https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemeteries-search?recordid=73045&type=Burial

• https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz Otago Daily Times 19/5/1917 Pg 6 Death, Otago Witness 24/6/1875 Pg 10 North Taieri Ploughing Match Out of copyright

• https://ancestry.com.au NZ electoral rolls

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSYV-9ZH IMMIGRATION

• "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-FGS8 : 4 October 2016), Thomas Elliott and Marion Mitchell, 1879; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1879/1596, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
• "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-G357 : 4 January 2018), Thomas Elliott, 1917; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1917/4447, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
• "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9V-LKX6 : 9 March 2021), Thomas Elliott, 1917; citing , Dunedin Probate and Letters of Administration Files (I), 1907-1950, record number 4153, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 100680964.

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• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal GEDmatch comparison between Camille (Tallentire) Alabaster , GEDmatch kit # M986392, and Donna Beaton, GEDmatch kit # ML1910209, (compare kits), her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are George Elliott and Mary Cassidy, the great great grandparents of both Camille (Tallentire) Alabaster and Donna Beaton. Predicted relationship from GEDmatch: MRCA = 4, based on sharing 52.9 cM across 4 segments.

Footnotes

NOTE COMMENT ON BURIAL RECORD REGARDING DEATH DATE

1. ↑ Entered by Faye Whitfield, Jul 17, 2012