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Bessie Elinor Velva Douglas 1899–1972 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 JUL 1899

Birth Location: Webbwood, ON

Death Date: 26 JAN 1972

Death Location: Hamilton, ON

Father: Thomas Douglas

Mother: Eliza Broad

Spouse(s): Thomas Elton

Children(s): Douglas Elton, Raymond Elton, Beatrice Elton

Bessie Elinor Velva Douglas was born in 1899 in Webbwood, ON, the child of Thomas Alexander Douglas And Eliza Jane Ida Broad. Bessie Elinor Velva Douglas married Louis Jerrold Joseph Avard, Thomas Lawrence Elton, and had children including Beatrice Elton, Douglas Richard Elton, Eleanor Zoa Avard, Glenna Avard, Muriel Avard, Raymond Elton, Robert Elton, Shirley Ramona Avard, Wilhelmine Avard. Bessie Elinor Velva Douglas passed away in 1972 in Hamilton, ON.

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Biography

  • Bessie Elinor Velva Douglas was born in 1899 in Webbwood, ON, the child of Thomas Alexander Douglas And Eliza Jane Ida Broad.
  • Bessie Elinor Velva Douglas married Louis Jerrold Joseph Avard, Thomas Lawrence Elton, and had children including Beatrice Elton, Douglas Richard Elton, Eleanor Zoa Avard, Glenna Avard, Muriel Avard, Raymond Elton, Robert Elton, Shirley Ramona Avard, Wilhelmine Avard.
  • Bessie Elinor Velva Douglas passed away in 1972 in Hamilton, ON.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Douglas
1850–1929
Birth Location: Baltimore Township of Halimand, Ontario, Canada
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Eliza Broad
1870–1931
Birth Location: Fenlan Falls, Victoria, Ontario, Canada
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Spouses(s)

Thomas Elton
1900–1972
Birth Location: England
TE

Children(s)

Douglas Elton
Birth Location: Ontario
DE
Raymond Elton
Birth Location: Ontario
RE
Beatrice Elton
1935–1935
Birth Location: Wentworth, Ontario, Canadaa
BE

Bessie Douglas's Ancestors

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Bessie Douglas
1899–1972
Birth Place: Webbwood, ON
Parents
Thomas Alexander Douglas
1850–1929
Baltimore Township of Halimand, Ontario, Canada
Eliza (Jane Ida) Broad
1870–1931
Fenlan Falls, Victoria, Ontario, Canada
Grandparents
Janet Muir
1816–1877
Jedburg, Roxburg, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
JOSEPH Chisholm
1780–1855
Janet Chisholm
1784–1863
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Chisholm
1750–1833
Catharine Macpherson
1750–
George Chisholm
1750–1833
Catharine Macpherson
1750–

Bessie Douglas's Descendants

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Bessie (Elinor Velva) Douglas (1 JUL 1899–26 JAN 1972) m. Thomas (Lawrence) Elton (1900–aft 1972)
  1. 1. Douglas (Richard) Elton m. Alma Crosbie
  2. 2. Raymond Elton
  3. 3. Beatrice Elton 1935–1935

Bessie Douglas's Timeline

2 Records

1899
1 JUL 1899
Birth of Bessie Elinor Velva Douglas in Webbwood, ON
Webbwood, ON
1972
26 JAN 1972
Age 73
Death of Bessie Elinor Velva Douglas in Hamilton, ON
Hamilton, ON

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 JUL 1899
    Event Place: Webbwood, ON

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 JAN 1972
    Event Place: Hamilton, ON
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