Name: 08042009 -- Elkingtons of Coventry to North America

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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Elizabeth Elkington: Birth: 1827 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.

  2. James Elkington: Birth: 1828 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. Death: 28 Oct 1898 in Napa, Napa County, California, USA

  3. Rebecca Elkington: Birth: 1831 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. Death: 7 Mar 1882 in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada

  4. Timothy Elkington: Birth: 1833 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. Death: 27 Apr 1922 in Mt. Washington, Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri, USA

  5. John Elkington: Birth: 1837 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. Death: 26 May 1914 in Imperial Beach, San Diego County, California, USA

  6. William Elkington: Birth: 1839 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. Death: 1840 in Coventry District, Warwickshire, England

  7. William Elkington: Birth: 1841 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.


Sources
1. Title:   GRO Index of England & Wales 1837 - 1984
Page:   Year: 1841, Qtr. #: 1, District: Coventry, Vol.: 16, Page #: 299
Author:   Registrar General
2. Title:   Bishop's transcripts for Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, 1662-1848
Page:   Batch #: M041921

Notes
a. Note:   wn as a weaver at Palmers Lane. Hew as apprenticed to his parents 29 June 1818, his apprenticeship and that of his brother, James, was transferred to their mother Ann Elkington, of Radford, Coventry, in May 1821 He was elected a freeman in 1826.
 He was buried aged 40, from Spen Street.
  Weaver. All his family, with the exception of John, were occupied in the Silk Industry, which began to collapse after 1840, and did collapse rapidly after 1860.
  Note: the silk industry was well established in Spitalfields (London) and Coventry. The main processes were silk throwing, and silk weaving.
Note:   Admitted to Bailey's Charity School, Coventry, 7 March 1813, at which date his father was sho

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