Descendants of John Elston and Mary Martin

This is a list of the children and grandchildren of John Elston and Mary Martin. It does not identify any living persons. All places are in Canada unless otherwise noted. For more information (including references) please follow individual name links. More links and references will be added as I post information to the site.

1. Elston, John – b: about 4 July 1830 in Lincolnshire, England; d: 10 Sep 1912 in Morris, Huron, Ontario
+ Martin, Mary – b: about 1831, England; d: 1877, Ontario

1.1. Elston, John – b. 22 Nov 1857 in Oxford, Ontario; d. 9 Oct 1935 in Wingham, Huron, Ontario

1.2. Elston, Elizabeth A. – b. about 1859 in Oxford, Ontario; d. 15 Jan 1887 in Morris, Huron, Ontario

1.3. Elston, Francis (Fannie) – b. 6 Mar 1860 in Oxford, Ontario; m. 1897 in Nankin, Wayne, Michigan, USA; d. 21 Dec 1930
+ Hubbard, Freeman – b. Oct 1837 in New York, USA; d. 24 Apr 1918 in Nankin, Wayne, Michigan, USA

1.3.1. Hubbard, Edwin Elston – b. 12 Oct 1897 in Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, USA; m. 24 Jun 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, USA; d. 29 Dec 1931 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
+ Lapham, Ruth Elizabeth – b. 15 Jun 1897 (some sources say 1898) in Springwells, Wayne, Michigan, USA; d. 5 Feb 1972 in Apple Valley, San Bernardino, California, USA (second marriage to Russell Lyle in 1950)

1.4. Elston, Susannah (Susan) – b. about 1862; d. 13 Feb 1885 in Morris, Huron, Ontario

1.5. Elston, Mary Jane (Jennie) – b. 19 Mar 1863 in Morris, Huron, Ontario; m. 7 Nov 1896 in Louise, Manitoba; d. 13 May 1925 in St. James, Manitoba
+ McKague, John – b. 12 Feb 1857 in Teeswater, Bruce, Ontario; d. 20 Feb 1953 in Winnipeg, Manitoba

John McKague was previously married to Mary Jane Porter and had five children with her. His children with Mary Jane Elston:

1.5.1. McKague, Joseph – b. about 1889 in Arthur, Manitoba; d. 13 Jul 1897 in Arthur, Manitoba

1.5.2. McKague, Ellen Annetta – b. 22 Jul 1898 in Arthur, Manitoba; m. 17 Apr 1924 in Winnipeg, Manitoba; d. 30 May 1979 in Victoria, British Columbia
+ Baker, Charlie B.

1.5.3. McKague, Henry Clifford – b. 17 Apr 1900 in Arthur, Manitoba; m. 1 Dec 1923 in Winnipeg, Manitoba
+ Wren, Ida Mary – b. 14 Aug 1906 in Arthur, Manitoba

1.5.4. McKague, Annie Estella – b. 22 Feb 1902 in Arthur, Manitoba; m. 24 Mar 1928 in St J, Manitoba
+ Kerr, Robert

1.5.5. McKague, Andrew Russell – b. 7 Sep 1903 in Melita, Manitoba; m. 22 Nov 1928 in Winnipeg, Manitoba
+ Lyle, Evelyn Elizabeth – b. 29 Jul 1906 in Edward, Manitoba

1.5.6. McKague, Robert Earl – b. 1 Dec 1904; m. 10 Aug 1929 in St. James, Manitoba; d. 1992 in Winnipeg, Manitoba
+ Manson, Jessie Cunningham – b. 1906 in Scotland; d. 1985 in Winnipeg, Manitoba

1.5.7. McKague, Lorne – b. 30 Dec 1906 in Arthur, Manitoba; m. 23 Dec 1930 in St. James, Manitoba
+ Murdoch, Margaret Brough

1.6. Elston, William (Bill Sr.) – b. 12 Feb 1865 in Ontario; m. 31 Oct 1921 in Huron, Ontario, Canada; d. 8 Feb 1945 in Morris, Huron, Ontario
+ Austin (Thomas), Emily Kate – b. 26 Aug 1893 in Canterbury, Kent, England; d. 1983 in Wingham, Huron, Ontario

Emily Kate was previously married to Albert Edward Thomas, who died in 1920, leaving her with children from a previous marriage. They also had one child together. Her children with William Elston:

1.6.1. Elston, William John Austen (Bill Jr.) – b. 5 Apr 1924; m. 8 Apr 1947; d. 25 Mar 1997
+ Bowman, Isabel Jennette – b. 14 Feb 1927 in Morris, Ontario; d 13 Jan 2009 in Wingham, Ontario

1.6.2. Elston, James Freeman (Jim) – b. 1 Sep 1925; m. 1948; d. 9 Jan 1966
+ Living (later remarried Living)

1.6.3. Elston, Edwin Arnold (Ed) – b. 3 Jan 1927 in Morris, Huron, ON; d. 17 Feb 2020
+ Cardiff, Margaret Isabel – b. 11 Feb 1931; d. 1992

+ Hudson, Elizabeth (Libby)

1.7. Elston, Robert – b. 15 Mar 1867 in Morris, Huron, Ontario; m. 19 Oct 1905 in Bottineau, North Dakota, USA; d. 20 Aug 1938 in Bottineau, North Dakota, USA
+ Perdue, Eliza Jane (Jane) – b. 15 Apr 1869 in Morris, Huron, Ontario; d. 25 Feb 1966 in Ramsey, North Dakota, USA

1.7.1. Elston, Robert Harold (Harold) – b. 14 Sep 1908 in North Dakota, USA; m. 2 Nov 1938 in Grays Harbor, Washington, USA; d. 13 Dec 2000 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA
+ Sundin (Thomas), Catherine Minerva – b. 10 Jul 1905 in New York, USA; d. 31 Jan 1994 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA

1.7.2. Elston, Florence Elaine – b. 24 Jan 1911 in Morris, Huron, Ontario; m. 5 Jun 1937 in Minot, North Dakota, USA; d. 10 Mar 1995 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
+ Elefson, Hardies E. – b. 4 Jul 1907 in North Dakota, USA; d. 14 Mar 1974

1.8. Elston, Sarah (Annie) – b. 1869 in Ontario; d. 4 Mar 1925 in Morris, Huron, Ontario

1.9. Elston, Ellen (Nellie) – b. 26 May 1871 in Ontario; d. 3 Jun 1937 in Wingham, Huron, Ontario

1.10. Elston, James (Jim) – b. 26 Dec 1872 in Ontario; m. 4 Jul 1900 in Austin, Manitoba, Canada; d. 22 Jun 1958 in Austin, Manitoba
+ Jones, Elizabeth (Eliza) Ann – b. 12 May 1869 in Llangurig, Montgomeryshire, Wales; d. 1951 in Austin, Manitoba

1.10.1. Elston, John Edward Owen – b. 21 Dec 1906; d. 22 Dec 1906 in Norfolk, Manitoba

The Elstons had a reunion in 1928. Back row: John Elston (Jr.), John McKague, Eliza (Jones) Elston, Emily Kate (Austin Thomas) Elston, Edwin Hubbard, Ruth (Lapham) Hubbard, Harold Elston, Nellie Elston. Front row: Jim Elston, Fannie (Elston) Hubbard, William Elston (Sr.), Jane (Perdue) Elston, Florence (Elston) Elefson.