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Research in Other Countries => Other Countries => Topic started by: brigidmac on Sunday 02 November 25 13:48 GMT (UK)
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My cousin has a DNA match in Ghana who shares Dna with descendants of John Banks ELLIOTT b 1852
One tree names 4 Ghanaian children and their mother
Would there be records of these births or their marriages .
I think his next wife may have died in childbirth.
There are a lot of John Banks ELLIOTT among his potential grandchildren
The few trees on ancestry don't seem to.have records .
Where else can I search
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On Internet I found that Clement Henry ELLIOTT was ordained and had a house in a school named after him
Title Reverand or Canon
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John Banks ELLIOTT married Helen Eliza HULBERT.in.Dorset 1887
She was recorded as head of household in 1900 and as widowed head in 1911
But if information is correct son Clement born in Ghana in 1893 and other children subsequently
There is a dna match to descendant of Helens daughter Dorothy Elliott born 1888
I wonder if he died in Ghana
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He died in 1909 as a hotel proprietor in England
Leaving probate to Ellen Gill his sister
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There’s a Wikipedia page for John Banks Elliott (1917-2018) which mentions that his grandfather, a timber merchant, spent time in Ghana in the 1880s and 1890s. He was also a photographer and his work is archived in the Bodleian Library .That suggests the Bodleian may have a biography available.
Also worth finding out who made the bequest.
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He died in 1909 as a hotel proprietor in England
Leaving probate to Ellen Gill his sister
Hastings and Bexhill Independent, 13 Oct 1904
West Sussex County Times, 17 Apr 1909
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Have you checked the newspapers for early mention of a "John B Elliott" and "J B Elliott" - Sierra Leone rather than Ghana.
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Thanks so much I'd forgotten how to access newspapers
The details you found indicate that it is possible that John Banks ELLIOTT had 4 or more children in Ghana between 1880 and 1905
I.had discounted Gerald Barton ELLIOTT 1880 as being unlikely
On 1911 His widowed English wife was originally listed as married 19 years with one child but that line was crossed out
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It might be worth getting his will and seeing if he left anything to any of his children .
I.ll look for the wilepedia entrance to see who his grandson descends from .
* he was Gerald Barton s son
There are photos of various family members on GENI
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Here s the link to the thread about what..the wife back in England
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=894788.msg7692019
Some of the African children & grandchildren did very well for themselves.
I wonder if they knew that John Banks ELLIOTT was not legally married to Araba ESSUON. I've not been able to find anything about her i don't know if she was also Gérard Barton ELLIOTT s mother
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It occurs to me that he may have been legally married in Ghana first to the mother of Gerard B ELLIOTT in which case his marriages in England would have been his 2nd & 3rd marriages OR bigamous
Either way the mother of the very venerable canon Clement Henry ELLIOTT would not be very happy
Im.very slow at searches but as curiosity got the better of me I have sent for his probate & will