Person:William Elwell (9)

William Rankin Dunlop ELWELL was b. abt 1850 at Weston super Mare (census). W** Elwell was b. 2nd qtr 1850 at Axbridge (bmd). Rev. William Rankin Dunlop Elwell d. 15may1932 at Wilford, Notts (Times, P. Elfick). Will of William Rankin Dunlop Elwell (d. 15may1932) clerk of The Rectory Wilford, reg. Nottinghamshire; probate 7jul1932 Nottingham, 4187 gbp, Edgar Moffat Elwell retd engineer, Rev. Clarence Elwell clerk (National Probate Calendar). In 1861 William Rankin P. Elwell (1850 Somerset) was in Somerset (census).

William Hankin Dunlop Elwell married (1) Ellen Hughes WOOD, daughter of Thomas Smith Wood, nonconformist minister, 18 Apr 1876 at Weston Super Mare (web), William Rankin D. Elwell married Ellen Hughes Wood 2nd qtr 1876 at Axbridge (bmd).

William Rankin D. Elwell married (2) Emilie Cowie 2nd qtr 1910 at Kensington (bmd). Emilie Elwell, wife of Rev. W. Dunlop Elwell, formerly widow of GJW Cowie, Shangai, d. 10 Dec 1928 at Manaos, Brazil (Times). Probably Emilie Cowie nee Mead was b. 2nd qtr 1843 at Falmouth, Cornwall (includes Penryn and St. Gluvias) (bmd). William’s 2nd wife, the widow of a Shanghai merchant, d. in 1928 during a trip up the Amazon, leaving a considerable fortune (Iron Elwells, 2nd Edition).

William Rankin Dunlop Elwell, London Coll of Divinity 1882, served at Sarum, Aldbourne, Atworth, Stow-Bedon, Chudleigh, Brent (Crockford’s Clerical Directory).

William was ordained curate of Aldbourne, Wilts, 1885 (Times). William attended London College of Divinity, held various curacies in Wiltshire, and became vicar of Stow Bedon, Norfolk, in 1892, He remained there until 1910, when his wife attained the living of Chudleigh, nr Newton Abbot, to which she presented her husband. Ellen Hughes Wood was an aunt of Sir Kingsley Wood, chancellor of the exchequer ("Iron Elwells"). In 1881 W. R. Dunlop Elwell (1850 Weston S.M., private school master), wife Ellen H. (1844 Bourne, Lincolns.), children (b. Weston) Royston W.D. (1878), Edgar M. (1879), Violet (1881), and pupils were at Dunlop House, Weston S.M. (census).

In 1891 William R.D. Elwell (1850 Weston, curate), wife Ellen H. (1845 Bourne, Lincolns.) children Edgar M. (1879 Weston), Violet (1881 Weston), Clarence (1888 Shaw, Wilts) were at Atworth, Wilts. (census). In 1901 Rev. William R.D. Elwell (1850 Weston, C of E clergyman), wife Ellen Hughes (1850 Bourne, Lincolns.), son Royston W.D. (1878 Weston, Oxford undergraduate) were at Stow Bedon, Norfolk (census). In 1910 William was vicar of Chudleigh, Devon (D. Elfick).

In 1911 William Rankin Dunlop Elwell (1850 Weston, married, vicar) was at Vicarage, Chudleigh (census). GWR shares of late Rev. William Rankin Dunlop Elwell (Wilford Rectory, Nottinghamshire, clerk, formerly of Milestone Hotel, Kensington) were transmitted to Edgar Moffat Elwell (retd engineer, Winkleigh, Devon) and Rev. Clarence Elwell, Wilford Rectory, in 1932 (findmypast). The term "clerk in holy orders" referred to a member of the clergy. Clergy list, 1896: Wm Rankin Dunlop Elwell, Highb. P 1885, vic 1892 Stow Bedon, Attleborough, Norfolk (findmypast). W.R. Dunlop Elwell wrote to the Times in 1931 about his grandfather’s school at Hammersmith.

1. ↑ Birth marriage death index for England and Wales.
2. ↑ The Times. (London, England).
3.   England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.).
4.   England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.).
5.   England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.).
6.   England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.).
7.   England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.).
8.   England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)).