Liveryman, municipal official.
Born in Ontario on 3 January 1864, he came to Manitoba in 1889 and worked as a liveryman at Boissevain. He and wife Mary Catherine Martin (1861-1938) had six children: William M. Elliott (1891-?, Calgary), Jeanette Thomson Elliott (1892-1969, wife of David Shorey), John Harold Elliott (1896-?), Edward H. Elliott (1898-?), Adelia Grace Elliott (1899-?), and Marion Catherine Elliott (1904-?). He served as a councillor and Mayor (1906-1909) of Boissevain. He died in his Boissevain residence on 21 February 1920 and was buried in the Boissevain and Morton Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Elliott House (445 Stephen Street, Boissevain, Municipality of Boissevain-Morton)
Birth registrations [Jeannette Thompson Elliott, Adelia Grace Elliott, Marion Catherine Elliott], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration [Jeannette Thompson Elliott, David Shorey], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Brandon Sun, 24 February 1920, page 5.
“Boissevain pioneer dies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 February 1920, page 3.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 May 2026
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