This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: blmalmat Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.elliott/4020.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This family is related to mine and I have been working on it. I have some different information than you have. Matthew Elliott b 1818 Mary b 1819 Possible children (taken from 1905 partition record): - Matthew - William b July 1842 Ireland married Mary Jane Cousins born April 23 1850 Ireland. (more later on this pair) - Matilda - Mary Jane b 1849 married William Cousins (brother of the abovementioned Mary Jane Cousins). She was shot by accident on Sept 19 1972. Their children: ----Henry Cousins b 8-1868 ----Matilda J. Cousins b 9-16-1870 m. Charles Eyler on Oct 19 1892, she died 4-25-1940. They had at least 5 children. -Elizabeth married William Brown. Their children: ----William ----Frances E ----Thompson E ----Samuel E -Susan m John McCalla -Mary M. m William R Kerr -Annie J. m Robert Wiggins About William J. Elliott and Mary Jane Cousins. (She died March 31 1908.) Children: -Matthew 1867 Pa (in Los Angeles in 1908?) -William J. April 1869 PA married Mary Anne -Ida Florence b 7-1871 d 1-6-1928 m. Ernest Elcock in 1891 -Mary Jane b 8-9-1873 Pgh d 12-14-1935 Torrence Ca. m. George A. Spittle -Henry Cousins. b 1-6-1877 -Mathilda Blanche b 6-20-1879 m 5-11-1898 d 7-26-1941 Trumbull County, Ohio. M to George B Bigley. -Susie F b 10-81 m Patrick Lyons -Lizzie A b 6-1883 -Thomas Aleck b 5-7-1890 d 1-18-1926 Mahoning Oh Mary Jane Cousins who married William J. Elliott was sister to my ancestor, John Cousins. The Cousins family hails from Tyrone County, Ireland. Their parents were William Cousins and Mary Burns. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.