Born in Brighton, Tasmania, Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Victor Robert Lowes Elliston
and Maria Lavinia (Blacklow) Elliston
Sister of
Caroline Gertude Elliston, Charles Edmund Elliston, Alberta Maud (Elliston) Morrisby, William Gore Elliston, John Wentworth Elliston and George Frederick Elliston
Wife of
Gordon Cyril Adams
— married
20 Apr 1909 in Tasmania, Australia
Mother of
Alan Elliston Adams, Malcolm Elliston Adams, Dorothy Isobel (Adams) Allen, Brian Elliston Adams and Marjorie Yvonne de Vaux (Adams) Douglas
Died
at age 91
in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Aug 2013
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Biography
Marjorie Elliston (married name Adams) was born in 1886 in Brighton, Tasmania, Australia, daughter of Maria Lavinia (Blacklow) Elliston and Victor Robert Lowes Elliston.[1]
She married Gordon Cyril Adams in 1909 in Tasmania.[2] Their children were:
- Alan Elliston Adams (1910–1985)
- Malcolm Elliston Adams (1911–1977)
- Dorothy Isobel Adams (1914–?)
- Brian Elliston Adams (1920–?)
- Marjorie Yvonne de Vaux Adams (1924–?)
Marjorie died in 1977 in Launceston, Tasmania.[citation needed]
Research notes
No sources provided for children named in profile. More research needed.
- Fact: Event Registration (1886)
Sources
- ↑ "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration (District Registers), 1839-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2S1-JLXD : 10 May 2016), Marjorie Elliston, 02 Mar 1886; citing Birth, Brighton, Tasmania, Australia, The Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart; FHL microfilm 100,665,086.
Marjorie Elliston Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration (District Registers) Name: Marjorie Elliston Event Type: Birth Event Date: 02 Mar 1886 Event Place: Brighton, Tasmania, Australia Gender: Female Father's Name: Victor Robert Lowes Elliston Mother's Name: Maria Lavinia Blacklow Elliston Certificate Number: 272 - ↑ "Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950"; Ancestry.com [database on-line]; Gordon Cyril Adams & Marjorie Elliston, 1909, Tasmania.
* Birth Record : Resource RGD33/1/65 No 891 Names Index No 1124449
* Buried : Adams Family Grave, Carra Villa Mamorial Park Cemetry, Launceston. Grave No 464982
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 13 February 2023, 17:07), entry for Marjorie Elliston (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K2V9-VLY ); contributed by various users.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Marjorie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Marjorie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Marjorie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Marjorie:
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~12.50%
Bruce Elliston
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A897590 [compare], Ancestry member brucelliston
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~6.25%
Charlie Whiter :
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ADAMS-ELLISTON. -On April 20th, 1909, at St. John's Church, Launceston, by the Rev. Canon Wilmer, Gordon Cyril Adams, fifth son of Mr. Charles Adams, "Leate," Mayne-street, Invermay, to Marjorie Elliston, youngest daughter of Mr. V. R. L. Elliston, Glenorchy. Southern Tasmania.