Eighth Generation (Continued)
John Simeon Colebrook ELKINGTON (John Simeon7, Marian Frances SMITH6, Henry5, Susannah RICHARDSON4, Henry3, Henry2, Richard1).
Born on 29 Sep 1871 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. John Simeon Colebrook died in Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia, on 8 Mar 1955; he was 83.
- a biography can be found at http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/elkington-john-simeon-colebrook-6101 [copyrighted]
Facts include:
occupations: medical administator, public servant, tropical medicine expert.
education: Melbourne CofE Grammar School, Carloton, College, University of Melbourne from 1890 (failed finals), Edinbourgh and Glasgow (qualified as licentiate in 1896). Married twice with no children. He had a nephew by marriage (through the Parkinson’s) named Jack Linsay - http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lindsay-john-jack-14177.
On 27 Aug 1896 when John Simeon Colebrook was 24, he first married Mary Cassandra PARKINSON in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Born abt 1872. Mary Cassandra died in Australia in 1925; she was 53.
On 13 Apr 1945 when John Simeon Colebrook was 73, he second married Ida Isabel HOOD in Sydney, NSW, Australia. Ida Isabel died aft 1955.
Godfrey Cecil married Elizabeth Isabel Hood McBRIDE. Born abt 1881.
They had the following children: