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Occupation: John was a Commercial Traveller, a tea dealer, and a Master Tailor. In 1881 he was a Traveller in beers, wines and spirits. For some time he was also a cigar merchant with "Mullet & Elvy" at 4 Catherine Street, Seething Lane, London EC.
Comments: John Elvy had a twin sister Mary. They were born less than a month after the funeral of their father.
John moved several times. At the census of 1841 he lived in Newnam. At the vensus of 1851 he lived in Milton, next to Gravesend, as a Grocer's assistant. In 1861 he lived at 9 Pleasant Cottages in Hackney. In 1863 he lived in Kingsland, Middlesex. In 1865 he was back in Hackney. In 1872 he had moved to Stoke Newigton in Middlesex. By 1881 he was back in Hackney, at 82 Shacklewell Lane, St. John's Parish. In 1885 he lived at 244 Amhurst Road and in 1898 at 8 Mount Pleasant Lane, Upper Clapton.
Spouse: Sarah Bensted (Married 25-Jan-1858)
Children: Charles John Elvy, Thomas Bensted Elvy, Mary Ann Elvy, John Elvy, William John Elvy, Frederick John Elvy, Arthur Elvy, Frank Thomson Elvy, Alexander Edmund Elvy, Ada Louisa Sarah Elvy
John and Sarah married in the Parish Church of Eastling in the same year as John's twin sister Mary. They had ten children.
John's Heritage
Parents: William Elvy, Sarah Bates
Siblings: Elizabeth Jane Elvy, Ann Elvy, Sophia Frances Elvy, Sarah Elvy, Thomas Elvy, Mathew Elvy, William Elvy, Mary Elvy