Alfred Wilmer Elliott ^{2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: L6W4-PX2.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ⁶ The 1910 census recorded Alfred Elliott, 28, born in Maryland, living with wife Ella, 25; William, 8; Lillian, 3; Bessie, 2; and Alfred Jr., 0. Also with them is father-in-law Walter Beecher, 42, born in Pennsylvania; brothers-in-laws Walter Beecher Jr., 16, and Howard Beecher, 11; and grandfather Cyras Beecher, widowed, 74, born in Pennsylvania. Everyone else was born in Delaware.

2. Census in 1920 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ² The 1920 census recorded Alfred W. Elliott, 37, born in Maryland, living with wife Mary E., 35; William A., 17; Lillian M., 14; Bessie G., 12; Alfred F., 9; Walter C., 6; Mary E., 2; and father-in-law Walter C. Beecher, widowed, 55, born in Pennsylania. Everyone else was born in Delaware.

3. Census in 1930 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ⁷ The 1930 census recorded Alfred W. Elliott, 48, living with wife Mary E., 46; daughter Lillian M., 23; daughter Bessie G. Smith, 21; son-in-law Clifford Smith, 29; grandson Clifford Smith, 1; son Alfred W. Elliott, 20; son Walter C. Elliott, 16; and daughter Mary E. Elliott, 12. Everyone was born in Delaware except Alfred Sr. in Maryland.

4. Census in 1940 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ⁸ The 1940 census recorded renting at 47 Norway Avenue: Walter C. Elliott, laborer pigment manufacturing company, 27, living with wife Mildred M., 26; son Charles W., 7; daughter Virginia L, 4; daughter Joan M., 2. Also with them is Walter's brother William Elliott, laborer pigment manufacturing company, 35; niece Edith V. Elliott, 15; niece Nellie Elliott, 14; and Walter's father Alfred Elliott, janitor in nursing home, 57 and his mother Ellen, 54. Mildred, Charles, and Alfred were born in Maryland, everyone else in Delaware.

5. Residence: on 5 Dec 1941 in Richardson Park, New Castle, DE. ⁹

6. Cause of Death: massive cerebral hemorrhage, arteriosclerosis with hypertension, 10 Apr 1955, Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ⁵

7. Death Certificate: Certificate 1080, Alfred Wilmer Elliott, 10 Apr 1955, Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ⁵

8. Occupation: iron worker in foundry (retired) on 10 Apr 1955 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ⁵

9. Residence: 1911 West 10th Street, Wilmington, DE on 10 Apr 1955 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ⁵

10. Obituary: Salisbury Times: obituary of Alfred Elliott on 12 Apr 1955 in Salisbury, Wicomico, MD. ⁴ A funeral service will be held in Smith Funeral Parlor, Wilmington, tomorrow at 2 p.m. for Alfred elliott, 72, a native of Salisbury.

Mr. Elliott died in his Wilmington home Sunday after a long illness. Burial also will be in Wilmington.

He was a sons of the late Alfred and Sarah Elliott of Salisbury. He is survived by his wife, Ella, and three sons and three daughters. They live in Wilmington.

Survivors in Salisbury include his stepmother, Mrs. Daisey Smullen; a half-sister, Mrs. Myrtle Jenkins; and a half-brother, Harry Guthrie.

Alfred married Mary Ella Beecher, daughter of Walter Cyrus Beecher Sr. and Sara C. O'Donnell, on 16 Jul 1901 in , , DE.¹ (Mary Ella Beecher was born on 16 Feb 1885 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE,¹⁰ died on 19 May 1966 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE ³ and was buried in Wilmington: Silverbrook Cemetery, New Castle, DE ³.)