Adolphus Peter Elkin (1891 - 1979)

Born 27 Mar 1891 in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Sara (Thompson) Elkin — married 7 Jan 1922 in Burwood, New South Wales, Australia

Died 9 Jul 1979 at age 88 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Adolphus Peter Elkin (called Peter) was born on 27 March 1891 in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, the son of Ellen Wilhelmina Elkin and Reuben Elkin.^[1][2]

He studied at the University of Sydney.^[3] He was a professor of anthropology.^[1]

He married Sara Thompson on 7 January 1922 at St Paul's Anglican Church in Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales.^[1] They had two sons.^[1]

Peter died on 9 July 1979 in Sydney.^[1] His remains were interred at Goorangoola Anglican Church Cemetery in Singleton, New South Wales.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Tigger Wise, 'Elkin, Adolphus Peter (1891–1979)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/elkin-adolphus-peter-10109/text17845, published first in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 5 October 2019 by Clare Spring.
2. ↑ "Birth." 4 April 1891. The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, p. 1. Retrieved 21 November 2019 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18991079.
3. ↑ "Obituary." 12 July 1979. The Canberra Times, p. 11. Retrieved 5 October 2019 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110566749.
4. ↑ "Rev Adolphus Peter Elkin." Find A Grave. Retrieved 21 November 2019 by Clare Spring from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158295809.