Charles Elphick

1872 - 1942  (69 years)

• Name	Charles Elphick
  Birth	27 Jul 1872	St Neots, Cambridgeshire
  Gender	Male
  Census	1881	New Street, St Neots, Huntingdonshire
  Census	1891	High Street, Devizes, Wiltshire
  Census	1901	Hitchin Street, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
  Occupation	1901
  	Printer & Stationer
  Census	1911	Shortmead Street, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
  Death	23 Mar 1942	Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
  Notes	Charles Elphick publisher of The Biggleswade Chronicle married Amelia Rutherford in 1896. He moved from Hitchin Street in April 1903. He was also a general printer and shopkeeper selling stationery, pictorial post cards, fancy goods, wallpaper, toys etc. He expanded his business and living premises to take in both 52 and 54 when the Co-op closed down. He died in 1942 after personally managing the business for 50 years. His son Edward Elphick born in July 1898 was originally trained as a journalist, but joined the Sherwood Forrester's during the Great War in 1916. He left the army in with the rank of captain to succeed his father as editor of The Biggleswade Chronicle until he died in 1947, leaving two sons and two daughters. The Biggleswade Chronicle was sold to Bedford County Press in 1953. Son, David Elphick continued as Managing Director of Charles Elphick Ltd. with the extensive printing works. The company was sold to the Flair Group of Bedford in 1992 and the works at Biggleswade closed. His brother Robert Elphick became chief correspondent for Reuters in Moscow and a well-known BBC foreign correspondent. 1881 - Class: RG11; Piece: 1610; Folio: 12; Page: 18; GSU roll: 1341386 Richard Elphick Head Married Male 40 1841 Solicitors Managing Clerk Acton, Middlesex, England Martha Elphick Wife Married Female 38 1843 Grocer Hellingly, Sussex, England Gertrude Elphick Daughter Single Female 13 1868 Scholar Kentish Town, Middlesex, England Charles Elphick Son Single Male 8 1873 Scholar St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England 1891 - High Street, Devizes, Wiltshire RG12; Piece: 1599; Folio: 133; Page: 12 Charles Elphick Boarder Single Male 18 1873 Compositor & Reporter St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
  Person ID	I3014	Willingale One Name Study
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2018

  
  

  Family	Amelia Rutherford           b. 20 Jun 1867, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire           d. 21 Jul 1946, Warwick, Warwickshire (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1896	Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
  Children	+ 1. Edward Rutherford Elphick           b. 1898, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire           d. 4 Jan 1947, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire (Age 49 years) + 2. Jessie Butler Elphick           b. 1901, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire           d. 1961, Warwick, Warwickshire (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F0981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Birth - 27 Jul 1872 - St Neots, Cambridgeshire Census - 1881 - New Street, St Neots, Huntingdonshire Census - 1891 - High Street, Devizes, Wiltshire Marriage - 1896 - Biggleswade, Bedfordshire Child - Edward Rutherford Elphick - 1898 - Biggleswade, Bedfordshire Census - 1901 - Hitchin Street, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire Child - Jessie Butler Elphick - 1901 - Biggleswade, Bedfordshire Census - 1911 - Shortmead Street, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire Death - 23 Mar 1942 - Biggleswade, Bedfordshire  = Link to Google Earth
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