Dudley Clark Elston

13 February 1889–8 October 1953 (Age 64)
Haughton, Bossier, Louisiana, United States

The Life of Dudley Clark

When Dudley Clark Elston was born on 13 February 1889, in Haughton, Bossier, Louisiana, United States, his father, Joseph Walker Elston, was 28 and his mother, Emily Ogilvie Moore, was 25. He married Myrtis Jackson Lawrence on 29 April 1907. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Police Jury Ward 6, Bossier, Louisiana, United States for about 10 years and Ward One, Bossier, Louisiana, United States for about 20 years. He died on 8 October 1953, in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dudley Clark Elston
1889–1953
Myrtis Jackson Lawrence
1888–
Marriage: 29 April 1907
Mary Ruth Elston
1909–1955
Dudley Clark Elston Jr.
1911–1990
Paul Lawrence Elston
1912–

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
29 April 1907
children

(3)

    Mary Ruth Elston

    Female1909–1955Female

    Dudley Clark Elston Jr.

    Male1911–1990Male

    Paul Lawrence Elston

    Male1912–Male

Parents and Siblings

    Joseph Walker Elston

    Male1860–1922Male

    Emily Ogilvie Moore

    Female1863–1929Female

siblings

(9)

+4 More Children

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

Age 1

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage

Age 1

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1906 · Saving Food Labels

Age 17

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places so named. One in Lancashire is named from the Old English female personal name Æðelsige (composed of the elements aðel ‘noble’ + sige ‘victory’) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; one in Nottinghamshire originally had as its first element the genitive case of the Old Norse byname Eilífr meaning ‘everlasting’; one in Wiltshire was so named from Elias Giffard, holder of the manor in the 12th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • D C Elston in household of J W Elston, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Dudley E Elston, "United States Census, 1920"
  • D C Elston, "United States Census, 1940"

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