John Elsdale Molson married Mary Leeson in St Andrew's Church, Saint-Marylebone Parish, London, England, on April 11, 1891 (Marylebone Registration District)
[Mary (born 1 Oct 1865, Buenos Aires, Argentina; died 12 Sept 1932, at 'The Pound House', Angmering, Sussex, England) was the second daughter of Dr Arthur Edmond Leeson and Alice {Fraser} Leeson of Dublin, Argentina, Uruguay and Switzerland]
Major Dr. J E Molson served in the Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Army), during World War One
Children of John and Mary Molson:
* Harold Elsdale Molson, 1893-1946
* Eric Elsdale Molson, 1894-1915
* Gerald Hildred E Molson, 1896-1939
* Agnes Violet Alice Molson {MacLeod}, b.1898
* Arthur Hugh E Molson, 1903-1991
Obituary published in The British Medical Journal, 1925 December 12; 2(3389): p.1156 --
"We regret to record the sudden death on November 28th, at his residence, Goring Hall, near Worthing, of Dr. John Elsdale Molson, formerly a medical member of Parliament. He was born in 1863, the son of Samuel Elsdale Molson of Montreal. From Cheltenham College he went to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and afterwards studied medicine at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School. He obtained the diplomas of L.S.A. in 1889 and M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. in 1890; graduated M.B., B.Ch.Cantab. in 1891 and proceeded M.D. in 1905. He contested North-East Bethnal Green at the two parliamentary elections in 1910, and from 1919 to 1923 represented, as a Unionist, the Gainsborough Division of Lincoln in the House of Commons. He held a commission as Major R.A.M.C. (T.A.), and served at home and in Egypt during the great war from August, 1914, to December, 1918. He was a justice of the peace for West Sussex. His chief recreations were shooting, motoring, and golf. He is survived by his widow, a daughter of the late Dr. A. E. Leeson, three sons, and a daughter. The funeral took place at St. Mary's Church, Goring-by-Sea, on December 2nd [1925]."
[Obit Source: National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine > National Institutes of Health > PubMed Central® (PMC) > The British Medical Journal, Br Med J. 1925 December 12; 2(3389): 1156.; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2227407/?page=1; retrieved June 11, 2013]
**An extensive biography for Dr John Elsdale Molson can be viewed at Wikipedia.com**
Family links:
2xGreat-Grandparents, Molson of Snake Hall, Moulton, Lincolnshire, England:
* John Molson
* Mary {Elsdale} Molson
John Elsdale Molson married Mary Leeson in St Andrew's Church, Saint-Marylebone Parish, London, England, on April 11, 1891 (Marylebone Registration District)
[Mary (born 1 Oct 1865, Buenos Aires, Argentina; died 12 Sept 1932, at 'The Pound House', Angmering, Sussex, England) was the second daughter of Dr Arthur Edmond Leeson and Alice {Fraser} Leeson of Dublin, Argentina, Uruguay and Switzerland]
Major Dr. J E Molson served in the Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Army), during World War One
Children of John and Mary Molson:
* Harold Elsdale Molson, 1893-1946
* Eric Elsdale Molson, 1894-1915
* Gerald Hildred E Molson, 1896-1939
* Agnes Violet Alice Molson {MacLeod}, b.1898
* Arthur Hugh E Molson, 1903-1991
Obituary published in The British Medical Journal, 1925 December 12; 2(3389): p.1156 --
"We regret to record the sudden death on November 28th, at his residence, Goring Hall, near Worthing, of Dr. John Elsdale Molson, formerly a medical member of Parliament. He was born in 1863, the son of Samuel Elsdale Molson of Montreal. From Cheltenham College he went to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and afterwards studied medicine at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School. He obtained the diplomas of L.S.A. in 1889 and M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. in 1890; graduated M.B., B.Ch.Cantab. in 1891 and proceeded M.D. in 1905. He contested North-East Bethnal Green at the two parliamentary elections in 1910, and from 1919 to 1923 represented, as a Unionist, the Gainsborough Division of Lincoln in the House of Commons. He held a commission as Major R.A.M.C. (T.A.), and served at home and in Egypt during the great war from August, 1914, to December, 1918. He was a justice of the peace for West Sussex. His chief recreations were shooting, motoring, and golf. He is survived by his widow, a daughter of the late Dr. A. E. Leeson, three sons, and a daughter. The funeral took place at St. Mary's Church, Goring-by-Sea, on December 2nd [1925]."
[Obit Source: National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine > National Institutes of Health > PubMed Central® (PMC) > The British Medical Journal, Br Med J. 1925 December 12; 2(3389): 1156.; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2227407/?page=1; retrieved June 11, 2013]
**An extensive biography for Dr John Elsdale Molson can be viewed at Wikipedia.com**
Family links:
2xGreat-Grandparents, Molson of Snake Hall, Moulton, Lincolnshire, England:
* John Molson
* Mary {Elsdale} Molson
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