Robert Ellin

Robert Ellin a stone and wood sculptor was active in the United States 1867 to 1900. He was most likely born in West Yorkshire about 1838. Not much is known about his life until his association with a fellow Englishman and Yorkshireman John William Kitson. Together they entered a mahogony breakfront in the 1876 Bi-Centential juried event where they won a prize and much acclaim.

In 1872 Robert Ellin was elected a director of the Bay of Fundy Red Granite Company located in St. George New Brunswick Canada. He is also noted to have carved the cherry frieze in Old South Church in Boston, Massachusetts between 1872 and 1875.

In 1900 census he is noted to be living in Westchester New York.

Robert Ellin established his firm as Robert Ellin & Co about 1870 based in NYC. He and John William Kitson joined forces after the 1876 Bi-Centennial Ellin & Kitson an achitectural sculpturing firm with emphasis in churches. They have been noted as specialty contractors in many buildings from NYC to Boston.

External links

* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbpstgeo/stge5a35a.htm "History of Granite Industry in St. George, NB" Charlotte County Historical Society No 46", Miss M. Eulalia O"Halloran, page 8]