Elias Gifford 
Elias was born about 1095 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England. Elias' father was Helias Gifford and his mother was UNKNOWN Ala. His paternal grandfather was Osbert Giffard. He was an only child. He died about 1166.General Notes
Sources: Norr p72 and 74; Genealogical Research in England by G. Andrews
Moriarty, NEHGR 75/57-63 and 129-139; Ayers, p204, 409, 410.
NEHGR: Elias (Helias) Giffard, succeeded his father in 1130. He married
Berta de Clifford. He was called "the boy," probably to distinguish him from
his father. Had sons Elias (Helias) III and Walter of Boyton and Gilbert, both
mentioned with their mother in 1177. Their father die before then?
Norr p72: Elias Gifford II of Brimsfield, born about 1100, died about 1159.
Succeeded about 1129; became a monk in 1153.
Norr p74: Born about 1094, died 1166. Take your pick.
Ayers: Elias Giffard (II); became a monk in Gloucester Abbey; died about
1166.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0970 in Longueville, Normandie
- b.~ 0970 d.> 1048
- b.~ 0974 in Longueville, Normandie
- b.~ 1010 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1084 in France
- b.~ 1042 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 0985 in Longueville, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1014 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1068 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England d.1130
- b.~ 1095 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England d.~ 1166
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Elias and Berta were married in a religious ceremony about 1127. They had three sons named Elias, Walter and Gilbert.
Family Notes
CHAN17 May 2004
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Children
Elias Helias Giffard III Lord Brimsfield
Elias was born about 1153 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England. He died in 1190.
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