Our Family History
Family: Robert ATKINSON / Elizabeth WHITTLESTON (F19)
m. 25 Dec 1839-
Father | Male
Robert ATKINSON
Born Abt 1812 Aberford, Yorkshire, England 
Christened 29 Mar 1812 Aberford, Yorkshire, England Died Abt 1894 Yorkshire, England Buried 1 Mar 1894 Bruntcliffe Lane Cemetery, Morley, Yorkshire, England Married 25 Dec 1839 [1, 2] All Saints Church, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England [1, 2] Other Spouse Maria DUTTON | F224 (Unmarried) Married 2 Oct 1836 St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England Father Peter ATKINSON | F131 Group Sheet Mother Jane SCOTT | F131 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Elizabeth WHITTLESTON
Born Abt 1820 Lofthouse, Yorkshire, England Christened 15 Oct 1820 Rothwell Parish Church, Yorkshire, England Died Abt 1898 Morley, Yorkshire, England Buried 7 Aug 1898 Bruntcliffe Lane Cemetery, Morley, Yorkshire, England Father Mother
Child 1 | Female
Ann ATKINSON
Born Abt 1841 Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Died Yes, date unknown Buried
Child 2 | Female
+ Jane ATKINSON
Born Abt 1842 Top Knot Houses, Carlton with Lofthouse, Yorkshire, England Christened 4 Sep 1842 Holy Trinity, Rothwell, Yorkshire, England Died Abt 1863 Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Buried 28 Jul 1863 Holy Trinity, Rothwell, Yorkshire, England
Child 3 | Female
Emma ATKINSON
Born Abt 1845 Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Died Yes, date unknown Buried
Child 4 | Female
+ Elizabeth ATKINSON
Born Abt 1847 Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Died Abt 1921 Yorkshire, England Buried 12 Dec 1921 Bruntcliffe Lane Cemetery, Morley, Yorkshire, England Spouse Walter WALLER | F78 Married Abt 1866 Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England Spouse John VICKERY | F79 Married Abt 1890 Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
Child 5 | Male
+ Robert ATKINSON
Born Abt 1847 Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Died Abt 1886 Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Buried Spouse Jane WOLFORTH | F113 Married 22 May 1866 Rothwell, Yorkshire, England
Child 6 | Female
Martha ATKINSON
Born Abt 1850 Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Died Yes, date unknown Buried
Child 7 | Female
+ Ellen ATKINSON
Born Abt 1852 Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Died Dec 1918 Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England Buried Spouse Ezra WADE | F76 Married Abt 1872 Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
Child 8 | Male
Peter ATKINSON
Born Abt 1855 Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Died Abt 1866 Buried 20 Oct 1866 Holy Trinity, Rothwell, Yorkshire, England
Child 9 | Male
+ Vincent ATKINSON
Born Abt 1857 Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Died Abt 1929 Yorkshire, England Buried 18 Sep 1929 Bruntcliffe Lane Cemetery, Morley, Yorkshire, England Spouse Jane SHARP | F115 Married 1882 Saint Paul's, Morley, Yorkshire, England
Child 10 | Male
+ Harry ATKINSON
Born Abt 1859 Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Eliza ROBERTS | F116 Married Abt 1883 Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
Child 11 | Male
Ben ATKINSON
Born Abt 1862 Carlton, Yorkshire, England Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Myra | F543 Married
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Notes Married:
- The residence is likely Stanley cum Wrenthorp. The families of Elizabeths's parents (Vincent & Eliza (Elizabeth DENTON), and brother (William with wife Susan nee FARRAR), were both at Lingwell Gate, Stanley cum Wrenthorp in 1841.
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Sources - [S4] GRO Marriage Index, "England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk : 2008), Dec [quarter] 1839, Wakefield [district], vol. 22:591 (Reliability: 3).
- [S46] Information provided by a relative, Family member (Reliability: 4).
25 Dec 1839. Robert ATKINSON (x) full age bachelor iron moulder; residence Stanley; father Peter ATKINSON joiner;
Elizabeth WITTLESTON (x) minor spinster (no occupation recorded); residence Stanley; father Vincent WITTLESTON labourer.
Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Wakefield in the County of York. Married in the Parish Church after Banns, by Samuel Sharp, Vicar. Witnesses Wm WHITTLESTON; Jas ATKINSON. No 309
- [S4] GRO Marriage Index, "England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk : 2008), Dec [quarter] 1839, Wakefield [district], vol. 22:591 (Reliability: 3).