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James ATKINSON

Male Abt 1817 - 1871  (~ 54 years)


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  • Name James ATKINSON  [1
    Born Abt 1817  Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1851  [3
    Boiler Maker 
    Residence 1851  Crowthers Building, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Occupation 1861  [1
    Boiler Maker 
    Residence 1861  29 Bread Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Occupation 1871  [4
    Boiler Maker (Journeyman) 
    Residence 1871  13 Castlereagh Street, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Boarder 
    _UID 680184D40C9E4964A338A944637D76F0260C 
    Died Dec 1871  Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I116  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 28 Sep 2012 

    Father Peter ATKINSON,   b. 11 Dec 1776, Seacroft, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1827, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Jane SCOTT,   b. Abt 1771, Etal, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1853, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Married 24 Nov 1799  Aberford, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    • Image from Pallots Marriage Index shows Jane Scott of Sherburn.
    Family ID F131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ellen FIRTH,   b. Abt 1819, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1857, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years) 
    Married 28 May 1849  Silkstone Parish Church, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • All Saints (Silkstone Parish Church). Registered at Ecclesfield. James Atkinson. boilermaker, father: Peter Atkinson, carpenter. Ellen Firth, no father.
    Children 
    +1. Isabella ATKINSON,   b. 14 Aug 1852, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1915, Methley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    +2. Jane Scott ATKINSON,   b. 31 Dec 1856, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1932, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     3. Mary Ellen ATKINSON,   b. 31 Dec 1856, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1857, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 28 Sep 2012 
    Family ID F184  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Ann HANSON,   b. Abt 1812, Denby Dale, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 22 Nov 1857  Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • St Mary's. James Atkinson, boilermaker, widower, father: Peter Atkinson, millwright. Mary Hannah Gardner, widow, father: Joseph Hanson, school master.
    Last Modified 28 Sep 2012 
    Family ID F37  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • James may have been born in Garforth or Aberford but no christening found. It was about this time that his parents moved to Barnsley. Perhaps he was born and/or christened there.

  • Sources 
    1. [S25] 1861 England Census, "1861 England Census," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk : 2005), PRO RG9/3383, folio 109, page 20, household 113 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S46] Information provided by a relative, Family member, from Marriage Cert. of James Atkinson and Eleanor Firth (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S9] 1851 England Census, "1851 England Census," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk : 2005), PRO HO 107/2295, folio 882, page 7, household 22 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S11] 1871 England Census, "1871 England Census," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk :2004), PRO RG10/4646, folio 9, page 11, household 54 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S21] GRO Death Index, "England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1983," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk : 2008), Dec [quarter] 1871, Barnsley [district], vol. 9c:98 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S5] International Genealogical Index(R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002), Batch #: M007341, Sheet #: 00, Source Call #: 0899810, Printout Call #: 6909583, Dates: 1540 - 1812. (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S8] Pallot's Marriage Index for England 1780 - 1837, Peter Atkinson, Jane Scott, 1799, Aberford, Yorkshire (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S6] Marriage Certificate (GRO), England, General Register Office, (full certified copy), entry for James Atkinson & Ellen Firth; Jun [quarter] 1849, Ecclesfield [district], vol. 22:123 (Reliability: 4).
      Groom:age 32, bachellor,boiler maker of Barnsley.
      Father of groom: Peter Atkinson, carpenter.
      Bride: age 32, spinster of Barnsley.
      No father of bride.
      Witness 1: John Jones.
      Witness 2: Charles Horsfield.

    9. [S4] GRO Marriage Index, "England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk : 2008), Dec [quarter] 1857, Barnsley [district], vol. 9c:164 (Reliability: 3).