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Ben ATKINSON

Male Abt 1862 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Ben ATKINSON  [1, 2
    Born Abt 1862  Carlton, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1871  Hunger Hill, Morley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Occupation 1881  [1
    Powerloom Turner Wool (SPM) 
    Residence 1881  Hunger Hill, Morley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    _UID E9FE38CE6C4E470D82A4661F681F84BA6BE7 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I350  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2016 

    Father Robert ATKINSON,   b. Abt 1812, Aberford, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1894, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth WHITTLESTON,   b. Abt 1820, Lofthouse, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1898, Morley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1839  All Saints Church, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    • 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.
    Family ID F19  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Myra 
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2016 
    Family ID F543  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S17] 1881 England Census, "1881 England Census," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk : 2004), PRO RG11/4543, folio 89, page 35, household 166 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S11] 1871 England Census, "1871 England Census," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk :2004), PRO RG10/4577, folio 62, page 20, household 118 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [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).

    4. [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