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Robert ATKINSON

Male Abt 1812 - Abt 1894  (~ 82 years)


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  • Name Robert ATKINSON  [1
    Born Abt 1812  Aberford, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 29 Mar 1812  Aberford, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1841  [2
    Iron Moulder 
    Residence 1841  Topknot House, Rothwell, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Occupation 1851  [3
    Iron Moulder 
    Residence 1851  Carlton, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Occupation 1861  [4
    Foreman (Foundry) 
    Residence 1861  Lofthouse, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Occupation 1871  [5
    Moulder 
    Residence 1871  Hunger Hill, Morley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Occupation 1881  [6
    Iron Moulder (Unemployed) 
    Residence 1881  Hunger Hill, Morley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Occupation 1891  [7
    Retired Iron Moulder 
    Residence 1891  1 Illford Terrace, Morley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    _UID 72E2DE606ED04A5AA5693D1E0476C4082395 
    Died Abt 1894  Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Buried 1 Mar 1894  Bruntcliffe Lane Cemetery, Morley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Person ID I48  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2016 

    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  [11, 12
    • Image from Pallots Marriage Index shows Jane Scott of Sherburn.
    Family ID F131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Maria DUTTON,   b. Abt 1818, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1839, Top Knot Houses, Carlton with Lofthouse, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 21 years) 
    Married 2 Oct 1836  St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Type: Unmarried 
    Children 
     1. John ATKINSON,   b. Abt 1839, Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2016 
    Family ID F224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 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  [13, 14
    • 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.
    Children 
     1. Ann ATKINSON,   b. Abt 1841, Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Jane ATKINSON,   b. Abt 1842, Top Knot Houses, Carlton with Lofthouse, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1863, Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 21 years)
     3. Emma ATKINSON,   b. Abt 1845, Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +4. Elizabeth ATKINSON,   b. Abt 1847, Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1921, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
    +5. Robert ATKINSON,   b. Abt 1847, Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1886, Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 39 years)
     6. Martha ATKINSON,   b. Abt 1850, Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +7. Ellen ATKINSON,   b. Abt 1852, Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1918, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
     8. Peter ATKINSON,   b. Abt 1855, Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1866  (Age ~ 11 years)
    +9. Vincent ATKINSON,   b. Abt 1857, Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1929, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)
    +10. Harry ATKINSON,   b. Abt 1859, Carlton/Robin Hood, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Ben ATKINSON,   b. Abt 1862, Carlton, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2016 
    Family ID F19  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Conflicting date of birth given as 29 Mar 1812 in IGI film number 455416. The death index for Dewsbury seems more likely than Bradford as it is much nearer to Morley.
      He had a grand daughter Ann Atkinson born abt 1860 in Carlton or Lofthouse, Yorks. Parents unknown. She was living with Robert and Elizabeth in various census records.

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] International Genealogical Index(R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002), Batch #: P007341, Sheet #: 00, Source Call #: 0899810, Printout Call #: 0471961, Dates: 1540 - 1812 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S24] 1841 England Census, "1841 England Census," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk : 2006), PRO HO 107/1269/12, folio 34, page 2, line 2 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S9] 1851 England Census, "1851 England Census," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk : 2005), PRO HO 107/2316, folio 467, page 32, household 130 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S25] 1861 England Census, "1861 England Census," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk : 2005), PRO RG9/3430, folio 92, page 36, household 200 (Reliability: 3).

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

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

    7. [S18] 1891 England Census, "1891 England Census," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk : 2005), PRO RG12/3716, folio 97, page 41, household 252 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S21] GRO Death Index, "England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1983," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk : 2008), Mar [quarter] 1894, Dewsbury [district], vol. 9b:384 (Reliability: 3).
      Age: 81

    9. [S21] GRO Death Index, "England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1983," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk : 2008), Dec [quarter] 1893, Bradford Y. [district], vol. 9b:38 (Reliability: 3).
      Age: 81

    10. [S41] National Burial Index, Morley & District FHG (Reliability: 3).
      01 Mar 1894 burial Robert ATKINSON Aged 81 Morley, Bruntcliffe Lane Cemetery.
      Grave: 1007, Section: C General.

    11. [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).

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

    13. [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).

    14. [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