THE ATKIN FAMILY - FROM SHEFFIELD ENGLAND TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Our
ATKIN family history begins in Norton, Sheffield, where Henry
Atkin (born 29.8.1809) had worked as a wood turner. The
children of Henry Atkin and his wife Harriet (born 29.7.1810) are listed below.
At
a Meeting of Emigrants held on board the ship Brankenmoore, July
3rd, 1849, the following Resolutions and Address were moved and
carried unanimously (moved by Mr Atkin, seconded by Mr Welton:
"The emigrants by the ship Brankenmoore, from England, on
their arrival in the Port of Adelaide under the protection of
Divine Providence, feel bound to express their gratitude to Captain
John James, Commander of the above ship, and to Thomas Ward Boswood,
Esq., Surgeon-Superintendent, under whose charge we have sailed,
for their gentlemanly, generous, and kind conduct to each and
all of them; also for their utmost endeavour to promote their
health and comfort, by which means a long and tedious voyage has
been made comparatively light........."
Mary,
born c1832. We know of Mary's birth but no further details.
Ellen, (Trevor's 2nd great-grandmother), 14.11.1832 - 2.1.1926.
Ellen married Charles BOWN with whom she had
two children; had a relationship with William Stephen
Moore HUTTON resulting in the birth of one child and
a marriage to Thomas Tate WASHINGTON which
produced a further two children.
Henry, 14.2.1835 - 2.3.1887. Henry married Mary Ann
MASON and they had 9 children.
Elizabeth, 21.2.1838 - 4.9.1918. Elizabeth married William
BENNETT and they had 9 children.
Thomas, 5.9.1839 - 22.3.1902. Thomas married Margaret
MASON (sister to Henry's wife Mary Ann). Thomas and
Margaret had one child who died when only a couple of days old.
Harriet, C1842 - 9.10.1914. Harriet married George HUSTON and had 9 children.
Richard Cobden, (c1846 - 1848 (named after Richard Cobden, one
of the founding members of the Anti-Corn Law League).
Jannet, (c1849 - 1.4.1850)
Henry
died on the 2nd March, 1878 in Gilbert Street, Adelaide, Harriet
had died on the 9th July 1859. Henry did not re-marry.
