Arabella DREW
Abt 1790 - 1866 (~ 76 years)
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Name Arabella DREW Birth Abt 1790 Gender Female Death 11 Mar 1866 Painstown, Navan, Co.Meath, Ireland 
[1] Person ID I3263 My Genealogy Last Modified 17 May 2016
Family Walter ATKIN, b. Abt 1788, Co. Cork, Ireland d. Nov 1836, Douglas, Cork, Ireland (Age ~ 48 years) Marriage Jan 1815 Co. Cork, Ireland [2] Notes - 1 _MEND Death of one spouse
Children 1. Alicia Drew ATKIN, b. Abt 1816, Cork, Ireland 2. Catherine ATKIN, b. Abt 1817, Co. Cork, Ireland d. Salem, Marion Co., Illinois, USA 3. Walter ATKIN, b. 12 Apr 1818, Cloynepriest, Youghal, Co.Cork, Ireland d. 6 Mar 1865, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 46 years)4. John Drew ATKIN, b. Abt 1820, Cork, Ireland d. 24 Jul 1886, Tapanui, Otago, New Zealand (Age ~ 66 years)5. James William ATKIN, b. Abt 1821, Cork, Ireland d. 1889, Toledo, Ohio, USA (Age ~ 68 years)6. Arabella Victoria ATKIN, b. 27 Nov 1823, Douglas, Cork, Ireland d. 1 Apr 1905, Burlington, Kansas, United States of America (Age 81 years)7. Christopher Musgrave ATKIN, b. 1824, Douglas, Cork, Ireland d. 9 Apr 1902, Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand. (Age 78 years)8. Thomas Footte ATKIN, b. 1826, Douglas, Cork, Ireland d. Sep 1826, Douglas, Cork, Ireland (Age 0 years)9. Georgina Mary ATKIN, b. Jul 1827, Douglas, Cork, Ireland d. USA 10. Richard Garde ATKIN, b. 1829, Douglas, Cork, Ireland d. 9 Aug 1896, Whiting, Indiana, USA (Age 67 years)Family ID F1268 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 May 2016
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Event Map 
Marriage - Jan 1815 - Co. Cork, Ireland 
Death - 11 Mar 1866 - Painstown, Navan, Co.Meath, Ireland = Link to Google Earth
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Notes
Book. Year 1846, Page 17, Memorial 86
Memorial for the registration of a Deed of Mortgage dated 22 nd October,1846 made between Arabella Atkin of Bishopstown, Co.Cork and JamesWilliam Atkin of same place, Gent,, concerning the lease of lands by themto members of the Tottenham and Newenham, families?Clonpriest,Coolcrenagh, Castletreasure, Casduff, and Barnhill then calledAtkinville. The lease was first underlined above and released on 22ndOctober, 1846 (Summary)
James William would have been the third eldest son of Walter and ArabellaDrew Atkin. The reference to "Atkinville" being changed to "Barnhill" (and later to Summerslea) may have some relevance to the fact thatArabella Drew Atkin is now shown as living in Bishopstown which is alsoclose to Cork City.
Book. Year 1844. Page 16. Memorial 103
A Memorial of a Deed of Indenture dated 11 Oct. 1844 between ArabellaAtkin, widow of Walter Atkin Esq. of "Atkinville" in the County of Corkof the 1st part and Walter Atkin, student at law, eldest son and heir ofsaid Walter Atkin of the 2nd part and Richard Davis Garde, City of Corkof the 3d part re. A policy of insurance for 500 pounds? the beneficiarywas Arabella Atkin and Richard Garde was the Trustee. (A Summary)
The ATKIN Family had made the decision to emigrate to the United Statesof America. All members of the immediate family still in Irelandincluding Arabella ATKIN (mother) packed their belongings and sailed forNew York. It is not known if they all travelled together or separately,but the sons and daughters of Arabella, settled in the Chicago andIllinois areas.
Maybe Arabella ATKIN was missing her homeland Ireland, as ArabellaATKIN accompanied by her son Walter, his wife Margaret Hill and theirfamily of six children returned to England before March 1858 when yetanother child was born in London to Walter and Margaret. The othermembers of the family remained in America.
Eldest son Walter and his wife Margaret Hill ATKIN deided toemigrate to Melbourne Australia and they sailed there in 1859.
Arabella ATKIN widow of Walter ATKIN of Atkinville, Cork, died atSt. Clouds, Navan, Co. Meath on the 14th of March 1866, a year after thedeath of her eldest son Walter in Melbourne Australia.
From Calender of Wills & Admons from 1858 0nwards (Dublin PRO)
'1866 ATKIN, Arabella - 27 Nov - Letters of Admon. of personal estateopf, late of St. Clouds, Navan in Co. of Meath, widow deceased, who died14 March 1866 at same place were granted at Prin. Reg. tp John HenrySUGRUE of Sydney Place in Co of City of Cork, Merchant, having interest(Limited Grant)'
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