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- Walter ATKIN and Arabella DREW's second son John Drew ATKIN was bornabout 1820. He was named for his mother's father, John DREW, though itmust be noted here that Walter's brother was named John Drew also.
Though it is not definite where he was born, it possibly was atClonpriest, near Youghal, as there is no baptismal entry in the St.Luke's Church Registers. It is unfortunate that there are no survivingrecords for the Parishes in the Cloyne and Youghal areas of the County ofCork.
Little is known of his early life, apart from his attending TrinityCollege in Dublin.
In the late 1840's John Drew and his brother Christopher MusgraveATKIN sailed to Australia where they met up with the DREW family inMelbourne, Australia.
There in December 1849 in Melbourne, John Drew ATKIN married hisfirst cousin Rebecca Fell Pomeroy DREW. Rebecca and her mother Jane GARDEwidow of Francis DREW, two brothers and two sisters had emigrated toAustralia soon after the death of Rebecca's father in December 1839.(There were two sets of twins in the DREW Family.)
Melbourne Daily News, Marriage Notice: ... 21 December 1849.
'At St.James's Church on the 20th inst. John Drew 2nd son of the lateWalter ATKIN Esq. of Atkinville County Cork, to Rebecca Fell Pomeroy,youngest daughter of the late Francis DREW Esq. of Frogmore, CountyWaterford, Ireland.'
'Pastoral Pioneers of Port Phillip.' (Melbourne, Victoria.)States:.................
'John Drew ATKIN held the Pastoral run El Dorado East from December 1859to April 1860.'
The Birth Indexes of Victoria, Australia., the early Church Recordsmention a child Jane ATKIN being born in the 'Murray District ofVictoria, no date given. Another child of John and Rebecca ATKIN was bornin 1853 in Melbourne and called Georgianna (Name of the ship that theDREWS arrived in Australia on.)
Birth Index, Victoria, Australia, Book 2 1841 - 1853.
c 1851 ATKIN, Jane Drew Fth. Jno. Mth. RebeccaMurray Dist.
1853 ATKIN, Georgianna Elizth. ATKIN, Fth. Jno. Drew, Mth.Rebecca. Melb.
Jane Aileen died in 1936 and was buried at Tapanui, Otago, NewZealand.
A son named John Drew ATKIN was born in Victoria, Australia in 1854.
Another son Christopher D. ATKIN who was born just across the borderof Victoria in New South Wales in 1858. (N.S.W. Birth Index No. 4096... 1858.) Christopher ATKIN died at Tapanui, Otago, New Zealand, in1931.
In 1859 John Drew ATKIN was complained against through the IndigoPolice Court. Report in 'The Chiltern Standard' on Wed. December 14th1859.
John Drew and Rebecca ATKIN had another daughter Gertrude Clara inAustralia, born in 1861.
Gertrude Clara ATKIN spinster aged 76 years died at Tapanui, Otago,New Zealand on the 9th of April 1937
Another interesting piece of information about the activities ofJohn Drew ATKIN featured in an advertisement in 'The Ovens & MurrayAdvertiser' Sat. May 11th 1861 in column 4 on page 4, of Beechworth,Victoria.
A persistent drought caused major problems for their farmingventures in Victoria and New South Wales and wiped out most of theirassets. This prompted them to try their luck further afield in NewZealand.
John Drew ATKIN left Victoria, Australia, 1861 and sailed to Otago,New Zealand aboard the "Aldinga", where he settled at Tapanui, Otago.Presumably Rebecca and the children resided with her mother Jane DREW orher brothers in Victoria while her husband John Drew found a place forthem.
Rebecca ATKIN and their children followed in 1863, sailing on the"City of Hobart". They later settled on a farm at Tapanui, where JohnDrew ATKIN also began a carrying business.
Daughter Arabella Louisa ATKIN was born near Clutha, Otago, NewZealand about 1867. On the 5th of July 1895 at St. George's Church inPatea, Taranaki, Arabella Louisa ATKIN married Fred SYMES a bankaccountant. The SYMES family farmed in the South Taranaki area. ArabellaLouisa SYMES died at Wanganui in 1951. Her husband had died on the 3rd ofAugust 1920.
Their last child was born at Tapanui in 1869 and called AliciaKatherine ATKIN. Alicia Katherine died on the 16th of May 1942, aged 73years and was buried at Tapanui on the 18 May 1942.
On the 25th July 1881 Rebecca Fell Pomeroy Drew ATKIN died atTapanui from a severe bout of pleurisy of the lungs. She was buried atTapanui Cemetery on the 27th of July 1881.
Death Notice, 'Tapanui Courier', 27 July 1881.
'ATKIN .. On Tuesday 26th inst., at her residence, Tapanui the belovedwife of John Drew ATKIN snr.'
Burial Records Tapanui Cemetery, Otago, New Zealand
ATKIN, Rebecca Pomery Drew Block 3 Plot 200. Wife of J D ATKIN ofTapanui, d. 27th of July 1881 of inflammation. B. Ireland buried 27thJuly 1881.
On the morning of the 24th of July 1886 John Drew ATKIN was founddead by his son Christopher at about 6.30 a.m. He was found with his headin the fireplace and had suffered severe burns to his face and side. TheCoroner's Report gives a description of the injuries to John Drew ATKINand the probable cause of death.It must be noted here that sonChristopher was the informant to the Coroner and he called himselfChristopher Musgrave ATKIN not Christopher D. ATKIN. Presumably he hadbeen named after his uncle.
Death Notice, 'Tapanui Courier'
' ATKIN .. at Tapanui on Saturday July 24th 1886 John Drew ATKIN aged 67yrs.'
John Drew ATKIN was laid to rest beside his late wife Rebecca on the26th of July 1886 in the Tapanui Cemetery.
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Burial Records, Tapanui Cemetery, Otago, New Zealand;
ATKIN, John Drew, Block 3 Plot 199 Gentleman of Tapanui, Aged 67 years.b. Ireland d. 24 Jul 1886 buried 26 Jul 1886. Early Stettlers Assn. NewZealand.
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Abt 1820 - 1886 (~ 66 years)
