Richard Garde ATKIN
1829 - 1896 (67 years)
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Name Richard Garde ATKIN Birth 1829 Douglas, Cork, Ireland 
[1] Christening 26 Jul 1829 Douglas, Cork, Ireland Gender Male Death 9 Aug 1896 Whiting, Indiana, USA [2] Person ID I3269 My Genealogy Last Modified 17 May 2016
Father Walter ATKIN, b. Abt 1788, Co. Cork, Ireland d. Nov 1836, Douglas, Cork, Ireland (Age ~ 48 years) Mother Arabella DREW, b. Abt 1790 d. 11 Mar 1866, Painstown, Navan, Co.Meath, Ireland (Age ~ 76 years) Marriage Jan 1815 Co. Cork, Ireland [3] Notes - 1 _MEND Death of one spouse
Family ID F1268 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Ann MERRELL, b. Abt 1835, Ohio, U. S. Of America d. 8 Jul 1872, Salem, Marion Co., Illinois, USA (Age ~ 37 years) Marriage 1853 Illinois, USA Children 1. Joseph Seymore ATKIN, b. 26 Oct 1854, Salem, Marion Co., Illinois, USA d. Aft 1930 (Age > 77 years)2. Walter ATKIN, b. 2 Mar 1857, Salem, Marion Co., Illinois, USA d. Aft 1920, Prescott City, Yavapai, Arizona, USA (Age > 64 years)3. Catherine (Kittie) ATKIN, b. 20 Sep 1859, Salem, Marion Co., Illinois, USA 4. Mary Georgina ATKIN, b. 10 Feb 1862, Salem, Marion Co., Illinois, USA 5. Clara Bell ATKIN, b. 24 Sep 1865, Salem, Marion Co., Illinois, USA Family ID F1298 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 May 2016
Family 2 Margaret MOORE, b. 1845, Iberia, Ohio, USA d. 1898, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Age 53 years) Marriage Abt 1873 Children 1. Hugh Moore ATKIN, b. 14 Dec 1875, Salem, Marion Co., Illinois, USA 2. Arabella Drew ATKIN, b. 21 Dec 1877, Salem, Marion Co., Illinois, USA d. 13 Jun 1959, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 81 years)Family ID F1299 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 May 2016
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Birth - 1829 - Douglas, Cork, Ireland 
Christening - 26 Jul 1829 - Douglas, Cork, Ireland 
Marriage - 1853 - Illinois, USA 
Death - 9 Aug 1896 - Whiting, Indiana, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - In 1829 Walter ATKIN and Arabella DREW had a sixth son whom they namedRichard Garde ATKIN. He was named after Richard Frederick GARDE who wasone of the witnesses to their Marriage Settlement Deed of 1815.
On the 26th of July 1829 Richard Garde' ATKIN was baptised at St. Luke'sChurch in Douglas, Cork.
Baptismal Registers of St. Luke's Church, Douglas. :
' 26 July 1829 ... Richard Garde son of Walter and Isabella (Arabella)ATKIN his wife, by Rev. John BUSTEED.'
Richard was also one of the family to emigrated to the United States ofAmerica in the early 1850's.
There Richard Garde ATKIN married Ann E. MERRELL in 1853. They lived inSalem, Illinois, where Richard was a grocer.
Their children were;
1. Joseph Seymore ATKIN born 26th of October 1854 in Illinois.
2. Walter ATKIN born about 1857 .
3. Catherine (Kitty) ATKIN born 20th of September 1859
4. Mary Georgina ATKIN born on the 10th of February 1862.
5. Clara Bell ATKIN born 24th of September 1865.
Richard Garde ATKIN served as a soldier rising to the rank of Captain, inthe Civil War for four years.
Ann Merrell ATKIN, his wife died on the 8th of July 1872 in Salem,Illinois, in a Mental Institution.
Richard courted and married Margaret MOORE in 1873. According to familylore, son Joseph Seymore ATKIN was upset, he left town and was neverheard of by the family again. BUT in the 1880 Census of Salem Joseph andKittie (Catherine) were living with their mother's mother, MinervaMerrell.
Richard Garde ATKIN and Margaret MOORE had two children;
1. Hugh Moore ATKIN born 14th of December 1875.
2. Arabella Drew ATKIN born 21st of December 1877.
Richard Garde ATKIN died of drowning on the 9th of August 1896 at LakeWhiting, Indianna. Hugh Moore ATKINS their son lived at Lake Whiting, soit possibly happened when they were visiting the family.
Some of the things that were remembered in their home, by their granddaughter Arabella Drew Atkin HYATT:
a. A daguerreotype photo of the ATKIN baby Christopher, "laid out" -probably taken at the wake, just before burial.
b. A framed piece of material ( Long rectangle ) taken from the gown'Lady Alice' (possibly Alicia DREW, ( mother of Arabella Drew ATKIN whowas Richard's grandmother) wore when she was presented at the FrenchCourt. The material was woven from flax grown on the ATKIN estate and washand-painted with flowers.
c. Two pencil drawings of places on the Atkin Estate in County CorkIreland. These were framed and were hung to the left of the frontfireplace in the living room at 6 West Oak St., Chicago, Illinois.
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- In 1829 Walter ATKIN and Arabella DREW had a sixth son whom they namedRichard Garde ATKIN. He was named after Richard Frederick GARDE who wasone of the witnesses to their Marriage Settlement Deed of 1815.
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