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- James Richard ATKIN, the third son of Walter ATKIN and CatherineDREW was born about 1792.
List of Freeholders and Resident Freeman of Cork 1826. Voters in theCork Elections
James Richard ATKIN of Atkinville.
John Drew ATKIN , attorney of Marlbro. St. City of Cork.
Walter ATKIN of Atkinville.
Index to Marriage Lic. Bonds Dio. of Cloyne 1802 - 1866
ATKIN, James Richard & Catherine ROGERS Marr. Lic. Bonds 1827
In August 1827 James Richard ATKIN married Catherine ROGERS. Thefollowing notice appeared in the local newspaper.
Cork Southern Reporter.... 'Tues 14 Aug 1827 ... on the 2nd inst. byRev. Richard GOGGIN, James Richard ATKIN Esq. of Pleasant View in thisCounty to Catherine 4th daug of the Rev. Dr ROGERS, Rector of Killeagh.'near Youghal, Co.Cork.
James and Catherine ATKIN had a daughter. Named Catherine GumbletonATKIN in honour of James' late mother Catherine, she was born on the 6thof July 1828 and was baptised at Nohoval, Co.Cork on the 17th of July1828.
It was a tragedy when their daughter Catherine Gumbleton ATKIN diedin April 1841 and was buried at The Parish Church in Douglas. Her fatherJames Richard ATKIN died in 1844.
Burial Registers of St. Luke's, Douglas, in the Parish ofCarrigaline 1840 -
'27 April 1841 Catherine Gumbleton ATKIN(s) aged 12 years 9 months.'
10 June 1844 James Richard ATKIN, Belgooly, aged 46yrs, by the RevJ.BUSTEED'.
Index to Prerogative Wills 1811 - 1858 (P.R.O. Dublin)
ATKIN, Jas. Rich'd Balgooly Cottage, Co. Cork, 1844
Four years after James Richard ATKIN's death, his widow Catherineremarried in December 1848. The following notice appeared in one of thelocal the newspapers.
Cork Southern Reporter;... 'Tues 5 Dec 1848 .... on the 2nd inst. inSt.Peter's Church by the Rev.Henry JILLETT, Joseph Verling CARPENTER ofEden Hill in this County Esq. to Catherine relict of the late JamesRichard ATKIN and daughter of the late Rev. Richard Henry ROGERS Rectorof Killeagh.'
(Con Foley, A History of Douglas......... P94 James ATKIN ofATKINVILLE in 1842-42. Mentioned in a letter from the Rector of St.Luke's Church Douglas 1-11-1990 in reply to a requested search of theParish Registers trying to establish the whereabouts of the ATKIN Family.)
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