Walter John Roberts ATKIN^[1]

1827 - 1917  (90 years)

• Name	Walter John Roberts ATKIN
  Birth	2 Apr 1827	Cork, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Apr 1917	Hastings, Sussex, England
  Burial	Minicipal Cemetery, Ore Road, Hastings.
  Person ID	I3337	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 May 2016

  
  

  Father	John Drew ATKIN,   b. Bef 3 Nov 1791, Co. Cork, Ireland d. 3 Dec 1861, 5 Merrion Square East, Dublin, Ireland (Age > 70 years)
  Mother	Georgina ROBERTS,   b. 1807   d. 26 Jan 1873, 5 Merrion Square East, Merrion Square, Dublin, Ireland (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	26 Jan 1826	Portpatrick, Wigtonshire, Scotland   [2]
  Family ID	F1319	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marion CRITCK(H)LEY,   b. Ireland d. 3 Jan 1897, Paegenton, South Devon, England
  Marriage	Abt 1868
  Children	1. Marion ( May) Frances ATKIN,   b. Abt 1869, Ireland d. 1939, Orange, New South Wales, Australia (Age ~ 70 years)   2. Florence ATKIN,   b. Abt 1870, Ireland   3. Alice ATKIN,   b. 4 May 1872, Ireland d. 18 Jun 1964, Illinois, USA (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F1342	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Apr 1827 - Cork, Ireland Death - 6 Apr 1917 - Hastings, Sussex, England Burial - - Minicipal Cemetery, Ore Road, Hastings.  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Walter John Roberts ATKIN, born 2 April 1827 in Cork and baptisedon the 19th April 1827 at Christ Church, Cork. Birth Notice, The Constitution, Cork: ... Th 5 Apr 1827 ... 'On 2ndinst. at his house on the South Mall, the lady of John Drew ATKIN Esq. ofa son.' Birth Notice, Cork Southern Reporter: ... Thurs 5 April 1827 ...'On 2nd inst. at his house on the South Mall, the lady of John Drew ATKINEsq. of a son.' According to 'Alumni Dublinenese' index he spent time at EtonSchool in England. Walter R. then became a student at Trinity College inDublin, for two years before being admitted to the Honourable Society ofthe King's Inns to train as a barrister-at-law in the Easter Term of1846. (Copies of his papers follow.) Walter Roberts ATKIN practised law, as a barrister from 5 MerrionSquare, Dublin, his father's home. 1860-20-83 - Indenture made between Thomas Steele of London andWalter Roberts Atkin of Merrion Square for the lands called Castlepark atBullock (with all the tenancies of the houses built on them) - witnessedby Richard Atkinson of Merchants Quay, Solicitor. Evidently he inherited the bulk of his mother, Georgina's fortunearound 1873, when he gave up working to live on the 'fortune'. He wasbefriended by the then Prince of Wales, who cadged loans from him thatwere never repaid. In the 1881 Census Index for Middlesex, I found a W. R. ATKIN aged50 , his wife Marian aged 32 and three daughters, Marion aged 12,Florence aged 11 and Alice aged 7 years, living in Paddington, London.His occupation or income was given as 'Rent on land'. All had been bornin Ireland. This would be Walter Roberts ATKIN. Then a Death Notice in the Cork Chronicle: ... Sat 16 Jan 1897 ...'On Jan 3 at Pae(i)gnton, S. Devon, Marion the beloved wife of W. RobertsATKIN.' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S1153] Parish Registers of Christ Church, Cork City, per Horace Jones. [S1737] Irish Newspaper Extracts, Cork Southern Reporter, 2 Feb 1826 Film # 0537921.