William Atkinson

[Michael]

Many thanks to Merry and Kite for their help with last week's - fortunately I've got a bit more information on this one :)

Name - "official" name and what they were known as - William Atkinson
Date and place of birth - c1823, Sibsey, Lincolnshire
Names of parents -Thomas Atkinson and Mildred Ann (maiden name unknown)
Date and place of baptism -14th December 1823, Sibsey, Lincolnshire
Details of each of his or her marriages - to Martha Ann Howard, 25th August 1846 in the parish church of Leake, Lincolnshire
Occupation(s) - Butcher/farmer
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) -
1841 Sibsey, Lincolnshire (HO107/644)
1851 Sibsey, Lincolnshire (HO107/2098)
1861 Boston Road, Leake, Lincolnshire (RG9/2332)
1871 Leake, Lincolnshire (RG10/3335)
1881 Church End, Leake, Lincolnshire (RG11/3214)
Date, place and cause of death - sometime before 1891, when Martha is listed as a widow in Boston (RG12/2574)
Date and place of burial - don't know
Details of will / administration of their estate - don't know
Memorial inscription - don't know

[Michael]

Just thought I'd mention that I'll be away this weekend, so please don't think me rude if I don't reply until Monday!

[kiterunner]

Death from FreeBMD:

Deaths Jun 1882
ATKINSON William 59 Boston 7a 233

National Probate Calendar entry from 1882:
ATKINSON William Personal Estate £1,147 9s 6d.
13 September. The Will of William Atkinson late of Leake in the County of Lincoln who died 23 June 1882 at Leake was proved at the Principal Registry by John Watts of Leake Farmer one of the Executors.

[Michael]

Thanks very much Kite, I'll get the will ordered quick - I haven't found many of my ancestors who left them so I like to get my hands on the ones I can!

[ElizabethHerts]

Burial:

William Atkinson
27 June 1882
St Mary's, Leake
aged 59

From Lincolnshire Family History Society

[Michael]

Thanks Elizabeth - Leake isn't too far from here so hopefully I should be able to go and hunt down the grave sometime.