William Henry Atkinson

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=105 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04500690ezvthe.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CCFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Family of William Henry Atkinson</B></FONT><B>   |  </B><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Family of William Henry Atkinson"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Ancestors"><U>Our Ancestors</U></A><B>   |   </B><B>William Henry Atkinson</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="046c8212ezvthe.gif"> <div> <B><U>Click here for:</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Family of William Henry Atkinson"><U><B>Home Page</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Ancestors"><U><B>Our Ancestors</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Family of William Henry Atkinson"><U><B>The Family of William Henry Atkinson</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Edith Atkinson Kidd"><U><B>Edith Atkinson [Kidd]</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Maybelle Atkinson"><U><B>Maybelle Atkinson [Rushworth]</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ronald Edward Atkinson"><U><B>Ronald Edward Atkinson</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Harold Angus Martin Atkinson"><U><B>Harold Angus Martin Atkinson</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=375 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>William Henry Atkinson</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="04bf5450.gif" border=0 width="245" height="325" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> We understand that William Henry Atkinson emigrated to Canada and lived for a while in Ontario before moving west to Selkirk, Manitoba.</div> <bR> <div> We find from his Manitoba Vital Statistics death certificate that he died in the Selkirk Hospital on February 2, 1931. It states that he had been a resident of the Town of Selkirk, in the Province of Manitoba for 30 years and 13 days, and in Canada for 30 years. </div> <bR> <div> There is a discrepancy here as to how long he stayed in Ontario. His occupation was listed as a “carpenter.” No cause of death is documented. The dates of residency in Canada shows that he arrived in Canada in 1901 at the age of 26 years. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> The death certificate also states his full name:</div> <bR> <div>      <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Baskerton" ><B>William Henry Howard Atkinson</B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> A copy of the marriage certificate from Manitoba Vital shows that:</div> <bR> <div> Date of marriage: June 16, 1906</div> <bR> <div> <B>William Henry Atkinson</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Baskerton" >, age 26</FONT></div> <div> of West Selkirk, Manitoba</div> <div> born: Boston, England</div> <div> occupation: lumberman</div> <div> religion: Methodist</div> <div> father: Jacob Atkinson</div> <div> mother:Mary Arlack</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>married</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eva Grace Ingram</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Baskerton" >, aged 21</FONT></div> <div> of West Selkirk, Manitoba</div> <div> born: East Selkirk, Manitoba</div> <div> religion: Anglican </div> <div> father: John Ingram</div> <div> mother: Mary Martin</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Note:</I></div> <div> A death record dated 1931 and extracted from the Diocese of Rupert's Land Anglican Church records state that William Henry Howard Atkinson is identified as a foreman at the government docks in Selkirk, Manitoba.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="07fa9100.gif" border=0 width="425" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="083699a0.gif" border=0 width="105" height="154" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eva Ingram [Atkinson]</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> See page on "The Ingram Family" for more information.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> William Henry Atkinson and Eva Grace Atkinson [Ingram] had four children:</div> <bR> <div>      Edith Atkinson [Kidd]</div> <bR> <div>      Maybelle Atkinson [Rushworth]</div> <bR> <div>      Ronald Edward Atkinson</div> <bR> <div>      Harold Angus Martin Atkinson</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>