The Family of Joseph Herbert Vaughan Atkinson

Joseph Herbert Vaughan Atkinson was the youngest child of William Atkinson and Elizabeth Cross, who were married on 14 February 1871 at St. Walburge's Catholic Church in Preston and had 5 children:

1) Mary Ellen, who was born in Preston in 1872 and died the following year
2) James Hollinshead, born in Preston in 1874
3) Ellen, born in Preston in 1876
4) William Ewart Aloysius, born in Preston in 1881
5) Joseph Herbert Vaughan, who was born in Blackburn in 1884.

At the date of the 1881 Census, the family were living in Preston:

1881 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
William Atkinson	Head	Married	M	35	Engine Fitter	Preston, Lancashire
Elizabeth Atkinson	Wife	Married	F	36	-	Preston, Lancashire
James Atkinson	Son	-	M	6	Scholar	Preston, Lancashire
Ellen Atkinson	Daughter	-	F	4	Scholar	Preston, Lancashire
Joseph Kelly	(illegible)	Widower	M	40	Engine Fitter	Ireland
Eliza Kelly	Daughter	-	F	15	Dressmaker Apprentice	Liverpool, Lancashire
Ann Kelly	Daughter	-	F	13	Scholar	Liverpool, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at 43 Mona Street, Preston. (RG11-4241, folio 46, page 59)
2:	Joseph Kelly, perhaps a co-worker of William's, was probably a lodger but the writing is unclear.
3:	The above information is taken from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

During the 10 years between the 1881 and 1891 Censuses, the family appear to have moved a couple of times, including a brief spell in Blackburn, where their youngest child, Joseph, was born.

By 1891, they had returned to Preston:

1891 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
William Atkinson	Head	Married	M	46	Engine Fitter	Preston, Lancashire
Elizabeth Atkinson	Wife	Married	F	46	-	Preston, Lancashire
James Atkinson	Son	Unmarried	M	16	Iron Moulder	Preston, Lancashire
Ellen Atkinson	Daughter	-	F	15	Cotton Winder	Preston, Lancashire
William Atkinson	Son	-	M	9	Scholar	Preston, Lancashire
Joseph Atkinson	Son	-	M	7	Scholar	Blackburn, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at 61 Wellington Street West, Preston. (RG12-3443, folio 85, page 66)
2:	The above information is taken from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

1901 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
William Atkinson	Head	Married	M	55	Engine Fitter	Preston, Lancashire
Elizabeth Atkinson	Wife	Married	F	56	-	Preston, Lancashire
Ellen Atkinson	Daughter	Unmarried	F	24	Cotton Warper	Preston, Lancashire
Joseph Atkinson	Son	Unmarried	M	17	Sheet Metal Worker	Blackburn, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at 8 Maudland Bank, Preston. (RG13-3955, folio 94, page 6)
2:	The above information is taken from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

Joseph Herbert Vaughan Atkinson married Alice Swarbrick in Preston on 11 January 1909 and William Ewart Aloysius Atkinson married Sarah Ellen Quinn in Preston in 1910. By the night of the 1911 Census only Ellen was still unmarried and living at home:

1911 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
William Atkinson	Head	Married	M	66	Retired Engine-Fitter	Preston, Lancashire
Elizabeth Atkinson	Wife	Married	F	66	-	Preston, Lancashire
Ellen Atkinson	Daughter	Unmarried	F	34	Cotton Warper	Preston, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at 3 St George's Road, Preston.
2:	The census schedule records that William and Elizabeth had been married 40 years and that Elizabeth was the mother of 5 children, with 4 then living.
3:	The above information is taken from scanned images at www.findmypast.co.uk.

William purchased a private grave in Catholic Section, E-114, at Preston Cemetery in June 1872 following the death of his infant daughter Mary Ellen. She was buried on 25 June 1873, aged 1 year. The grave also contains a Mary Atkinson, who was buried on 9 June 1894, aged 61 years; as well as Alice's parents, George and Ellen Swarbrick, and William and Elizabeth's son Joseph Herbert Vaughan and his wife Alice (Swarbrick) Atkinson.

William and Elizabeth are buried in grave A-511 in the Catholic section of the cemetery:

William Atkinson, aged 81 years, of 9 Melling Street, Preston, engineer, was buried on 7 November 1925

Elizabeth Atkinson, aged 85 years, of 62 Brackenbury Street, Preston, was buried on 17 January 1931.

NOTES:
1:	62 Brackenbury Street was where Joseph Herbert Vaughan Atkinson was living when he died in 1942.
2:	The spelling of their son James' middle name varied from one record to another but was spelled as shown above, Hollinshead, at the time of his marriage in 1897.
3:	The above information is taken from the census returns on microfiche, and microfilmed copies of Preston Cemetery burial registers, held at the Lancashire Archives; as well as indexes of births, marriages and deaths on-line at www.lancashirebmd.org.uk, and a personal visit to Preston Cemetery.

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