Horatio Nelson ATKINSON {M} = Rachel PETERS {F}
Married 22 July 1847, Kent county, New Brunswick, Canada1
Horatio Nelson
Born 13 July 1825, New Brunswick, Canada
Christened 10 September 1825
Died 11 May 1905, New Brunswick, Canada
Buried Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada2
Occupation: Farmer and Mill owner
Residence: BET 1851 AND 1861 Shediac Parish, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
Residence: 1871 Pictou, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
Residence: 1881 McLennan's Mountain, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
Rachel
Alias Rachael ATKINSON
Born 28 March 1825, Folkestone, Kent, England
Christened 3 July 1925, Elmstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom3
Died 19 October 1900, Minudie, Nova Scotia, Canada4
Buried Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada5
Richibucto Review:
The Death of Mrs H. Atkinson---
The death of Rachel Peters, wife of Horatio Atkinson, of Fort Lawrence, occurred very suddenly Wednesday morning at the home of her son, Mr. Arthur Atkinson, of Minudie. She had been taking charge of the household affairs of her daughter-in-law, who has been very ill, and had prepared the dinner for the family the day preceding her death. Mr. Arthur Atkinson came to Amherst for medical aid, but his mother was dead before her got back. The deceased leaves 7 children, Mrs. Love and Mrs. Fitchett, of Fort Lawrence; C.B. of Moncton, G Fred of Kingston, N.B.; Arthur B of Minudie; William and Nelson of British Columbia. The Funeral was held on Sunday from the residence of her son, Charles B. Atkinson, corner of St. George and Weldon Streets, to the Rural Cemetery at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Atkinson was a daughter of the late Henry Peters, of Richibucto, also a sister of the late Stephen Peters, of Moncton, and the last survivor of her family.
1851 Census shows her arriving in Canada June 1829
1861 Cenus shows birth place England
George Frederick {M} = Emma Adelaide PETERS {F} > Family
Married 1875
George Frederick
Born 25 January 1848, Kent, Westmorland Counties, New Brunswick, Canada
Christened 6 September 1848
Died 10 November 1911, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada6
Buried 11 November 1911, Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada7
Occupation: Merchant
Emma Adelaide
= Margaret Jane IRVING {F} > Family
Married 20 April 1897, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada10
Margaret Jane
Born 24 February 1850, Richibucto Parish, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada
Christened 11 April 1851, Richibucto Parish, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada
Died BEF 1861
1851 Canada Census New Brunswick https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1851&op=img&id=e002295208
age 1 year
1861 Canada Census New Brunswick https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1861&op=img&id=4108523_00355
Born 4 May 1852, New Brunswick, Canada
Died 17 July 1939, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada14
Buried 19 July 1939, Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada15
Occupation: Train Engineer
Charles P and Barbara Jardine(Married: 10 APR 1877) had the following children:
Wallace Perly Atkinson 1878-1955
Margaret M Atkinson Gerow 1879-
William Douglas Atkinson 1886-1936
George Nelson Atkinson 1887-1916
Hazel Etta Atkinson Hopgood 1897-
Born 1853, New Brunswick, Canada
Died BEF 1920, Ontario, Canada16
Buried 17
Likely died 1918
Married Agnes McIlwaine in Ontario and they had the following children:
Mary S Atkinson 1882-1949
Agnes N Atkinson Killens, Sherron 1884-1953
(Emma) Maude Atkinson Setchell 1886-1975
William (Nelson) Atkinson 1890-1941
Rachel Atkinson 1893-1893
Ray(female) Atkinson 1894-1894
Arthur Douglas Atkinson 1895-1947
Fredrick Byran Atkinson 1897-1918
Mary Standing {F} = Francis LOVE {M} > Family
Married 30 December 1876, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada18
Mary Standing
Alias Mary Standing LOVE (30 December 1876)
Born 8 June 1856, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died 31 May 1928, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada19
Buried 1 June 1928, Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada20
Marriage Francis LOVE b: 1870 d:bef 1928 m:30 Dec 1876 Pictou county,Nova Scotia, Canada
Children
Rachel Peters LOVE b: 16 JAN 1879 married Herbert Walker, Wetmore
Matthew LOVE b: 08 JUN 1889
Francis
Born 1846, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died 1898
parents William & Mary
death date may be wrong, death could be in Lethbridge, Alberta FaG
Born 30 September 1859, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died 10 April 1933, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada21
Buried Cochrane Civil Cemetery, Ontario, Canada22
Referred to as Nelson at young age. Horace later in life.
He lived for a period in Ontario and BC.
In 1891 census listed as Locomotive Engineer boarding in Chapleau, Ontario, single with no family. In 1901 lived in BC. Then 1911 noted in Ontario. In 1921 census, he was married to Rebeca Ewen(b. 1895 Scotland) and they had a 3 year old son named Douglas(who moved to Australia and enlisted in WWII). Horatio Nelson died in Cochrane Ontario in 1933.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169110608/horatio-atkinson
Susan Natalie {F} = Matthew Colpitts William FITCHET {M} > Family
Married 1885, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada23
Susan Natalie
Alias Nettie S. FITCHET
Alias Nettie S. ATKINSON
Alias Susan Anetta FITCHET (1863)
Alias Susan Natalie MCQUARRIE (21 January 1908)
Born 14 February 1865, New Brunswick, Canada
Died 28 March 1948, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Buried Clay Street Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA24
birth could be 14 feb 1863 New Brunswick
1891 Canada census Widowed age 25 living with her borther George and his wife Emma in New Brunswick
1910 US census fairbanks, Alaska
McQqarrie, George head age 50 born Canada
McQuarrie, Susan wife age 46 born Canada
Fitchert, Annie M step daughter age 23 born Canada
Matthew Colpitts William
= George A. MCQUARRIE {M} > Family
Married 21 January 1908, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States27
George A.
Born ABT 1859
Died 1937, Alaska, USA
Buried Clay Street Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA28
Born 30 November 1866, Shediac, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
Died 28 November 1943, Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
Buried Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Melfort,Saskatchewan, Canada29
Marriage: Georgette Agnes FRASER b: 21 OCT 1864 in Pine Tree, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Married: 8 APR 1890 in Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada (source: https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141B7.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=37b7ba61-07b6-4ad4-812b-f98781cf024b)
d:Nov 1918 burial with husband Arthur Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Melfort,Saskatchewan, Canada
(source: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cansacem/melfort.html)
Children
Eva Coleman ATKINSON b: 19 DEC 1887 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
George Frederick ATKINSON b: 02 FEB 1891
Annie Netta ATKINSON b: 22 MAY 1892
Horatio Nelson ATKINSON b: 25 APR 1894
Lancelot ATKINSON b: 22 MAR 1896
Susan Dorothy ATKINSON b: JUL 1897
Rachel Peters ATKINSON b: 16 OCT 1900
William Fraser ATKINSON b: 18 APR 1902 in Minudie, Nova Scotia, Canada
Living ATKINSON
1851 Canada Census New Brunswick https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1851&op=img&id=e002295208
Horatio age 26
Rachel 26
George F 3
Thomas J 1
1861 Canada Census New Brunswick https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1861&op=img&id=4108523_00355
Horatio age 36
Rachel 36
Fredrick 14
Charles 10
William 8
Mary 6
Nelson 3
1 : "New Brunswick Provincial Archives"
Marriage records
https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/CountyCouncilMarriageRecords/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=8CAD1461-9EC0-4A41-8DDC-FD4A793B9532
2 :
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166673021/horatio-nelson-atkinson
3 :
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQKJ-C2P
4 : "Atkinson, Rachel Peters death annc 1900"; Primary evidence
5 :
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166673221/rachel-atkinson
6 : "Atkinson, George obit 1911"; Page Obit notice; Primary evidence
7 :
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167081016
8 : "Peters -family record written by F. F. Peters"; Primary evidence
birth dates from Family Record written by F. F. Peters
9 :
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167081060/emma-adelaide-atkinson
10 : "Atkinson, George - Irving,Margaret marriage reg 1897"; Primary evidence
11 : "New Brunswick Provincial Archives"
Death registration
https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141C5.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=CE865BC9-FA63-4FF9-B686-4EA219393A3B
12 : "New Brunswick Provincial Archives"
Death registration
https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141C5.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=CE865BC9-FA63-4FF9-B686-4EA219393A3B
13 :
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167081090/margaret-jane-atkinson
14 :
"Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK99-2LR4 : 8 November 2017), Horatio Peters Atkinson in entry for Charles P Atkinson, 17 Jul 1939; citing Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate 968, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
14a: "Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics"
Charles P. Atkinson, died 1939 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg County
Item can be found in Registration Year: 1939 - Book: 174 - Page: 968
15 :
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90394655/charles-p-atkinson
16 :
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169110545/william-douglas-atkinson
17 :
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169110545/william-douglas-atkinson
18 : "Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics"
Francis Love and Mary Atkinson married in 1876 at Pictou County
Registration: Year: 1876 book: 1831 page: 154 number: 166
https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=47107
19 : "New Brunswick Provincial Archives"
Death Certificate 39671
New Brunswick
https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141C5.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=09d34dde-65b2-4081-bd26-2d6ef637c771
20 :
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167081704/mary-standing-love
21 : "Ontario Death Registration"; Primary evidence
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y3S2-LNS?i=810&cc=1307826
22 :
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169110608/horatio-nelson-atkinson
23 : "Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics"
Nettie S. Atkinson and Matthew C. W. Fitchet married 1885 in Pictou County
Item can be found in Registration Year: 1885 - Book: 1831 - Page: 265 - Number: 53
24 :
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88654460/susan-natalie-macquarrie
25 :
"Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6913-NVF?cc=1320976&wc=9FRJ-K68%3A1073335202 : 16 May 2014), 004058561 > image 19 of 1239; Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
26 :
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167081480/matthew-c_w_-fitchet
27 :
“Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871–1920.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health records. "Marriage Records, 1871–present." Division of Vital Records, Springfield, Illinois.
28 :
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68482362/george-a_-macquarrie
29 :
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167081264/arthur-bowden-atkinson
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cansacem/melfort.html
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