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James Atkinson                                   1817-1886
James was born 6 March 1817, in Willington, Northumberland, the son of William Atkinson and Eleanor Scott. He married Margaret Ramsay on 9 May 1842, at Easington, County Durham. He worked as a coal miner in the Willington and New Thornley collieries. He did attempt to escape the coal mines and worked for several years as an Inn Keeper in Kelloe, but the  demands  of  a  growing  family  sent him back into the pit   where the higher wages reflected the higher risks taken every day. In early 1852 James was recruited by Scottish mine owners when the deep pits were being opened in Lanarkshire. James moved his family to the small village of Nitshill in Renfrewshire Scotland where he worked as a mine manager. He died on 15 August 1886, at Wellington Cottage in Nitshill.
Margaret Ramsay                                1822-1880
Margaret was born about 1822, in Heworth, County Durham, the daughter of Thomas Ramsay and Margaret Anderson. Margaret  was  living  with  Thomas  and  Jane  Chicken,  just   before her marriage to James Atkinson. This explains somewhat the unusual naming of the first child, Jane Chicken Atkinson. She died on 15 February 1880, age 58.
I have identified the following children:
  Jane Chicken Born 3 Jan 1843   Kelloe, County Durham Married Duncan McPhail
Margaret Born 3 Apr 1845   New Thornley, County Durham Married Abraham Thomson
Eleanor Born abt 1849   New Thornley, County Durham Died 24 Aug 1849
Ellen Born abt 1851   New Thornley, County Durham Died 28 Jan 1852
William Born 14 Dec 1853   Nitshill, Renfrewshire, Scotland Married Mary McPherson Park
Thomas Born 1 May 1856   Nitshill, Renfrewshire, Scotland Married Margaret Shields Mitchell
Ellen Born 11 May 1858   Nitshill, Renfrewshire, Scotland Died 25 Dec 1859
Ellen Born 3 Jul 1860   Nitshill, Renfrewshire, Scotland Died 7 Apr 1869
Isabella Tinn Born 2 Sep 1862   Nitshill, Renfrewshire, Scotland Died 27 Oct 1868


Birth of Parents
James Atkinson b: 6 Mar 1817 c: 30 Mar 1817    Wallsend Chapelry, Northumberland
son of William Atkinson, of Willington, Pitman, and Eleanor Scott

Margaret Ramsay b: abt 1822 c: 27 Jan 1822    Heworth, County Durham
daughter of Thomas Ramsay, of Windynook, Quarryman,
and Margaret Anderson

1841 Census HO107-313
7 June 1841 Easington, County Durham
Salters Lane     Born in this County?    
Thomas Chicken
Jane
Margaret
Plus 1 Servant
Age 57
Age 47
Age 19
Engine Man Yes
Yes
Yes
  abt 1815
abt 1825
abt 1839
abt 1837

Marriage
9 May 1842
James Atkinson
Margaret Ramshaw
Easington Parish Church, County Durham                 1842 2Q Easington 24 106
Father: William Atkinson, Pitman, of Haswell
Father: Thomas Ramshaw, Quarrier
Wit: Robert Lamb and Edmund Hobson

Children
Jane Chicken Atkinson b: 3 Jan 1843 c: 12 Jan 1843     Kelloe, County Durham         1843 1Q Easington 24 109
of James & Margaret Atkinson
Margaret Atkinson b: 3 Apr 1845 c: 12 Apr 1845     New Thornley, County Durham
of James & Margaret Atkinson
Eleanor Atkinson c: 16 Aug 1849     New Thornley, County Durham
of James & Margaret Atkinson    Died 24 Aug 1849

1851 Census   31 Mar 1851 Thornley (Easington)
 
James Atkinson
Margaret (Wife)
Jane
Margaret
Jane Harding
Age 35
Age 31
Age 8
Age 5
Age 14
Coal Miner



(Visitor)
Northumberland
Northumberland
Durham
Durham
Northumberland
--
--
Thornley
Thornley
--
6 Mar 1817
abt 1822
3 Jan 1843
3 Apr 1845
abt 1836

Ellen Atkinson c: 9 Dec 1851     New Thornley, County Durham
of James & Margaret Atkinson    Died 28 Jan 1852
William Atkinson b: 14 Dec 1853 c: 17 Dec 1853     Nitshill, Renfrewshire, Scotland
of James & Margaret Atkinson
Thomas Atkinson b: 1 May 1856 c: 10 May 1856     Nitshill, Renfrewshire, Scotland
of James & Margaret Atkinson
Ellen Atkinson b: 11 May 1858     Nitshill, Renfrewshire, Scotland
of James & Margaret Atkinson    Died 25 Dec 1859
Ellen Atkinson b: 3 Jul 1860     Nitshill, Renfrewshire, Scotland
of James & Margaret Atkinson    Died 7 Apr 1869

1861 Census   8 Apr 1861 Househill, Abbey, Scotland
Househill Cottages
James Atkinson
Margaret (Wife)
Jane C.
Margaret
William
Thomas
Ellen
Age 42
Age 39
Age 18
Age 15
Age 7
Age 5
Age 9m
Manager, Coal Pit

Domestic Serv.

Scholar
Scholar
England
England
England
England
Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire
--
--
--
--
Abbey
Abbey
Abbey
6 Mar 1817
abt 1822
3 Jan 1843
3 Apr 1845
14 Dec 1853
1 May 1856
3 Jul 1860

Isabella Tinn Atkinson b: 2 Sep 1862     Nitshill, Renfrewshire, Scotland
of James & Margaret Atkinson    Died 27 Oct 1868


1871 Census   3 Apr 1871 Househill, Abbey, Scotland
Househill Cottages
James Atkinson
Margaret (Wife)
William
Thomas
Age 53
Age 48
Age 17
Age 14
Colliery Manager Underground

Clerk (Assistant)
Engineer (Apprentice)
England
England
Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire
--
--
Nitshill
Nitshill
6 Mar 1817
abt 1822
14 Dec 1853
1 May 1856

Death
Margaret (Atkinson) Ramsay Died 15 Feb 1880 Age 58     Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Cause of death: Heart Disease

1881 Census Vol 572-2 4 Apr 1881 Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Wellington Cottage
James Atkinson (Wid)
Thomas
Catherine McPhail (G-dau)
Age 64
Age 24
Age 14
Colliery Manager
Colliery Engineer
Scholar
England
Scotland
Scotland

Abbey, Renfrewshire
Neilston, Renfrewshire
6 Mar 1817
1 May 1856
17 Apr 1867

Death
James Atkinson Died 15 Aug 1886 Age 69    Wellington Cottage, Nitshill, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Cause of death: Haemeplegia

SPECIAL THANKS  to a current direct Atkinson descendant of James and Margaret Atkinson for the details provided above.



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