Frank Elmer Atkinson (1861 - 1911)

Born Sep 1861 in Harrison Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Maud Alzina (Palmer) Atkinson — married 22 Jan 1896 in Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States

Died 31 Oct 1911 at age 50 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Frank was born in 1861. He was the son of William Atkinson and Lucy Philips. ^[1][2]

He married Minnie Baker in 1881. ^[3]

They had two children:

1. Clare (Miller) 1883–1962
2. Hazel Atkinson 1886–1889

Minnie died the same day their daughter Hazel died of diphtheria in 1889. ^[4]

Frank was a traveling salesman in Rockford.

In 1896 he was accused by James Colville of adultery with his wife Maud in his divorce suit.

He married Maud in Wisconsin shortly after the divorce was granted. ^[5]

They lived in Milwaukee where he was a traveling soap salesman. ^[6]

Later they lived in Chicago. ^[7]

Frank died under suspicious circumstances in 1911.^[8]

CALLS SPOUSES’ DEATH SUSPICIOUS

Frank E. Atkinson, 48 years old, a salesman for the N.K. Fairbank Company, died at the Evangelical Deaconess Hospital under mysterious circumstances early today and the police and coroner have started an investigation. His father, William Atkinson is said to be a well to do farmer in Rockford.

Mrs. Maud Atkinson, the decedent’s widow told police her husband left home Sunday morning without saying where he was going or when he would return. About 1:30 Sunday afternoon she said several unidentified men carried her husband into his home and laid him down on a bed. She said she did not know if he was brought by automobile or carriage and that she was so frightened over the affair she did not think to ask the names of the men who took the victim home. She declared she did not remember whether there were three or four men. All of them were well dressed she asserted.

Detectives learned that Atkinson was taken home from the saloon of Thomas Knight at Wells and Eugene Streets. Robert Fulton, the bartender said Atkinson took two drinks and lost consciousness. He did not know the names of the men who took him home. ^[9]

1900 US Census

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

FRANK ATKINSON

Home in 1900: Milwaukee Ward 4, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Street: Grand Avenue

Father's Birthplace: England

Mother's Birthplace: England

Occupation: Com, Tear, Soap

• Sarah Phelps 65 Head
• Frank Atkinson 38 Boarder
• Maud Atkinson 40 Boarder
• Claire Atkinson 16 Boarder

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64M-98K : 28 May 2021), Frank Atkinson in entry for William Atkinson, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2S-P15 : 13 January 2022), Frank Atkinson in household of William Atkinson, Harrison, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR8P-53F : 30 January 2020), Frank E. Atkinson, 1881.
4. ↑ Daily Gazette (Rockford, IL) 3 July 1889, page 2. GenealogyBank: accessed 24 August 2022
5. ↑ "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRG6-2NM : 30 January 2020), Bank Elmer Atkinson, 1896.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMVK-LMS : accessed 24 August 2022), Frank Atkinson in household of Sarah Phelps, Milwaukee city Ward 4, Precintct 5, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30, sheet , family , NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKZN-LYK : accessed 24 August 2022), Frank E Atkinson, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 979, sheet , family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll ; FHL microfilm .
8. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M7-F8XG : 8 March 2018), Frank E Atkinson, 31 Oct 1911; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference 27092, record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,287,614.
9. ↑ Chicago Daily News (Chicago, IL) 31 October 1911, page 1. GenealogyBank: accessed 24 August 2022

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #114353135:accessed 24 August 2022), memorial page for Frank E. Atkinson (1862–31 Oct 1911), citing Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by pomnik (contributor 47729762).