Jane (Cowen) Atkinson (1828 - 1910)

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Biography

Birth
Jane Cowan was born before 5 May 1828 in Workington, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom and Baptised in St Michaels, Workington, Cumberland, 5 May 1828. She was the daughter of Ann (Park) and Thomas Cowan.
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Marriage
She married Matthew Atkinson, 05.01.1850 in St Mary's, Wigton, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom.^[2] The couple had four children:

1. Thomas Matthew b.1853, date of death unknown (after 1908) ^[3]

2. Anne Jane (Hanna) b. c1858, died 1946, 88 years, in Christchurch.

3. Charlotte (Curra) b. 1861, died at age 1922, age 59/60 years in Wellington.

4. William Carr b. 1867, died at age 13 years, Hokitika.
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In 1851 Jane(24) and Matthew (28), Mariner, were living Grey Street, Toxteth Park Extra Parochial, Lancashire, England, before their children were born.
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1851 Census of England and Wales: Toxteth Park Extra Parochial, Lancashire, England

Name	Relation	Status	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
Matthew Atkinson	Head	Married	M	28	Mariner	Wigton, Cumberland
Jane Atkinson	Wife	Married	F	24		Workington, Cumberland

Emigration

Jane and Matthew had emigrated to New Zealand and settled in Kanieri, Westland, West Coast, New Zealand before 1867 when their son, William Carr was born.

After her husband, Matthew, died in 1899, ^[6]

Jane went to live with her daughter, Anne Jane (Robinson) Tipler, who had been widowed twice by 1898, at 40 Worcester Street, Christchurch, Canterbury.

Death
Jane died 12 years later in 1910 at her daughter's home and was buried in the Linwood Cemetery, Linwood, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
^{[7] [8]} Her daughter, Charlotte was living in Wellington and the whereabouts of her son,Thomas Matthew Atkinson was unknown. Family tradition has it that Thomas went missing when he was carrying gold bullion from Hokitika to Christchurch. No record of his bing missing has been found. Her grandaughter, Ethel (Atkinson) McQulkin was living at Blue Spur, Hokitika, West Coast.

HEADSTONE In Loving Memory of Jane Atkinson beloved mother of Ann Jane Tipler, died August 26 1910 in her 86th year.

Research Notes

The Hokitika Borough Council cleared away headstones on the north-west side of the Hokitika Cemetery during the 1960, throwing them over the bank above the access road. A car park was constructed over the graves in the area of the cemetery where Matthew Atkinson is buried with no consutlation with relatives of those buried there. I was therefore unable to place a new plaque on Matthew's grave. Although the Distict Council decades later, after lobbying by descendants of the deceased, erected a memorial acknowledging the burial of people under the car park, they refused, however to add names of the deceased to the plaque even though Thompson Funeral Directors had/has a record of those people.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 007903825; FHL microfilm: 90691
   FamilySearch Record: N58X-S3Y (accessed 19 October 2023)
   Name: Jane Cowen; Christening Date: 5 May 1828; Christening Place: Workington, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom.
2. ↑ Marriage: "England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
   FamilySearch Record: 4QLX-TFW2 (accessed 5 March 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSN9-19DZ-F Image number 00356
   Jane Cowen marriage to Matthew Atkinson on 5 Jan 1850 in Wigton, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom.
3. ↑ Baptism of son Thomas Mathew Atkinson: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   FamilySearch Record: NJ7B-GTP (accessed 5 March 2023)
   Jane Atkinson's son Thomas Mathew Atkinson baptism on 27 Feb 1853 in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
4. ↑ Birth Registration of child William Carr Atkinson: "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966"
   citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1867/26628, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
   FamilySearch Record: Q24J-RB7W (accessed 4 March 2023)
   https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search.aspx?Path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Dbirths
   William Carr Atkinson born to Mathew Atkinson in 1867 in New Zealand.
5. ↑ 1851 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1851"
   citing Toxteth Park Extra Parochial, Lancashire, England, p. 10; citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
   FamilySearch Record: SGYH-SN2 (accessed 19 October 2023)
   FindMyPast Image
   Name: Jane Atkinson; Census Date: 1851; Census Place: Toxteth Park Extra Parochial, Lancashire, England; Birth Date: 1827; Birth Place: Workington, Cumberland; Marital Status: Married; Age: 24; Note Res Place: Grey Street; Relationship To Head: Wife.
6. ↑ Copy of Registered Certificate of Death No 36. Died 1899, 30th June in Kanieri. Matthew Atkinson, Miner. Male aged 77 years. Cause of death Senility. Medical attendant Dr Eickelmann, 30th June 1899. Father Thomas Atkinson, born Cumberland., England. Married at 24 years to Jane Cohen (aka Cowen). Length of time in New Zealand 36 years. Buried 3rd July 1899 Hokitika Cemetery. Issue living 1 male 48 and 1 female 44. Informant R McMillan, Undertaker, Hokitika. Registrar ? Ingles, 10th July 1899.
7. ↑ Buried by Anglican Minister Re A C Wood.
8. ↑ PAPERS PAST West Coast Times 19 September 1910. ATKINSON, Jane - At the residence of her daughter, 40 Worcester Street West, Christchurch, Jane, relicit of the late Matthew Atkinson and dearly beloved mother of Mrs Tipler, in her 85th year. Her end was peace.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 11 February 2023, 08:03), entry for Jane Cowen (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MHRP-W9F ); contributed by various users.