Mary Ellen (Downing) Atkinson (1899 - 1936)

Born 17 Jun 1899 in Queensland, Australia

Died 2 Jul 1936 at age 37 in Babinda, Queensland, Australia

Biography

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MARY WAS BORN IN 1899. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JAMES DOWNING AND MARY RICE.

📰3 JULY 1936.THE JOHNSTONE RIVER ADVOCATE AND INNISFAIL NEWS. VIEW DIGITAL COPY AT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA, TROVE NEWSPAPERS 👉[1]

OBITUARY.

MRS F. ATKINSON.

MRS MARY ELLEN ATKINSON, A MEMBER OF A WELL KNOWN AND HIGHLY RESPECTED INNISFAIL FAMILY PASSED AWAY AT THE BABINDA HOSPITAL YESTERDAY MORNING. MRS ATKINSON, BEFORE HER MARRIAGE TO MR. FREDERICK ATKINSON, A FARMER OF BARTLE FREER, WAS MISS DOWNING, ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE LATE MR. AND MRS. JAMES ROBERT DOWNING, EARLY DAY RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT. AGED 36, MRS. ATKINSON WAS MARRIED SOME 12 YEARS AGO.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by two children, AGNES, aged nine, and and GEORGE, aged six. Members of her family are: MESSRS. J. R. DOWNING, E. J. DOWNING, J. F. DOWNING, T.. DOWNING, MAURICE DOWNING. Mesdames R. H. WILES (Innisfail), S. McKihnon (Cairns), Miss AGNES DOWNING (Innisfail). The funeral took place yesterday afternoon, the Rev. Father Larkin officiating.

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Sources

• NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA

• QUEENSLAND BDM, AUSTRALIA.

BIRTH1899/C/166. MARRIAGE1923/C/1088.

DEATH1936/C/2502.