1881 personal census, Malden Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS Can 1881 census household record:
Atkinson Rich, M, Married, 44, born Que, origin: English, Church of England,
Farmer;
Jessie, F, Married, 33, born Scotland, origin: Scottish,
Presbyterian;
George, M, 15, born Ont, origin: English, Presbyterian,
Farm;
Ida, F, 14, born Ont, origin: English, Presbyterian;
William, M,
10, born Ont, origin: English, Presbyterian;
John, M, 8, born Ont, origin:
English, Presbyterian;
Christina, F, 6, born Ont, origin: English,
Presbyterian;
Charles, M, 3, born Ont, origin: English, Presbyterian;
Alice, F, 1, born Ont, origin: English, Presbyterian.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 376-377:
Richard Atkinson, a lifetime resident of Malden township, County of Essex where he had followed farming with much success, comes of old English stock.
John Atkinson, his grandfather, was a resident of Downham, Lancashire, England, where he married Alice Boothman and where both died...
Richard Atkinson, Jr., son of John, and father of the present Richard, was born Feb. 2, 1783, at Downham...
Richard Atkinson was born April 1, 1837, in Monaghan township, near Port Hope, Ont., and was but two years old when the family came to Colchester South, County of Essex... After attaining his majority, he rented land until 1872, when he purchased a farm of his own, 100 acres of Lot 39, Concession 4, settling upon the same, where he has resided ever since. Mr. Atkinson has since added sixty-eight acres in Concession 3, and also 100 acres in Lot 30, Concession 3, the latter being the farm upon which his parents resided for a number of years, and where they died. This whole property is under a high state of cultivation, and brings ample returns for the work which has been devoted to its development. Mr. Atkinson has erected substantial buildings, and now owns one of the most comfortable homes in the township.
Mr. Atkinson has been twice married, his first marriage, which took place in Malden, being to Matilda Graveline. To this union came two children: George, now living in Colchester South township, who married Ida Martin, and has one daugther, Eva; and Ida, who married Thomas Martin, of Concession 8, Malden township, and has five sons and one daughter, Freeman, Wilfred, Russell, Grace, Earl and Harold. Mr. Atkinson's second marriage was to Jessie Campbell, daughter of Duncan Campbell, and the children of this union are: William D., a farmer on one-half of the Armitage place, in Lot 30; John, who married Miss McArthur, and lives in Montreal, where he is chief manager for the N. K. Fairbanks Company; Christina, wife of Thomas Dowler, of the 5th Concession, of Malden, who has one daughter, Gladys; Charles, who has one-half of the Armitage farm (he married Louisa Brush); Alice, who married William Mickle, has one daughter, Pearl, and they reside on the river front, Concession 1; and Arthur M., who is still at home, assisting his father in carrying on the work of the home farm.
...
Mr. Atkinson and his family belong to the Presbyterian Church, to which he is a liberal contributor. In politics he is a Reformer, but he is only active as a voter, never accepting political office. His interests have centred mainly in farming, all of his sons, with one exception, also being farmers...
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 495-496:
Thompson Martin (deceased) was during his lifetime one of the popular farmers of Anderdon...
Mr. Martin was born in Colchester township Dec. 7, 1850, son of Robert and Jane (Palon) Martin, who came from Ireland. Robert Martin and his wife were among the prominent old families of Colchester South and were members of the Church of England. They died at their home there, he Feb. 8, 1886, his wife in April, 1893...
Mr. and Mrs. Martin were the parents of a large family of children: ... (3) James, who died in April, 1898, left a wife (formerly Julia McLean) and eight children, three of whom are married, Ida (Mrs. George Atkinson, of Gosfield), Robert (who married Miss Jessie Brown, of Colchester), and Mina (the wife of Mr. William Klie, of Colchester North). The others are George, Edward, Susan, Ross and Norman...
George
Atkinson
Ida M. Atkinson 1866-
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