Please reply if you have any information about Atkin families in Yorkshire, or if you see a possible connection to my family below.

My 3 x great grandmother was Eliza Atkin, b. 1816 in Thorne, Yorkshire. She married Stephen Webster in 1845 in the City of York and they had 4 children. Her parents were Thomas Atkin and Hannah Shaw who married in 1808 in Snaith, Yorkshire. Her siblings were Martha, Thomas, Hannah and William, all also born in Thorne. I have not yet been able to trace the family any further back, however there were other Atkin families in the area who might have been related. Please reply if you think you might be able to help.

to inform you that there is an Atkin family in Hull East Yorks
This may be of some help
Best of luck K Atkin

I am a decendent of john(jack)edward atkin,he was my great grandfather.He married martha butterworth abt mid 1800's.They had six children:-John edward,adelaide,sarah(aka sally,)ellen,ethel and martha.I haven't a clue where they originated from,but they came to live in otley yorkshire from calder grove,crigglestone,wakefield abt 1900.adelaide married fred firman,lived in manchester and later died of cancer.sarah married mr vaughan,emigrated to south africa,had 3 children,one called maisie.ethel married charles forrest marshall,had a daughter called doreen.then martha,my nan,married john dawson.had 6 children.she was born in sept 1882 in calder grove and died 1955 in otley yorkshire.john dawson(sr) had something to do with making paper.is there a link anywhere?if so please reply.

I don't think there is a connection, but I have found your family on my 1881 census CD -Address - Calder Grove, Crigglestone, Yorkshire.
John Atkin, Head, age 31, born Glossop, Derbyshire, occ. Machine Man at Paper Mill.
Martha Atkin, wife, age 25, born Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, no occ..
Frances E. Atkin, daughter, scholar, born Stannington, Yorkshire.
Sarah Ann Atkin, daughter, scholar, age 6, born Crigglestone, Yorkshire.
Adelaide Atkin, daughter, scholar, age 5, born Oughty Bridge, Yorkshire.
John E. Atkin, son, age 7 months, born Crigglestone, Yorkshire.
PRO Ref. - RG11 Piece - 4571
Folio - 65 Page - 34

Thank you. There could be a connection to my York family.

Dear jenie, thankyou so much for the census information,I can finally get somewhere now.My mother,who is the niece of the atkin children will be thrilled,as she knows very little about them. Once again thankyou. Pauline

Glad I could be of some help!

The Atkin name is so common these days that
connection to any of them is very likely
no matter how the connection is worked out.
In my own area of New Zealand alone there
are 20 Atkin names in the telephone directory,
73 Atkins and innumerable Atkinson.Not one of
these families is known personally to my own
family but the connection would be there if we
took the time to look into it. This is in a
country with under 4,000,000 population !!!
Who knows how many there must be in England.
Good luck with your rearch.

hello, mum is an atkin and has done some research. will chech further with her. we go back to a simeon atkin around 1700who married ann newsome, they had thomas1732,who had newsome1760, who had george1801,who hadwilliam1834,hwo had george,who had henry then joan then me. i have details of spouses and siblings . these atkins were from sigglesthorne,leven,hotham,holderness---all in yorkshire. will check my records for any connection

hi jenie, i am also researching the atkin family from yorkshire and some of your names are very similar. i have a samual who marr martha tingle and they had the foll children:
lucy, martha, priscilla, harry, oscar, william, samuel, horace, francis and percival, they mainly came from wentworth, parkgate and tankersley but somewhere along the line we must have some things in common. hope this can help u and that we can exchange info