Abraham Atkins
- Born: 2 Dec 1789, Reading Berkshire, England 196
- Christened: 2 Dec 1789, St. Giles Church, Reading, Berkshire, England 196
- Marriage (1): Elizabeth Langley on 6 Jan 1819 in Sutton Courtney, Berkshire, England 6
- Marriage (2): Lucy
- Marriage (3): Mary Ann Nibbs in Dec 1846 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England 195
- Marriage (4): Jane Willis on 19 Jun 1834 in St Giles, Reading, Berkshire, UK 196
- Died: 6 Sep 1860 at age 70
 Cause of his death was Gastric fever.
General Notes:
Abraham employed as a carpenter -living at London St at the time of the birth of his first son, to his first wife.
Bev Combes
1841 Census-
Living at Silver St, St. Giles, Reading, Berkshire
Abraham Atkins 50yo, Carpenter living with Alfred Atkins 10yo (Alfred would be 15 here but 1841 census is notorious for incorrect ages), Edward Atkins 10yo and Edwin Atkins 5yo and Daniel Bloom 1yo- no indication of who this may be. All born in Berkshire.
1851 Census-
Living at Mount Pleasent, Reading, Berkshire. Abraham Atkins plus wife Mary. Abraham is 61 a carpenter and joiner, birthplace noted as Reading, Berkshire.
Mary is noted as wife 43yo, doing shopwork. Place of birth Tilehurst Berkshire.
Others in the house include- Edwin, son 15yo, general labourer born Reading Berkshire
Alfred Willis, son in law (this should be step son- the son of Mary and her first husband), 21yo, bricklayer, born Reading Berkshire
Fanny Willis, daughter in law (this should be stepdaughter- daughter of Mary and her first husband), 10yo, scholar, born Reading Berkshire
Austin Atkins, son, 1yo, born Reading Berkshire.
Abraham married Elizabeth Langley, daughter of James Langley and Mary Green, on 6 Jan 1819 in Sutton Courtney, Berkshire, England.6 (Elizabeth Langley was born on 5 Jan 1798, christened on 6 Jan 1798 in Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire, England 196 and died in 1833.)
Marriage Notes:
Dual Wedding Service with James Langley- brother of Elizabeth marrying Sophia Cornish at the same service (according to the IGI this is John Langley who married Sophia Cornish not James Langley- looking at the census details it seems that John Langley was widowed by the time the 1841 census came around but he had had at least one daughter called Charlotte who he was living with at the time of the 1861 census, James is probably the James married to Ann, this would make it most likely that the marriage was to John).
Elizabeth' sister Hannah Langley acted as witness to both ceremonies. All signatories were literate.
In May that same year Abraham witnessed Hannah Langley's wedding to John Somerset at St. Giles.
IGI listing http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
M018381 1697 - 1837 Film 6900124
Abraham next married Lucy.
Abraham next married Mary Ann Nibbs, daughter of Job Nibbs and Ann Waters, in Dec 1846 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England.195 (Mary Ann Nibbs was christened in 1807 in Tilehurst, Berkshire, England 196.)
Abraham next married Jane Willis on 19 Jun 1834 in St Giles, Reading, Berkshire, UK.196 (Jane Willis was born about 1803 and died in Dec 1839 in Reading, Berkshire, England 197.)
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