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1832–1906

Paul Cole Atkinson

Organist

Paul Cole Atkinson 1832–1906 direct line
married Jane Creech 1830–1885 tree · direct line
written in a record this archive has read from the family tree, untested

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The record

Born 9 JUL 1832 ST. MARY'S, Limerick, Ireland
Died 14 MAY 1906 Graham Street, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Buried Toowong Cemetery, Queensland, Australia, Portion 1, Section 49, Plot No: 15/16
Trade Organist

direct line

Counted here with the Atkinson family · that family →

Family

Parents

Richard Atkinson · Ann Kent

Married

Jane Creech · 27 SEP 1853 at Carrigaline, Cork, Ireland

Mary Ann Cochrane · 3 FEB 1886 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Eliza · 29 JUN 1898

Brothers and sisters

Rosanna Atkinson (1827–1895) · William Atkinson (1829–1838) · Richard Kent Atkinson (1836–1888) · Elizabeth Mary ATKINSON (b. 1838) · Charles Atkinson (1838–1840) · Henry Atkinson (1843–1916) · Ann Atkinson (1846–1928)

Children

Elizabeth Atkinson (1854–1936) · William Robert Atkinson (1856–1883) · Ann Creech Atkinson (1858–1863) · Frances Charlotte Atkinson (b. 1860) · Jane Atkinson (b. 1862) · Alice Harriet Atkinson (1864–1894) · Henry Wallace Atkinson (1866–1938) · Ida Kathleen Atkinson (1869–1937) · George Frederick Handel Atkinson (b. 1871) · Pauline Brenda Atkinson (1886–1969) · Ruby Kathleen Atkinson (b. 1888)

Where this comes from

No relationship on this page has been checked against a record. Everything here is what the family tree says, which is a claim and not a source. How claims are labelled →

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Everywhere Paul appears in this archive

Every page of this site that writes about Paul Cole Atkinson, gathered automatically — 8 in total. This is the same evidence as the rest of the archive, brought together in one place.

How they got here

…took a free passage — and three adult daughters stayed behind. → 1862 · Paying passengers Paul Cole Atkinson and Jane Creech An organist from Limerick who arrived with his wife and the children already born, and who two years later instal…

Errands

…lines and has never searched an Irish record. The most testable claim is the marriage of Paul Cole Atkinson and Jane Creech at Carrigaline, County Cork, on 27 September 1853, which the site states as fact and has never seen. Then Richard…

What Has Been Read

…urns nothing — correctly, since Samuel Charles arrived with the 4th (King's Own) in 1832. Paul Cole Atkinson and Jane Creech, who emigrated in 1862, are not in it; nor Eliza Keeling, nor John Blum, nor any Murdoch of the right age. The in…

Brisbane

…arried George Lindsay D'Arcy that June. She was living at West End when she died in 1918. Paul Cole Atkinson, organist Christened at St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick , 9 July 1832; organist at Bandon, County Cork, by 1853; emigrated to Brisb…

Sources

…n. Ireland, Births and Baptisms, 1620–1881 (index, via FamilySearch) — the christening of Paul Cole Atkinson at Limerick on 9 July 1832, naming Richard Atkinson and Anne . Roots Ireland itself has not been searched ; it needs a paid accou…

Timeline

…rtley Sneyd enters the public service, 1 February — the Government Printing Office → 1864 Paul Cole Atkinson installs the first organ at All Saints', Wickham Terrace, and plays it → 1873 William Hartley Sneyd is insolvent → 1902 He is fou…

The Women

…forty-six, the year before he took the post. Jane Creech · 1830–1885 Married the organist Paul Cole Atkinson at Carrigaline, County Cork, on 27 September 1853, and emigrated with him in 1862 with the children already born. Eliza Keeling ·…

The Atkinsons

…law in the archive, and the only one whose work you can still go and look at. 9 July 1832 Paul Cole Atkinson, christened at St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick Christened 9 July 1832 Limerick, County Limerick — St Mary's Cathedral Parents Richa…

Written about here

Pages of this archive where Paul is part of the argument, not just a name in a list.

What is written about Paul

Carried across from the family tree, with its markup stripped. Family testimony, not an independent record — valuable, and labelled.

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Information about his installation of a church organ at All Saints Anglican Church in Wickham Tce, Brisbane in 1864:https://www.ohta.org.au/confs/Qld/WickhamTerrace.html
Mention of P C Atkinson's involvement with the Philharmonic Society on page 1054: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_212650/s00855804_1961_1962_6_4_1052.pdf?Expires=1589629479&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJKNBJ4MJBJNC6NLQ&Signature=GpsTgrs7xE5Km17DNgv2m2-8pQR4a9I3SdNjktdY-gNK9jplXohvjA8HYWww05ATnK1M~0L-w-p29ktqs7iIPcmZBlwtBKZNtU-huNY4zRhYBHRyrUzmg4REsDZ6EGgTkA3V9kToIsohi0dU8p46hbsAi7zTmcIXiHntDmuTNyjQugkrruQMTV8oyT9vVYPk0NVBT0RcqUzhK7juRHVSNvfLImFIsvYf803ZNDqCMH8tro~1EX9mITgrSH3RPzh9~Ag5~ZhxI4Q~Ldg5i~-iBI-h4o1V-BfnY75QL-Ja9g9O1cYz0xBC1CG2eMcjxHaKZK131wiXWoFSHFvLbdzVyw__
Information about Paul Atkinson's concert performances (also see screenshots of relevant information in the Photos section of his profile): pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=paul+cole+Atkinson+musician&source=bl&ots=PpcKy-Zyx4&sig=ACfU3U26TNwMQIdyVk6epXsoXshRB1ZA7g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiGtr6oqLjpAhUzzTgGHXIvAowQ6AEwBnoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=paul%20cole%20Atkinson%20musician&f=false
Information about Paul Atkinson's involvement as a Freemason: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3526051
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Sources attached in the tree

  • FamilySearch Family Tree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-393668141/paul-cole-atkinson-in-familysearch-family-tree
  • Myatt Web Site — Paul Cole Atkinson

These are the citations the family tree carries. Where this archive has checked one against the original, it says so on the relevant page. Method →

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