Edmund ATHERTON

1839 - 1899  (59 years)

• Name	Edmund ATHERTON  [1]
  Born	22 Apr 1839	Blackrod, Lancashire, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Feb 1899	Cliftonville, Via Sarina, Queensland, Australia   [2]
  	Queensland Deaths 1829-1964 Transcription First name(s) Edmund Last name Atherton Registration year 1899 Registration number 1899/002979 Death date 08 Feb 1899 Father's first name(s) Edmund Atherton Mother's first name(s) Esther Mother's last name Ainscough State Queensland Country Australia Record set Queensland Deaths 1829-1964 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Deaths & burials Collections from Australasia
  Person ID	I10871	Atherton One Name Study
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Edmund ATHERTON,   b. 4 Feb 1804, Blackrod, Lancashire, England ,   d. 17 Jun 1863, Mount Hedlow Station, Via Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Esther AINSCOUGH,   b. 21 Nov 1806, Blackrod, Lancashire, England ,   d. 24 Dec 1888, Mount Hedlow Station, Via Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia  (Age 82 years)
  Married	21 Jul 1833	Bolton, Lancashire, England
  	From Lancs OPC: Marriage: 21 Jul 1833 St Peter, Bolton, Lancashire, England Edmund Atherton - of This parish Esther Aynscough - of This parish
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charlotte PATTERSON,   b. 1844,   d. 22 Mar 1905, Cliftonville, Via Sarina, Queensland, Australia  (Age 61 years)
  Married	4 Apr 1865	Queensland, Australia
  Children	1. Thomas Arthur ATHERTON,   b. 8 Feb 1866, Mount Hedlow Station, Via Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 10 Feb 1935, Nambour, Queensland, Australia  (Age 69 years)   2. Adelaide Mary Annie Eliza ATHERTON,   b. 31 Oct 1867, Queensland, Australia   3. George Edmund ATHERTON,   b. 2 Jul 1869, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 9 Jan 1871, Queensland, Australia  (Age 1 years)   4. Albert Edmund ATHERTON,   b. 25 May 1873, Cliftonville, Via Sarina, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 5 Mar 1944, Cliftonville, Via Sarina, Queensland, Australia  (Age 70 years)   5. Percival Henry ATHERTON,   b. 14 Apr 1875, Cliftonville, Via Sarina, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 3 Aug 1948, Queensland, Australia  (Age 73 years)   6. Clara Ida ATHERTON,   b. 28 Feb 1877, Queensland, Australia   7. Florence Lillian Violetta Charlotte ATHERTON,   b. 10 Dec 1878, Queensland, Australia   8. Alice Vivian Mercedes ATHERTON,   b. 9 Nov 1879, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 10 Sep 1880, Queensland, Australia  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2021
  Family ID	F407	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In the 1841 Census living at Whitehill, Blackrod, Lancs was Edmund Atherton 35 Farmer `Y` to born in County, Ester (sic) Atherton 30 Y, James Atherton 11 Y, Alice Atherton 7 Y, Rebeca (sic) Atherton 5 Y, John Atherton 3 Y, Edmund Atherton 2 Y.From Ancestry New South Wales Arrivals: Edmund Atherton 40 a Farm Labourer on 28 Jun 1844, Vessel `Briton`, a native of Blackrod, Parents were John & Alice. Bounty ?18.7.6. Esther Ainscough (also spelt Ainscow) 38, also of Blackrod, Parents were Thos & Alice Aynscough of Farm St. Bounty ?18.7.6. Children - James Ainscow 13, Alice 10 baptised 19 Jan 1834, Rebecca 8 baptised 8 Nov 1835, John 6 born 9 Aug 1837, Edmund 4 born 22 Apr 1839, Henry 2 born 24 Jul 1841, Thomas 3 months born 1 Dec 1843. Bounty for each child (except Thomas) waas shown as ?9.3. 9.Edmund ATHERTON was born on 22 April 1839 in Blackrod, Lancashire, England, died on 8 February 1899 in `Cliftonville`, Via Sarina, Queensland, Australia155 at age 59, and was buried on 8 February 1899 in Cliftonville Cemetery, Via Sarina, Queensland, Australia.Following the death of his father at Mt. Hedlow in 1863 Edmund Atherton Jnr. decided to move further north and settled for a while at West Hill Station. Due to the agressive nature of the aboriginals in this district he decided to move further north in 1866 accompanied by his brother-in-law Henry Bell. After crossing Plane Creek they established two homesteads. Henry Bell settling at a small creek just north of Sarina which now bears the name as Bells Creek. Edmund set up a homestead at Cliftonville about two miles further north. Soon after helping to form `Plane Creek Central Mill` in 1893. Edmunds health began to fail and he died at Cliftonville on 8th February 1899.

  
  

• Sources

  [S117] Lee McIntosh. [S28] athoman.com.