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Scott Thompson
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.natio
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I am looking for info on a long lost member of the family who left the UK to find his fortune in America. Sadly, his story faded into history. What I do know is that he was the son of George Henry Atkinson and Ellen McCarthy. He was born, I believe, in Pembroke Docks in about 1881 and may have died in 1947 in California. This is all anyone knows about Uncle Bert.
Can anyone help?
Scott
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shellyesq
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1910 Census in San Francisco, California, there's a Bert Atkinson, who is a brother of Arthur Atkinson, who is married to an Annie. Does that look like it might be him?
1930 Census, San Francisco, California, 1909 Van Nest (?) Street
Egbert Atkinson, roomer, male, white, age 45, single, able to read and write, born England, parents born England, immigrated 1903, alien, occupation is hard to read, but looks like it starts with Art - maybe artist? It says he has his own business. He was not a veteran.
California Death Index
Egbert Archibald Atkinson
No Social Security number listed
Born 1 Mar 1881 in another country
Died 5 May 1947 in San Francisco
Mother's maiden name: McCarthy
Father's surname: Atkinson
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shellyesq
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SS Saxonia from Liverpool to Boston, arriving 31 Jul 1902
Atkinson, Egbert A., age 21, single, occupation - draughtsman, able to read and write, nationality - English, last residence - Hartlepool, final destination - Los Angeles, California, does not have ticket to final destination, paid passage by self, had $29.50, going to join friend J. Vayspet (?), Lake Elizabeth, Los Angeles, California, in good health
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Scott Thompson
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Thank you very much for that. That must be him. That document is very sobering.
There seems little chance then that he started a family if he hadn't by 1930.
Life may have been lonely for this ex-pat war vet draftsman cum artist.
Scott
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You might want to see if there's an obituary that gives more information about his life and survivors. I'm not sure if there's a way to do it if you're overseas, but here's some information from the San Francisco Public Library on getting obits through them: http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/librarylocations/main/obits.htm
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