Rev George Atchison

[s58roads]

Thank you to Rosie and JJen for your interest and contributions. The 1861 shows a 15 year old coal miner at more than likely Seaton Burn Colliery, Northumberland with parents Robert Atchinson coal miner b Norham and Catherine (Dickeson) b Tweedmouth.
George then reappears as a Methodist Minister in 1875 Woodford, Essex. This suggests an interesting passage between 1861 and 1875.
I have not found him on the 1871 but the Index of Methodist Ministers who have died in the work shows a George Atchison who commenced in 1870 and died in 1930.
Any further information to fill the 1861-1875 gap most welcome.
Geoff

[JJen]

Just a snippet of info  -

There is a newspaper article in Leeds Mercury 05 November, 1874 Inquest at Bridlington Quay which refers to Rev George Atchison who aroused the inmates and gave the alarm of a fire at a house in Garrison Street, Bridlington (Boden family).

JJ

[JJen]

1871 -

Jane Douglas   70
Isabella Harrison   30
Jane Douglas Harrison   9
George Atchison    lodger 25 b.Northd, Norham. Methodist Free Church Minister

RG10 Piece 5160 Folio 12 Page 3, Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland

JJ

[s58roads]

Hi JJEN,
All interesting stuff.
Geoff

[cuffie81]

Kenneth's birth record has MMN - Kemsley

Marriage -

Elizabeth Jane Kemsley
q1 1878, Epping
Vol 4a Page 125

On the same page is George Atchison.

The above marriage cert would help to find the father's name of George and confirm the above census details.

Elizabeth Jane Atchison died 16 January 1879.
JJ

Marriage:
married: 05 Mar 1878; All Saints, Thyedon Garnon, Essex; license
groom: George Atchison; 32; bach; minister; Woodford
bride: Elizabeth Jane Kemsley; 32; spin; -; Theydon Garnon
grooms father: Robert Atchison, miner
brides father: Joseph Kemsley, farmer
witnesses: Joseph Kemsley, Arthur M? Kemsley
ref: page 104, no 207; SEAX D/P 152/1/36


Census reference:
1901
Bignor Street, North Manchester
George and Mary and children, Kenneth, Jessie and Stewart.
Ref RG13; Piece 3769; Folio 66; Page 27;
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X928-5XH

See newspaper reference below about George taking a post in Manchester.


Newspaper references:
Essex Herald
19 Mar 1878
Marriages
Atchison-Kemsley - March 5th, at the parish church, Theydon Garnon, Essex, by the Rev. Sir Cavendish Foster, Bart, Rev. George Atchison, minister of the United Methodist Free church, Woodford, Essex, to Elizabeth Jane, eldest daughter of Joseph Kemsley, of Ab?ridge.

London Daily News
21 Jan 1879
Deaths
Atchison - January 16, at Woodford. Elizabeth Jane (nee Kemsley?) the beloved wife of the Rev. George Atchison.

Essex Newsman
30 Apr 1881
Marriages
Atchison-Tozer - April 22, at the Union Church, Woodford, the Rev. George Atchison, pastor of the church, to Mary Beatrice, youngest daughter of Alfred Tozer, of Ivy Lodge, Woodford.

Essex Herald
25 Sep 1886
Woodford
Sunday School Anniversary - The anniversary of the Woodford Union Church Sunday School was celebrated on Sunday, the 19th inst. In the morning the preacher was Rev. George Atchison and in the evening the Rev. C Fleming Williams, of Stoke Newington. Special hymns were sung by the children. Each service was well attended, and the collections were made in aid of the school fund.

The Ipswich Journal
18 Mar 1893
Marriages
Cook-Lloyd - 9th March, at the North Finchley Congregational Church, by the Rev. T. Hill and Rev. George Atchison, Edward Harvey, eldest son of Edward Rider Cook, J. P., of Woodford, Essex, to Bessie, daughter of the late Augustus C. Lloyd, of Ipswich, Australia, and Mrs Lloyd, of Elm Park Road, Finchley.

Bristol Mercury
08 Jul 1899
Marriages
Warren-Cook - June 29, by the Rev. George Atchison, Crosby N. M., son of Robert Hall Warren, of Clifton, to Ellen Winifred Anne, daughter of the late Edward Rider Cook, of Woodford house, Woodford Green.

Tower Hamlets Independent and East End Local Advertiser
01 Sep 1900
Suburban Notes
After a pastorate of a quarter of a century at the Union Church, Woodford the Rev. George Atchison has become the pastor of the Free Methodist Church, at Cheetham-hill, Manchester

[s58roads]

Hi Cuffie,
Thank you very much for this research. This establishes the missing link I have been looking for  between the MINER and the MINISTER by showing his father as Robert Atchison miner.
 Geoff

[cuffie81]

You're welcome Geoff.

I've found another later newspaper article, it's lengthy and full of info. Below is the opening part and the (lenghty) remainder talks about how George gave his last sermon and the presentations to him and his wife.


Northwich Guardian
31 Jul 1909
Rev. G. Atchison's Remarkable Career
Forty Years In The United Methodist Ministry

After a ministry extending over the long period of forty years, the Rev. George Atchison, who for the past six years has laboured in the Northwich United Methodist circuit, has decided to retire from his ministerial duties, and now becomes a supernumary. As a Methodist minister the rev. gentleman has had a most successful career. For three and half years he was stationed at Kirkwhelpington, in Northumberland, and afterwards, for a short period, he laboured in Stalybridge. Then he removed to Bridlington, where he stayed for three years. At the call of the Connexion he next proceeded to Woodford, where he exercised one of the most remarkable ministries in connection with the Free Churches. The Woodford Church, originally a Free Methodist, with a small membership, under Mr Atchison's guidance became a Union Church not in name alone, but in fact, a large body of the congregation being made up of representatives of the Congregational and Baptist Churches. For 25 years Mr Atchison remained at Woodford, and thus established a record in the Connexion. He then removed to the Cheetham Hill circuit, where he was located for three years, at the end of which time he came to Northwich in 1901. During his stay in the town Mr Atchison has endeared himself not only to the members of his own religious community, but to those belonging to other churches as well, and he and his esteemed wife leave Northwich with the good wishes of a host of friends that the remaining years of their lives may be bright and happy. Failing health alone has compelled Mr Atchison to retire from the more active services of the ministry, and we believe it is his intention to ultimately take up his residence near London, where he has many friends.



Edit:
George is also mentioned in A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 which you can view online at British History Online.
Woodford: Religious history
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol6/pp352-358

[s58roads]

Hi Cuffie ,
Brilliant!
Thanks again for all this information.
Geoff