Help with NZ emigrant research

[emeraldcity]

I searched on Ancestry, and found a Robert ATKINSON who died on 14/7/1942, buried in Waikumete Cemetery (in West Auckland).

Cheers John. That's the one I was looking at. Thanks for pointing out the exact cemetery!

[emeraldcity]

Was he the fourth son?

Marriage here in 1926

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19260424.2.4?items_per_page=10&query=Atkinson+tercel+&snippet=true

Thanks a lot for looking. That may be him - he was from Gainsborough, although he was a 5th child (could be misrecorded/misstated?) Never heard the name Toney before as a middle name, though.

Him already living in NZ in the 20s would make sense because in the letter I discovered it actually states that Robert was going to visit his son, not travelling with Herbert. So Herbert was already over there, I think.

[mckha489]

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19260412.2.2.3?items_per_page=10&query=Atkinson+tercel+&snippet=true

This marriage notice implies known as Tony.
Notice the birth notice had Mrs T Atkinson

[emeraldcity]

Details of his wife may help e.g. for an Obit/MI or other?

Annie

No idea if he actually did marry. Pretty sure he didn't marry while back in the UK at least, so if he did it was once over in NZ.

[emeraldcity]

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19260412.2.2.3?items_per_page=10&query=Atkinson+tercel+&snippet=true

This marriage notice implies known as Tony.
Notice the birth notice had Mrs T Atkinson

Yeah I noticed that. On the UK records for Herbert (birth, 1901-1911 census) there's no T middle initial. And Tony/Toney isn't a family name (they tended to cycle through all the same kinds of names). But seems a bit coincidental with the Gainsborough connection and Robert being the father.

[mckha489]

Here’s Robert arriving

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DY2W-3H3?i=4&cc=1609792&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQJDN-C8SD

[mckha489]

Was Robert a cabinet maker?

https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries/Pages/RecordDetails.aspx?recordId=5E8FBD3B6161D9673431B60E61D3F54D

[emeraldcity]

Here’s Robert arriving

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DY2W-3H3?i=4&cc=1609792&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQJDN-C8SD

That's him! Super. He said it took five weeks in the letter and he spent a day in Panama City. Wonder if it was a particularly difficult journey as a 70 year old. Very cool being able to see the exact ship as well.

[emeraldcity]

Was Robert a cabinet maker?

https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries/Pages/RecordDetails.aspx?recordId=5E8FBD3B6161D9673431B60E61D3F54D

He was listed as a joiner in the 1911 census so seems like he could have been a cabinet maker.