Atkinson, Isabella (nee Bateson) (1842-1914)

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Transcription of obituary published in the Primitive Methodist Magazine by F.E.T.

Mrs. Isabella Atkinson, a member of our Knaresborough Society, entered the Homeland on May 28th, 1914, at the age of seventy-one years. Connected with Primitive Methodism from her tenderest years, at Leeds, Wetherby, and elsewhere, she removed to Knaresborough five years ago, and had been most regular in her attendance at the means of grace. A splendid listener, rarely was a sermon too long for her. She had rich Christian experience and much unction in prayer. 

Her bright countenance, sweet disposition, winsome personality and unselfish spirit impressed all who knew her. She was a rare soul and a true friend. 

The last call came quickly. Her remains were tenderly laid to rest in the Knaresborough Cemetery on May 30th, Rev. F.E. Thistlethwaite officiating. A memorial service was held in our church on Whit-Sunday evening.

Family

Isabella was born in the summer of 1842 at Bentham, Yorkshire, to parents William Bateson, a beer seller & farmer of 9 acres (1851), and Margaret Briggs. She was baptised on 4 September 1842 at Bentham.

Before her marriage Isabella worked as a dressmaker (1961).

She married John Atkinson (1836-1910), an inn-keeper (1891), on 12 February 1863 at Bentham, Yorkshire. Census returns and birth records identify six children.

• Margaret Jane (1863-1947) – married Thomas Philip Woodcock in 1885; married Harry Rimmington, an innkeeper (1911), in 1901.
• Herbert Edmund (1865-1873)
• Richard William (1867-1869)
• Elizabeth Agnes (1869-1913) – married George Wyrill Hunter, a joiner (1911), in 1891
• Isabella Bateson (1871-1944) – married Arthur Edward Johnson, a lithographic artist, in 1895
• Ethel Mary (1875-1965) – married John Henry Johnson Fraser, a compositor, in 1907

Isabella died on 28 May 1914 at Knaresborough, Yorkshire.

References

Primitive Methodist Magazine 1914/832

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers