Agnes Hayhurst Atkinson (1856-1939) - Find a Grave Memorial

Agnes Hayhurst Atkinson

Birth

8 Jun 1856

Beckfoot, Copeland Borough, Cumbria, England

Death

13 Oct 1939 (aged 83)

Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri, USA

Burial

Crown Hill Cemetery

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Plot

Lot 42, Block 11A, Grave 5

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Janie was a twin to Maggie Atkinson Goldsmith. The sisters married brothers.

Birth certificate: 1856, Kirby Lonsdale, Westmorland/Lancaster, England

Name: Agnes Hayhurst

Sex: girl

DOB: 8 Jun 1856

POB: Beckfoot, Barbon

Father: Robert Hayhurst

Occupation: miller

Mother: Jane Hayhurst, formerly Kendall

Informant: Robert Hayhurst, father

Residence: Beckfoot, Barbon

Registrar: Christopher Hayhurst

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Agnes was the daughter of Robert and Jane (Kendall) Hayhurst, Lancashire, England. Agnes and John and six children left England on the Lord Gough Steamer in the fall of 1886. They had six more children while living in Missouri.

Obituary clipping from the Sedalia Democrat, Sedalia, MO.

Mrs. Agnes Hayhurst Atkinson, b. 8 Jun 1856 in Lancashire, England died 13 Oct, 1939 of heart disease. She married John Atkinson at St. George Episcopal church, Barrow in Furness, England, 28 Sep 1876. They had six children in the next ten years and all sailed to America on the Lord Gough steamer, arriving on 3 Dec 1886.

Six more children were born to the couple in Sedalia and of the twelve born, seven survive. Left to mourn her passing are Mrs. A.W. Goldsmith, Mrs. Maggie Goldsmith, Mrs. G.A. Cox, James W. Atkinson, Arthur T. Atkinson, of Sedalia: Mrs. J.E. Gornall and Edward H. Atkinson of Kansas City.

Interment in Crown Hill Cemetery.