When Abraham Atkin was born in September 1840, in Gateshead, Durham, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Atkin, was 39 and his mother, Jane Bentley, was 38. He lived in Gateshead, Durham, England in 1841.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Atkin (composed of Ade + the diminutive suffix -kin). This is one of the many medieval pet forms of Adam . Compare Scottish Aitken .
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