Alfred Virgil Atkinson

Brief Life History of Alfred Virgil

When Alfred Virgil Atkinson was born on 1 July 1898, in Clarkston, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Alfred John Atkinson, was 23 and his mother, Catherine Stewart Archibald, was 23. He married Oneita Christine Kelson on 30 March 1927, in Logan Utah Temple, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Richmond Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He registered for military service in 1941. He died on 20 October 1973, in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alfred Virgil Atkinson
1898–1973
Oneita Christine Kelson
1905–1983
Marriage: 30 March 1927
Blaine Virgil Atkinson
1928–2006
Gwen Katie Atkinson
1929–1929
Joan Atkinson
1932–2016
Sharon Atkinson Brinker
1935–2023
Janine Atkinson
1940–1940

Sources (38)

  • Alfred V Atkinson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Virgil Atkinson, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Alfred V Atkinson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1902 · Old Main (Utah State University)

The first building on the Utah State University Campus was named Old Main and is the oldest functioning academic building in Utah. It was built after the current site was approved unanimously by the Board of Trustees for the new college. Construction started in 1889 and the entire building was completed in 1902. During the Spanish Flu Epidemic in 1919, the building was used as a makeshift hospital to take care the effected residents in the surrounding area. Old Main was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. 

1918

WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.

Name Meaning

English (northern): patronymic from the personal name Atkin or Adkin, pet forms of Adam.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Life Sketch of Alfred Virgil and Oneita Kalsen Atkinson

The follow account is taken from ”Descendants of Charles John Atkinson and Ann Smith” by Lois Christensen Wilson and Helen Atkinson Cowan, published by J. Grant Stevenson, BYU, Provo, Utah in about 19 …

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