John Adkin

Brief Life History of John

When John Adkin was born on 8 January 1826, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, his father, Cornelius Atkin, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 32. He married Charlotte Treece on 3 October 1852, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1866 and lived in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Watervliet, Albany, New York, United States in 1865. He died on 13 May 1890, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Adkin
1826–1890
Charlotte Treece
1834–1912
Marriage: 3 October 1852
Mary Ann Adkin
1853–1853
Adkin
John Adkin
1855–1931
Charlotte Adkin
1858–1935
William Adkin
1860–1865
Elizabeth Adkin
1862–1935
William C Adkin
1864–1885
Annie Adkin
1866–1948
Isabella R Adkin
1869–1881
Charles Adkin
1871–1877

Sources (27)

  • John Atkins, "New York State Census, 1865"
  • John Atkin in the Nottinghamshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754
  • Charlotte Cunningham in the Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

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World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1841

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Anglo-Saxon: Eard, earth, and cyn, kin, kind, meaning earth relative

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