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Yes, she was! Annie was a half-sister of Martha Jane:


1871 England Census about Annie Atkinson
Name: Annie Atkinson
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Isaac Atkinson
Mother's name: Isabella Atkinson
Gender: Female
Where born: Northnd, Haydon
Civil Parish: Haydon
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Registration district: Hexham
Sub-registration district: Allendale
ED, institution, or vessel: 17
Household schedule number: 67
Piece: 5149
Folio: 48
Page Number: 15
Household Members:
Name Age
Isaac Atkinson 35
Isabella Atkinson 25
Annie Atkinson 4
William Atkinson 2
Annie Bell 19 sister-in-law


Isaac's YOD is wrong in the tree Mary found.
Deaths Jun 1875 (>99%)
ATKINSON Isaac 3_ Hexham 10b 175

(His age is 39 on the GRO index.)

1901 England Census about Thomas Burduss Atkinson
Name: Thomas Burduss Atkinson
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Spouse: Charlotte Jane Atkinson
Birth Place: Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Gateshead
Ecclesiastical parish: St Chad
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Registration district: Gateshead
Sub-registration district: Gateshead
ED, institution, or vessel: 27
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4753
Folio: 158
Page Number: 5
Household schedule number: 27
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Burduss Atkinson 27 railway porter
Charlotte Jane Atkinson 30
Thomas Banduss Atkinson 4/12


Atkinson / Dickenson link, if Thomas B (senior)'s mother was indeed Isabella, as in Mary's post above:


1881 England Census about Thomas Atkinson
Name: Thomas Atkinson
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874
Relationship to Head: Step Son
Mother: Isabella Dickenson
Gender: Male
Where born: Chapelry of Haydon, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Thorngrafton
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Street address: Oats Close
Occupation: Scholar
Registration district: Haltwhistle
Sub registration district: Haltwhistle
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 5110
Folio: 47
Page Number: 4
Household Members:
Name Age
William Dickenson 36
Isabella Dickenson 35
Mary B. Atkinson 10
Thomas Atkinson 7
Robert R. Dickenson 2
Margaret Snowden 5


So Martha Jane was Thomas B's half-sister. (see 1891 census in previous post)

Don't know if Annie Atkinson in my previous post is any relation or not. It's quite a common name - maybe just coincidence that Martha Jane worked for her.

1891 England Census about Martha J Dickinson
Name: Martha J Dickinson
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William Dickinson
Mother's name: Isabella Dickinson
Gender: Female
Where born: Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Ridley
Ecclesiastical parish: Beltingham
Town: Beltingham
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Registration district: Haltwhistle
Sub registration district: Haltwhistle
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4250
Folio: 93
Page Number: 5
Household Members:
Name Age
William Dickinson 46
Isabella Dickinson 45
Laranca Dickinson 12
Martha J Dickinson 9
John L Dickinson 6
Charles Dickinson 3
Jane Dickinson 30



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1901 England Census about Martha Dickinson
Name: Martha Dickinson
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Relation to Head: Servant
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Bardon Mill, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Whitfield
Ecclesiastical parish: Whitfield
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Street address:
Registration district: Haltwhistle
Sub-registration district: Haltwhistle
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4827
Folio: 7
Page Number: 5
Household schedule number: 20
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Albert Bettison 47
Frances Mary Elizabeth Bettison 48
Francis Henry Bettison 19
Martha Dickinson 19
Herbert Gibson 13




1911 England Census about Martha Dickinson
Name: Martha Dickinson
Age in 1911: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Relation to Head: Assistant
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Haydon Bridge
Civil Parish: Gateshead
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Street address: 61 Hyde P St Gateshead
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Business Assistant
Registration district: Gateshead
Registration District Number: 557
Sub-registration district: Gateshead
ED, institution, or vessel: 74
Piece: 30484
Household Members:
Name Age
Annie Atkinson 44 grocer <<<<<<<<<< NB: Atkinson
Martha Dickinson 29 assisting in the business
Jessie Swindon 14
Hunter Storey 10

Philippa - just because your relatives are named as her executors, it doesn't necessarily mean that they were also her heirs. They were presumably people who she trusted to carry out her last wishes

You sometimes see a Bank or a Solictor named as an Executor!!!

Martha Jane Dickenson Sept 1881 Northumberland to William and Isabella.

Isabella Bell 1846-1908 married Isaac Atkinson 1836-1865 had son Thomas Burdis Atkinson 1874-1948

Info off Ancestry tree so please double check.

Maryb

Thanks. It looks like she left her money to my great grandfather and great uncle, so there must be a family connection somewhere. I'll do a bit of hunting around when I've got more definite information on closer relatives; meanwhile, if anyone else recognises her as a relative, they are welcome to any info I have.

I wonder if his Will might reveal how he is connected to your family?


England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

Name:Thomas William Hudspeth

Probate Date:31 Dec 1930

Death Date:2 Dec 1930

Death Place:Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Registry:Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

Probate to: Martha Jane (widow) £118 4s 5d


https://www.gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance/searching-for-probate-records

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Don't know if this name rings a bell?



England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

Name:Martha Jane Hudspeth (widow)

Probate Date:22 Nov 1946

Death Date:1 Sep 1946

Death Place:Northumberland, England

Registry:Newcastle Upon Tyne


Probate to: Thomas Burdis Atkinson - retired railway worker & Thomas Burdis Atkinson - fitter £527 12s 10d

Tried that but there is nothing that fits their details. I'm guessing they must be some kind of relative as it is the original certificate with the old stamps on, not a modern copy. Maybe I'll turn up a link later on.

Try looking on search trees to see if anyone has either in their trees.

The cert may be welcome to them

Hi,

I have a marriage certificate of Thomas William Hudspeth and Martha Jane Dickenson in the parish of St Chad, Gateshead in 1920. No idea why it is in our family papers and I have never heard of them, but thought I would put the details here In case it is of use/interest to anyone else!