Bridget (Atkinson) Duell (abt. 1807)

Born about 1807 in Wexford, Ireland [uncertain]

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Biography

Bridget Atkinson was born about 1807 in Wexford, Ireland, daughter of Thomas Atkinson (~1769–<1837) and Bridget Thornborrow (~1766–~1810).

Bridget married Humphrey Dewell (born on June 4, 1792 in Woolpit, Suffolk, England; son of Nathaniel Dewell and Sarah Miller).

Their daughter was Alice Amelia Dewell (~1824–1899).

Some time prior to September 16, 1840, Bridget's husband passed away.^[1]

On September 16, 1840, David Benjamin Johnson, of Liverpool, filed a marriage intention to marry Alice Amelia Duell in the Church of St, Peter in Liverpool. He was 21 and she was 18. At this time, David swore an oath that he received the consent of Bridget Duell, Alice's mother, as her father was dead.^[1]

Research Notes

• Since her father lived his entire life in Lancaster, Lancashire it is highly doubtful that if Bridget is his daughter she could have been born in Ireland.
• Listed as mother on marriage certificate: for Alice Amelia Dewell
• The country of birth, Ireland, was not yet a country (in its present form) at the time of Bridget's birth.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} David & Alice's Marriage Intention: "England, Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1606-1900,"
   citing Cheshire, England, Cheshire Record Office, Chester, FHL Microfilem 1,894,724
   GS Film Number 1894724, Digital folder number: 004018658
   Image number: 578; Indexing I07252-3
   FamilySearch Record: FBHQ-F9H (accessed 23 March 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6427-VDR, Entry for Alice Amelia Duell in entry for David Benjamin Johnson.