The Mitchell Atkinson Family of Texas:Information about Emma Catherine Atkinson
Emma Catherine Atkinson (b. 18 Aug 1892, d. 12 Oct 1978)
Notes for Emma Catherine Atkinson:!BIRTH: Comanche Co., TX; Vol. 20; p. 425; (Delayed)
BIRTH: Emma Catherine Atkinson, female, legt., single birth, born 18 Aug 1892 in
Comanche Co., TX, Rural, 7 Mi. from Comanche, TX; Father: Albert Neal Atkinson,
white, 51, farmer, b. in IL, Address: Comanche, TX; Mother: Sarah A. Johnson,
white, 45, housewife, b. in IL, Address: Comanche, TX; Residence: Comanche, TX,
8 children, 8 Liv; Informant: James Atkinson, 25 Aug 1952
There was one or more children that died in infancy not mentioned in this
record.A census record gives Iowa for the mother's birth place. (BR)
PHOTOGRAPH: Emma bears a strong resemblance to her mother's picture (Sarah
Amanda) which may have been taken after the death of her father in 1896.
Mandy died about 1904.Emma had brown eyes and a dark complexion.
!CENSUS: 1910 Comanche Co., TX (living with three of her brothers)
!MARRIAGE: Comanche Co., TX; Vol. 6; p.330; #432
MARRIAGE: Mr. Alma Gardner & Miss Emma Atkinson 18 Sep 1910
!OBITUARY: Oct 1978
OBITUARY:Emma C. Gardner, 86, of Muleshoe and formerly of Breckenridge,
died at 8:15 A.M. Thursday in a Muleshoe nursing home after a one-year illness.
Funeral services were to be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Melton Chapel of Memories with
the Rev. James D. Gardner, pastor of Rock Chapel Baptist Church of Hobbs, NM.,
officiating.Burial was to follow in the Woodson Cemetery under the direction
of Melton Funeral Home.
The former Emma Catherine Atkinson, was born Aug. 18, 1892, in Comanche County.
She married A. A. Gardner in 1910.They moved to Woodson from Comanche in
1927. She moved to Breckenridge in 1967 and to Muleshoe in 1977.
Mr. Gardner died in 1960.She is survived by a daughter, Nita Hurford of
Woodson; two sons, Jim of Eastland and the Rev. Doug Gardner of Circleback; 15
grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers.
(They moved to Woodson about 1919.She died 12 Oct 1978 and was buried 14
Oct at Woodson, TX. BR)
!BURIAL: Woodson Cem.; Woodson, Throckmorton, TX
TOMBSTONE: Emma C. Gardner, b. 18 Aug 1892, d. 12 Oct 1978 Md. 18 Sep 1910
(Double Stone with husband, Alma Gardner)
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!BIRTH: Comanche Co., TX; Vol. 20; p. 425; (Delayed)
BIRTH: Emma Catherine Atkinson, female, legt., single birth, born 18 Aug 1892 in
Comanche Co., TX, Rural, 7 Mi. from Comanche, TX; Father: Albert Neal Atkinson,
white, 51, farmer, b. in IL, Address: Comanche, TX; Mother: Sarah A. Johnson,
white, 45, housewife, b. in IL, Address: Comanche, TX; Residence: Comanche, TX,
8 children, 8 Liv; Informant: James Atkinson, 25 Aug 1952
There was one or more children that died in infancy not mentioned in this
record.A census record gives Iowa for the mother's birth place. (BR)
PHOTOGRAPH: Emma bears a strong resemblance to her mother's picture (Sarah
Amanda) which may have been taken after the death of her father in 1896.
Mandy died about 1904.Emma had brown eyes and a dark complexion.
!CENSUS: 1910 Comanche Co., TX (living with three of her brothers)
!MARRIAGE: Comanche Co., TX; Vol. 6; p.330; #432
MARRIAGE: Mr. Alma Gardner & Miss Emma Atkinson 18 Sep 1910
!OBITUARY: Oct 1978
OBITUARY:Emma C. Gardner, 86, of Muleshoe and formerly of Breckenridge,
died at 8:15 A.M. Thursday in a Muleshoe nursing home after a one-year illness.
Funeral services were to be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Melton Chapel of Memories with
the Rev. James D. Gardner, pastor of Rock Chapel Baptist Church of Hobbs, NM.,
officiating.Burial was to follow in the Woodson Cemetery under the direction
of Melton Funeral Home.
The former Emma Catherine Atkinson, was born Aug. 18, 1892, in Comanche County.
She married A. A. Gardner in 1910.They moved to Woodson from Comanche in
1927. She moved to Breckenridge in 1967 and to Muleshoe in 1977.
Mr. Gardner died in 1960.She is survived by a daughter, Nita Hurford of
Woodson; two sons, Jim of Eastland and the Rev. Doug Gardner of Circleback; 15
grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers.
(They moved to Woodson about 1919.She died 12 Oct 1978 and was buried 14
Oct at Woodson, TX. BR)
!BURIAL: Woodson Cem.; Woodson, Throckmorton, TX
TOMBSTONE: Emma C. Gardner, b. 18 Aug 1892, d. 12 Oct 1978 Md. 18 Sep 1910
(Double Stone with husband, Alma Gardner)
More About Emma Catherine Atkinson:
Fact 1: 22 Apr 1980, ARIZO.2114, 2115, 2116, 2117
Fact 2: 14 Oct 1978, Woodson Cem, Woodson, Throckmorton, TX.2118, 2119, 2120, 2121
Fact 4: 24 Apr 1980, ARIZO.2122, 2123, 2124, 2125
Fact 5: 25 Apr 1980, ARIZO.2126, 2127, 2128, 2129
More About Emma Catherine Atkinson and Alma Ailius Gardner:
Marriage: 18 Sep 1910, Hasse, Comanche, Texas.
Unknown-Ending: 25 Apr 1980, ARIZO.
Children of Emma Catherine Atkinson and Alma Ailius Gardner are:
- +Alma Nita Gardner, b. 24 Jul 1913, Hasse, Comanche, Texas2130, 2131, 2132, 2133, d. 04 Jan 1998, Breckenridge, Stephens, Texas2134, 2135, 2136, 2137.
- +Albert James Gardner, b. 18 Mar 1921, Woodson, Throckmorton, Texas2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, d. 30 Nov 1987, Eastland, Eastland, Texas2142, 2143, 2144, 2145.
- +Douglas Audine Gardner, b. 18 Sep 1924, Woodson, Throckmorton, Texas2146, 2147, 2148, 2149, d. 07 Apr 1980, Sudan, Lamb, Texas2150, 2151, 2152, 2153.