Maj T J Atkinson of Armagh

[PhilB]

My information on Thomas Joyce Atkinson is that he was OC of B Coy, 9th R Irish Fusiliers, KIA 1/7/16 and buried Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel. He was a solicitor (MA, LlB, TCD) in Portadown, son of Wolsey Richard and Alice Atkinson. There is reference online to an incident in 1922 when, in the Donegal Civil War, members of the IRA visited the houses of prominent Unionists in attempts at abduction. The house of T J Atkinson was among those visited. Is any connection known between the two T J Atkinsons?

[corisande]

There is a fairly comprehensive family tree for him and his family at

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?MS_AdvCB=1&db=pubmembertrees&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=2&msT=1&gss=ms_db&gsfn=Thomas+Joyce+&gsfn_x=XO&gsln=Atkinson&gsln_x=XO&uidh=5f3

[IPT]

There's an entry in this book for Thomas John Atkinson. This family seem to have lived at CavanGarden, Ballyshannon for hundreds of years.

http://archive.org/s...age/46/mode/2up

[PhilB]

Thanks, gents. The TJA in post #3 is presumably the one mentioned as a Unionist in the Donegal Civil War.

[Guest]

I am from the Atkinson family of Cavangarden and Thomas Joyce Atkinson is not related to the Cavangarden family.