The D'Arcy Archive
1853–1907

James Atwell

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DocumentedProved by 2 records. 1 record that names them has been read, set out on this page. How this archive grades a claim →

James Atwell1853–1907direct line
marriedSarah Wright1862–1941tree · direct line
written in a record this archive has read from the family tree, untested

2 of the 18 relationships shown here are written in a record this archive has read; the other 16 come from the family tree and have not been tested. How claims are labelled →

The record

Born29 MAR 1853St. Pauls Hammersmith, Middlesex, england
Died16 JUL 1907Toowoomba
Buried—Interred drayton and toowoomba cemetery pres-001-0024, Toowoomba Queensland
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Counted here with the Atwell family · that family →

Family

Parents

John Atwell · Maria Rossiter

Married

Sarah Wright · July 23 1879 at Queensland, Australia

Brothers and sisters

John Atwell (b. 1848) · Frederick Henry Atwell (1858–1921) · Henry Atwell (b. 1864) · William Atwell (1864–1918) · Emma Atwell (1866–1938)

Children

John Wright Atwell (1881–1966) · James William Atwell (1883–1961) · Agnes "Peg" Atwell (b. 1885) · Maria Atwell (1887–1889) · George Atwell (1890–1970) · Sarah Atwell (b. 1893) · Jessie Atwell (1895–1984) · Barbara (nickname 'Goldie') Atwell (1897–1989) · Lily Atwell (1900–1984) · Robert Leslie Atwell (b. 1903)

Where this comes from

2 of the relationships drawn above are written in a record this archive has read. Qld death reg. 1907/C/..., parents named.

Every entry naming James Atwell in the register →

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What the records say

Every record this archive has read that names James Atwell. The name is unique in this tree, so these are his or hers. The whole register →

died 16/07/1907 · parents: Maria Rossiter · John Atwell

recordQueensland death index 1907/C/1215 · the source ↗

Everywhere James appears in this archive

Every page of this site that writes aboutJames Atwell in prose, gathered automatically — 2 in total. This counts pages, not records: the lists and registers are skipped on purpose, so a person can be well documented and appear here once or not at all. How claims are labelled →

What changed

…wo John Atwells, three Richard Atkinsons — and the tree settled both by its own id links: James Atwell's parents are John Atwell and Maria Rossiter, and John Atwell born 1824 lists that same James by identifier as his child. Those t…

The work list

…d() makes, because without it the gate fired on the published William Murdoch of 1856 and James Atwell of 1853-1907 — and in a family that reuses forenames this relentlessly, a gate that cries wolf is switched off inside a week. Con…

What is written about James

Carried across from the family tree, with its markup stripped. Family testimony, not an independent record — valuable, and labelled.

Came to Australia in Merchant Navy and deserted

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