First Generation  

1. Edmund ATHERTON, son of Unknown and Alice ATHERTON, was born on 4 February 1804 in St Katherine, Blackrod, Lancashire, England,¹ died on 17 June 1863 in Mount Hedlow Station, Via Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia² at age 59, and was buried on 18 June 1863 in Mount Hedlow Station, Via Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.³

In 1858 Edmund Atherton and his wife, sons and daughters set out from Armidale in New England for the Fitzroy, where they took up Rosewood. Later one of the sons, John, took up Mount Hedlow. The Athertons, who came from Lancashire, moved ever northward until their wagons finally came to rest by a new river named the Barrron, at a spot they called Emerald End.

(Source:"Queensland Frontier" by Glenville Pike, Brisbane, 1988, pp. 63,64)

Events

Arrived in Australia: 10 March 1844. Left Liverpool For Australia SS Briton

Edmund married Esther AINSCOUGH on an unknown date, daughter of Thomas AINSCOUGH and Alice LAYLAND. Esther was born on 21 November 1806 in St Katherine, Blackrod, Lancashire, England,¹ died on 24 December 1888 in Mount Hedlow Station?, Via Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia at age 82, and was buried on 25 December 1888 in Mount Hedlow Station, Via Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.³

Events

Arrived in Australia: 1844, Confirmed Briton Nsw State Records.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 2 M    i. James ATHERTON was born on 8 May 1830 in Blackrod, Lancashire, England,⁴ died on 23 December 1903 in Queensland, Australia⁵ at age 73, and was buried on 24 December 1903 in Yeppoon Cemetery, Queensland, Australia.³

+ 3 F    ii. Alice ATHERTON was born on 2 January 1834 in Blackrod, Lancashire, England,⁴ died on 15 May 1892 in "Plane Creek", Via Sarina, Queensland, Australia at age 58, and was buried on an unknown date in Reed's Property, Near Bell's Creek, Sarina-Mackay Road, Queensland.

+ 4 F    iii. Rebecca ATHERTON was born on 21 October 1835 in Blackrod, Lancashire, England,⁴ died on 11 May 1924 in Queensland, Australia⁶ at age 88, and was buried on 11 May 1924 in Yeppoon Cemetery, Queensland, Australia.³

She never married and had no children

+ 5 M    iv. John ATHERTON was born on 9 August 1837 in Blackrod, Lancashire, England,⁴ died on 16 May 1913 in "Emerald End", Via Mareeba, Queensland, Australia⁷ at age 75, and was buried on 17 May 1913 in Old Mareeba Cemetery, Queensland, Australia.⁸

+ 6 M    v. Edmund ATHERTON was born on 22 April 1839 in Blackrod, Lancashire, England,⁴ died on 8 February 1899 in "Cliftonville", Via Sarina, Queensland, Australia⁹ at age 59, and was buried on 8 February 1899 in Cliftonville Cemetery, Via Sarina, Queensland, Australia.¹⁰

+ 7 M    vi. Henry ATHERTON was born on 22 July 1841 in Blackrod, Lancashire, England⁴ and died on 25 January 1855 in New South Wales, Australia at age 13.

+ 8 M    vii. Thomas ATHERTON was born on 1 December 1843 in Blackrod, Lancashire, England⁴ and died on 24 October 1893 in Queensland, Australia¹¹ at age 49.

+ 9 F    viii. Esther ATHERTON was born on 26 November 1845 in New South Wales, Australia⁴ and died on an unknown date.

+ 10 M    ix. Richard ATHERTON was born on 26 October 1847 in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, died on 27 November 1926 in Yeerongpilly, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia¹² at age 79, and was buried on 1 December 1926 in Mackay Cemetery, Queensland, Australia.¹³

1. LDS REcords.

2. State BDM Index.

3. (Email Address: maryob@cqnet.com.au).

4. Yvonne Nurnberger, Plane Creek "Onward" Commemorating the Atherton Family Reunion, 3-4 August 1985, Mackay District (August 1985).

5. Queensland Deaths Registration 1900 - 1904, Microfische No. 001, Page No. 47.

6. Queensland Deaths Registration 1920 - 1924, Microfische No. 001, Page No. 50, Registration No. 1924 / 001989.

7. Queensland Deaths Registration 1910 - 1914, Microfische No. 001, Page No. 44, Registration No. 13 / 000588.

8. Mareeba Old Cemetery Burial Register.

9. Queensland Deaths Registration 1895 - 1899, Microfische No. 001, Page No. 46, Registration No. 99 / 002979.

10. Cliftonville Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions.

11. Queensland Deaths Registration 1890 - 1894, Microfische No. 001, Page No. 46, Registration No. 93 / 004601.

12. Queensland Deaths Registration 1925 - 1929, Microfische No. 001, Page No. 56, Registration No. 1927 / B 000071.

13. Mackay Cemetery Burial Register.