William ATHERTON
- Born: Abt 1867, Wigan, Lancashire, England
- Married: 8 May 1894, Residence of the Bride's Uncle, North Rockhampton, QLD, Australia 1
- Died: 4 Feb 1949, Chatswood, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia 2
 Research Notes:
In 1871 youngest son William Atherton (3) of Wigan was with his parents John Atherton (49) of Wigan, plumber & glazier employing 2 men & 4 boys, and Ellen (42) of Liverpool, at 33 Hallgate, Wigan, Lancashire.
In 1881 William Atherton (13) of Wigan, scholar, was with his brother John (24), plumber employing 2 men & 8 boys, at 17 St. Thomas St., Wigan, Lancashire.
According to the Australian Electoral Rolls, from 1906 through 1913 William Atherton, chemist, and wife Ealey Atherton, housewife, were living in Upper Dawson road, Rockhampton, QLD.
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William Atherton of Chatswood died aged 82 years. 2
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ATHERTON, William—February 4, 1949, beloved husband of the late Ealey Atherton, and loved father of Eileen (Mrs Cunningham), Marie (Mrs McLardy). and John (deceased.)
The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 Feb 1949, p. 16; Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton QLD), 11 Feb 1949, p. 4
Marriage Information:
William married Ealey MOTLEY, daughter of Smith MOTLEY and Betsey CROWSTON, on 8 May 1894 at the residence of the Bride's Uncle, North Rockhampton, QLD, Australia. (Ealey MOTLEY was born in 1867 in Covenham St. Bartholomew, Lincolnshire, England, christened on 6 Dec 1867 in Covenham St. Bartholomew, Lincolnshire, England and died on 16 Aug 1946 in Mackay, Queensland, Australia.)
Marriage Notes:
ATHERTON—MOTLEY.—May 8, at the residence of the bride's uncle. North Rockhampton, Queensland, by the Rev. T. Ellison, of Mount Morgan, William, youngest son of the late John Atherton, of Wigan, Lancashire, England, to Ealey (Lily), eldest daughter of Mr. Smith Motley, late of Covenham Grange, Lincolnshire, England.
Australian Town and Country Journal, Saturday, 19 May 1894
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