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Mavis Beatrice Florence ATKINSON (1916 - 2010)

telephonist at Cloncurry

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Living Living	Mavis Beatrice Florence ATKINSON (1916 - 2010) + William Alan BELL (1911 - 1977)	Harry Henry ATKINSON (1891 - 1918)	Henry ATKINSON (1859 - 1928)	John ATKINSON
				Hannah GILL
			Emily NEWTON (1868 - 1949)	William NEWTON (1839 - )
				Elizabeth BARBER (1841 - 1897)
		Lillian Margaret Ann MADDEN (1894 - 1977)	Julian John Edward MADDEN (1869 - 1954)	Henry St.John MADDEN (1840 - 1922)
				Isabella Bowcher ELWORTHY (1842 - 1921)
			Helen Mutch DIACK (1874 - 1946)	John Craigen DIACK (1850 - 1929)
				Margaret MUNRO (1845 - 1909)

Pic 2. Signed 'with love to Auntie Nell & Uncle Tom From Alan & Mavis'

b. 12 Jul 1916 at Townsville, Queensland, Australia

m. 11 Dec 1936 William Alan BELL (1911 - 1977) at Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia

d. 17 Nov 2010 at Strathpine, Queensland, Australia aged 94

Near Relatives of Mavis Beatrice Florence ATKINSON (1916 - 2010)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Henry ATKINSON	28 Nov 1859	Bradford, Yorkshire, England	04 Feb 1928	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	68
Grandmother	Emily NEWTON	03 May 1868	Gayndah, Queensland, Australia	29 Jul 1949	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	81
Grandfather	Julian John Edward MADDEN	16 Jun 1869	Cape River, Queensland, Australia	25 Aug 1954	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	85
Grandmother	Helen Mutch DIACK	28 Aug 1874	Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland	13 Nov 1946	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	72
Father in Law	Joseph William BELL	31 Mar 1885	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	21 Nov 1948	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	63
Mother in Law	Mary Norah Elizabeth Maitland CAIRNEY	26 Mar 1878	Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	13 Dec 1957	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	79
Father	Harry Henry ATKINSON	25 Dec 1891	Railway reserve, Croydon, Queensland, Australia	12 May 1918	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	26
Step Father	Francis James HURLEY	1890	Queensland, Australia	1966	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	76
Mother	Lillian Margaret Ann MADDEN	19 Mar 1894	Millchester, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	14 Nov 1977	Sandgate, Queensland, Australia	83
Self	Mavis Beatrice Florence ATKINSON	12 Jul 1916	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	17 Nov 2010	Strathpine, Queensland, Australia	94
Husband	William Alan BELL	08 Jan 1911	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	12 May 1977	Strathpine, Queensland, Australia	66
Son	Living or Recently Deceased
Daughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Sister	Helen Dorothy ATKINSON	27 Nov 1913	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	11 Nov 1989	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	75
Half Sister	Gladys Lillian Maud Joy HURLEY	22 Sep 1921	Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia	abt 2000	Queensland, Australia	79
Half Sister	Joan Florence HURLEY	11 Jan 1924	Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Half Brother	Living or Recently Deceased
Daughter in Law	Living or Recently Deceased
Son in Law	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Aunt	Beatrice Blanche NEWTON	13 Jul 1888	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	19 Feb 1911	Bakerville, Queensland, Australia	22
Uncle	Edwin Otto BROWNE	21 May 1879	Gympie, Queensland, Australia	21 Apr 1912	Friezland, Queensland, Australia	32
Aunt	Elizabeth Maud ATKINSON	26 Jan 1894	Queensland, Australia	05 Aug 1931	South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	37
Uncle	Marmaduke BUCHANAN	08 Jun 1892	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1977	Queensland, Australia	85
Aunt	Ethel Florence ATKINSON	28 Jul 1896	Queensland, Australia	May 1969	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	72
Uncle	Albert Richard Cornelius CORFIELD	29 Jul 1896	Manchester, Lancashire, England	21 Dec 1965	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	69
Uncle	Thomas ATKINSON	07 Mar 1899	Queensland, Australia	28 Jul 1974	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	75
Aunt	Alice Mary Justine ELLIOTT	1903	Queensland, Australia	25 Aug 1978	Queensland, Australia	75
Aunt	Jessie ATKINSON	01 Jul 1902	Queensland, Australia	03 Jul 1902	Queensland, Australia	0
Aunt	Elsie May ATKINSON	27 Sep 1903	Queensland, Australia	02 Oct 1978	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	75
Uncle	Reginald Wellington MILLETT	19 Apr 1891	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	31 Jul 1963	Queensland, Australia	72
Uncle	John Leslie ATKINSON	28 Oct 1906	Queensland, Australia	15 Dec 1965	Queensland, Australia	59
Aunt	Hilda Isabel ATKINSON	28 Nov 1912	Queensland, Australia	04 Jun 1982	Queensland, Australia	69
Uncle	Lionel Vernon COX	12 Jan 1914	Roma, Queensland, Australia	10 Nov 2001	Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia	87
Aunt	Lilian Emily ATKINSON	28 Nov 1912	Queensland, Australia
Uncle	Cecil Harold ARNOLD	1906	Queensland, Australia	30 Nov 1964	Queensland, Australia	58
Uncle	John Henry (Jack) MADDEN	14 Sep 1895	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	13 Nov 1982	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87
Aunt	Audrey Jane PERRY	06 Jun 1902	Queensland, Australia	17 Sep 1986	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	84
Aunt	Florence Helen MADDEN	21 Jul 1898	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	19 Feb 1951	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	52
Uncle	William John FERGUSON	24 Oct 1892	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	09 Oct 1969	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	76
Aunt	Helen Nell May MADDEN	20 Jul 1904	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	12 Mar 1974	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	69
Uncle	Thomas Francis SHANNON	15 Aug 1893	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	21 Feb 1951	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	57
Uncle	Edward MADDEN	08 Apr 1912	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	13 Apr 1912	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	0
Uncle	Julian George MADDEN	19 Apr 1915	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	11 Jan 2013	Buderim, Queensland, Australia	97
Aunt	Elizabeth Beth Ellen HUTTON	10 Apr 1919	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	19 Sep 2017	Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia	98
Cousin	Leslie Allen JOHNSON	24 Feb 1907	Queensland, Australia	18 Aug 1964	Rochdale, Queensland, Australia	57
Cousin	Ethel Emily BROWNE	12 Jun 1909	Bakerville, Queensland, Australia	23 Jun 1974	Lethridge Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	65
Cousin	Stanley Francis BUCHANAN	17 Apr 1916	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	05 Jul 2006	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia	90
Cousin	Beatrice Emily BUCHANAN	28 Jun 1917	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	19 Dec 1980	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	63
Cousin	Cecil Henry BUCHANAN	28 Aug 1918	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	15 Apr 1973	Kelmscott, Western Australia, Australia	54
Cousin	Colin Albert CORFIELD			16 Oct 1982	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Thomas Elliott ATKINSON	11 Apr 1926	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	22 Feb 2000		73
Cousin	John Lawrence ATKINSON	04 Sep 1928	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	11 Oct 2000		72
Cousin	Geoffrey Peers ATKINSON	10 Apr 1935	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	27 May 1979	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	44
Cousin	Ian Henry MILLETT	1934	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	1980	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	46
Cousin	Clifford John COX			08 Sep 1964	Amberley, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Barbara Joan COX	19 Apr 1935	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	09 Jan 1987	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	51
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Valerie Mary FERGUSON	17 Jun 1920	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	17 Aug 2004	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	84
Cousin	John Edward (Jack) FERGUSON	Jun 1922	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	abt Sep 1923	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Dulcie SHANNON	25 Aug 1931	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	02 Oct 2010	Caloundra, Queensland, Australia	79
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Julian F ELY	1939	Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia	27 Dec 1958	Babinda, Queensland, Australia	19
Nephew	John Laurence ELY	20 Oct 1942	Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia	04 Jan 2014	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	71
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Beverley Joyce MAITLAND-CAIRNEY			Y
Sister in Law	Dulcie Honora BELL	10 Dec 1913	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	02 Jun 1983	Innisfail, Queensland, Australia	69
Sister in Law	Marjorie Alice BELL	18 Jan 1916	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	26 Feb 1993	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	77
Brother in Law	Tasman Jillett (Gillett) Maitland CAIRNEY	21 Dec 1896	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	02 Aug 1953	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	56
Brother in Law	John (Jack) William ELY	25 Jan 1914	Nambour, Queensland, Australia	1961	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	47
Brother in Law	William Lionel Richmond BROWNE			Y
Brother in Law	William HODGE
Brother in Law	male UNKNOWN
Brother in Law	male ANDERSON
Brother in Law	Paul RASMUSSEN			Nov 1975	Aspley, Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Living or Recently Deceased

Events in Mavis Beatrice Florence ATKINSON (1916 - 2010)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
12 Jul 1916		Mavis Beatrice Florence ATKINSON was born	Townsville, Queensland, Australia
12 May 1918	1	Death of father Harry Henry ATKINSON (aged 26)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Certificate
11 Dec 1936	20	Married William Alan BELL (aged 25)	Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
1949	33	Residence	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	67 Juliet St
1966	50	Death of step father Francis James HURLEY (aged 76)	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	1966/C4205
12 May 1977	60	Death of husband William Alan BELL (aged 66)	Strathpine, Queensland, Australia
14 Nov 1977	61	Death of mother Lillian Margaret Ann MADDEN (aged 83)	Sandgate, Queensland, Australia
17 Nov 2010	94	Mavis Beatrice Florence ATKINSON died	Strathpine, Queensland, Australia
22 Nov 2010	94	Cremation	Albany Creek, Queensland, Australia

Personal Notes:

Aunty Johnson (Florence Amelia Madden) had a hotel at Cloncurry and the family moved out there after her father was killed in 1918. Cosomopolitan Hotel. Lived in three houses in Cloncurry. The first was on the other side of Coppermine Ck in Leichhhardt St; the second was immediately behind the school (could walk through) (probobaly Scarr St); the third was in Ramsay Street - a low set house this lots of veranadahs - good for dancing. She was married from the house. The Anglican church was nearby (walked) to dances in the tall building next door. Played tennis at the school. The Post Office Hotel was the most plush of the hotel and the passengers from aircraft that stopped in Cloncurry on the flights from Europe stayed in the Post Office Hotel. Spent the war in Mackay where Alan had been transfered. That transfer was a big promotion. While on their honeymoon they met Mr & Mrs Bruce (after whom the highway is named - and who was they the Minister of Education). Mrs Bruce took a liking to Mavis and Mavis thinks that had a bearing on Alan's promotion. Mavis made her debut in Cloncurry aged 18 years. Lady Aladice came up from Melbourne. Apparently, she asked to speak to Mavis because of her beautiful dress (made by Helen Atkinson). Jess Ule & Ruby Tonkin were Mavis' best friends in Cloncurry.

Source References:

2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Down Under, Title: Devon to Down Under, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997

- Reference = 154 (Name, Notes)

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