Robert Allen “R A” AtkinAge: 90 years1904–1995
- Name
- Robert Allen “R A” Atkin
- Given names
- Robert Allen
- Surname
- Atkin
- Nickname
- R A
 Birth | June 25, 1904 32 24 |
 Birth of a brother | Clinton Vernon Atkin February 27, 1906 (Age 20 months) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Nancy Emaline Shemwell January 31, 1908 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Mall Anders Atkin February 20, 1908 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Zelia Lillian Atkin October 9, 1909 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | April 27, 1910 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Benal Allen Atkin May 10, 1911 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Venie Lou Atkin May 10, 1911 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a sister | Zelia Lillian Atkin November 11, 1912 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Jollie Dan “J D” Atkin August 29, 1914 (Age 10 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 11 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 12 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 13 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Verena Ann Atkin February 26, 1920 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a mother | Ida Verena Poore March 4, 1920 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Allen Pressley Atkin October 25, 1923 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Hoyal Albert Atkins May 26, 1925 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Jerry Walter Atkin July 24, 1926 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Robert Lee Atkin September 11, 1928 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Claude William Atkins October 1, 1928 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 25 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 18, 1930 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Calvin Milford Atkins June 9, 1930 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a son | Allen Pressley Atkin November 12, 1930 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | James William “Billy” Atkin August 27, 1931 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Dewey Leroy Atkins January 3, 1932 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a father | Albert Allen Atkin June 18, 1933 (Age 28 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Robert Lee Atkin — Dorothy Leora Smith — View this family June 16, 1945 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Carolyn Annette Atkin September 4, 1946 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a sister | Bessie Dee Atkins August 27, 1955 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a brother | Mall Anders Atkin December 22, 1968 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a brother | Newton Lamar Atkin July 18, 1973 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a sister | Zora Bell Atkins March 10, 1978 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a brother | Jollie Dan “J D” Atkin May 24, 1984 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a brother | Clinton Vernon Atkin November 22, 1986 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a brother | Benal Allen Atkin February 4, 1989 (Age 84 years) |
| Death of a sister | Venie Lou Atkin April 9, 1994 (Age 89 years) |
| Death of a wife | Carrie Ethel McCoy December 6, 1994 (Age 90 years) |
 Death | February 12, 1995 (Age 90 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: East View Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Albert Allen Atkin Birth: June 30, 1871 26 30 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: June 18, 1933 — Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Ida Verena Poore Birth: March 10, 1880 — Williamston, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: March 4, 1920 — Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1896 — |
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13 months elder sister |
Clara Lee Atkins Birth: January 17, 1897 25 16 — Sandy Springs, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: March 18, 1998 — Greenville, South Carolina, United States |
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22 months elder sister |
Bessie Dee Atkins Birth: November 20, 1898 27 18 — Sandy Springs, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: August 27, 1955 — Beaufort, South Carolina, United States |
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21 months elder sister |
Zora Bell Atkins Birth: August 28, 1900 29 20 — Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: March 10, 1978 — Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
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22 months elder brother |
Newton Lamar Atkin Birth: July 10, 1902 31 22 — Sandy Springs, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: July 18, 1973 — Greer, Greenville, South Carolina, United States |
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2 years himself |
Robert Allen “R A” Atkin Birth: June 25, 1904 32 24 — South Carolina, United States Death: February 12, 1995 — Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
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20 months younger brother |
Clinton Vernon Atkin Birth: February 27, 1906 34 25 — Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: November 22, 1986 — Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Mall Anders Atkin Birth: February 20, 1908 36 27 — Sandy Springs, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: December 22, 1968 — Valley Head, DeKalb, Alabama, United States |
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20 months younger sister |
Zelia Lillian Atkin Birth: October 9, 1909 38 29 — South Carolina, United States Death: November 11, 1912 — South Carolina, United States |
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19 months younger brother |
Benal Allen Atkin Birth: May 10, 1911 39 31 — Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: February 4, 1989 — South Carolina, United States |
| younger sister |
Venie Lou Atkin Birth: May 10, 1911 39 31 — South Carolina, United States Death: April 9, 1994 — Greenville, South Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Jollie Dan “J D” Atkin Birth: August 29, 1914 43 34 — Sandy Springs, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: May 24, 1984 — Greer, Greenville, South Carolina, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Verena Ann Atkin Birth: February 26, 1920 48 39 — Greenville, South Carolina, United States Death: October 13, 1996 — Greenville, South Carolina, United States |
| Father’s family with Nettie Janie McCoy |
| father |
Albert Allen Atkin Birth: June 30, 1871 26 30 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: June 18, 1933 — Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
| step-mother |
Nettie Janie McCoy Birth: October 26, 1901 — South Carolina, United States Death: August 11, 1985 — South Carolina, United States |
| half-brother |
Hoyal Albert Atkins Birth: May 26, 1925 53 23 — Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: September 2, 2004 — Troy, Pike, Alabama, United States |
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3 years half-brother |
Claude William Atkins Birth: October 1, 1928 57 26 — Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: December 27, 2007 — Greenville, South Carolina, United States |
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20 months half-brother |
Calvin Milford Atkins Birth: June 9, 1930 58 28 — Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: April 7, 1995 — Martin, Stephens, Georgia, United States |
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19 months half-brother |
Dewey Leroy Atkins Birth: January 3, 1932 60 30 — Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: July 5, 2019 — York, South Carolina, United States |
| half-brother |
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| Family with Carrie Ethel McCoy |
| himself |
Robert Allen “R A” Atkin Birth: June 25, 1904 32 24 — South Carolina, United States Death: February 12, 1995 — Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Carrie Ethel McCoy Birth: September 2, 1906 — Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: December 6, 1994 — Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
| son |
Allen Pressley Atkin Birth: October 25, 1923 19 17 — Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: November 12, 1930 — Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
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3 years son |
Jerry Walter Atkin Birth: July 24, 1926 22 19 — Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: May 25, 1997 |
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2 years son |
Robert Lee Atkin Birth: September 11, 1928 24 22 — Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: August 22, 2003 — Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
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3 years son |
James William “Billy” Atkin Birth: August 27, 1931 27 24 — Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: March 28, 2013 — Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
| son |
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Albert Allen Atkin - Household
Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Albert Allen Atkin - Household
Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Robert Allen “R A” Atkin - Household
Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina
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