Biography:
Amelia Sophie Atkinson
1876 –29/03/1967
Amelia Sophie Atkinson

Plot 366 Amelia Sophie Atkinson (née Gould) (1876-1967)
Amelia’s father was John Youngs Gould of the Consular Service in China. She was born and baptised in Shanghai in 1876.
On October 17 1895 Amelia married (John) Brenan Atkinson, in Holy Trinity Cathedral (Church of England), Shanghai. She was 19 he was 30.
Brenan Atkinson was a prominent architect in China. In 1898 he founded Atkinson & Dallas, a firm of civil engineers and architects who practised in Tientsin and Shanghai and were responsible for many prominent buildings in Shanghai, many of which can be viewed on-line.
Their sons Rupert (b.1896) and Gerald (b.1900) were both born in the city.
Brenan Atkinson, however, died in 1907 at the age of 41 and was buried in Shanghai.
It has not been possible to trace where Amelia lived following her husband’s death, but it is probable that she returned to England soon afterwards. Certainly both her sons were educated there.
By 1919 she was living at High Kelton, Doctors Commons Road, Berkhamsted. In March that year her son Rupert, buried here, died, and at the end of the year Gerald joined the Army.
When Gerald emigrated to Australia in 1936 he gave his English address as Heather Cottage, Potten End and it may be that this was also Amelia’s home.
Gerald died in Australia in 1961 and is commemorated on this gravestone.
By 1967 Amelia was living at Little Heath House, Potten End. She died 29 March 1967 at Grange Nursing Home, Shrublands Avenue, aged 91.

in the cemetery
Plot 366 Amelia Sophie Atkinson (née Gould) (1876-1967)
Amelia’s father was John Youngs Gould of the Consular Service in China. She was born and baptised in Shanghai in 1876.
On October 17 1895 Amelia married (John) Brenan Atkinson, in Holy Trinity Cathedral (Church of England), Shanghai. She was 19 he was 30.
Brenan Atkinson was a prominent architect in China. In 1898 he founded Atkinson & Dallas, a firm of civil engineers and architects who practised in Tientsin and Shanghai and were responsible for many prominent buildings in Shanghai, many of which can be viewed on-line.
Their sons Rupert (b.1896) and Gerald (b.1900) were both born in the city.
Brenan Atkinson, however, died in 1907 at the age of 41 and was buried in Shanghai.
It has not been possible to trace where Amelia lived following her husband’s death, but it is probable that she returned to England soon afterwards. Certainly both her sons were educated there.
By 1919 she was living at High Kelton, Doctors Commons Road, Berkhamsted. In March that year her son Rupert, buried here, died, and at the end of the year Gerald joined the Army.
When Gerald emigrated to Australia in 1936 he gave his English address as Heather Cottage, Potten End and it may be that this was also Amelia’s home.
Gerald died in Australia in 1961 and is commemorated on this gravestone.
By 1967 Amelia was living at Little Heath House, Potten End. She died 29 March 1967 at Grange Nursing Home, Shrublands Avenue, aged 91.
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