Carlus Earl Atkinson - DNA Connection to Nock / Bader Family

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Current research on parents of Carlus Earl Atkinson (or John Louis Atkinson) is based on DNA research started in late March of 2022.

There is a confirmed DNA connection between John Louis Atkinson and his children. Main tests were via his son, John Atkinson, and a paternal half-sibling. Other paternal half-siblings and their descendants were confirmed as well. Autosomal DNA of John Atkinson and his paternal half-sibling were tested across Ancestry, 23andme, MyHeritage, Gedmatch, and LivingDNA. As of April 30th, 2023, there are no known DNA connections to and beyond Carlus Earl Atkinson and his wife, Mamie Garrison (i.e. the Atkinson or Garrison families). Shared DNA matches between John Atkinson and his half-sibling show a connection to the Nocks as well as Bader family. The DNA matches range from 20cM-400cM across the various DNA sites. The strongest DNA matches, numbering between 100 - 400cMs, link to Mattias Nock, mostly through his sons Hermann and Felix. Lower cM matches, numbering between 20-50 cM, connect to a brother of Mattias named George Nock.

Several DNA matches connect to Josephine Bader, Hermann's wife. On MyHeritage, an individual from the US (100 cM) along with an individual from France (75 cM), connect to Josephine's mother and father respectively. The US based match connects via Josephine's aunt. The France based match connects through a half-sibling of Josephine's father. Other, more distant matches on Ancestry, 23andme, and MyHeritage, link to individuals located further back in Josephine's family tree, namely through the Ahr and Haby families.

(Y-DNA Testing | Between January-March, 2023)

Y-DNA testing was conducted on both John Atkinson and a male Nock (alias AR), who is a direct male descendant of Felix Nock. On 23andme, both AR and his father matched John with both autosomal DNA and Y-DNA. AR matched at 70cM across one segment, and his father at 135cM across 3 segments. When compared to John's ancestry, genealogical research of AR showed no ancestral roots in the American South. AR's paternal lineage hail from German families that settled in Ohio beginning in the mid to late 1800s, including Mattias Nock's son, Felix. AR's maternal ancestry is non-European.

The test kits were bought from FamilyTreeDNA at the 37 marker level. Both John and AR connect at 36/37 markers, 25/26 markers, and 12/12 markers. The Y-Haplogroup on FamilyTreeDNA was listed as R-M269. On 23andme, it is listed as R-PF7589, descended from R-M269, and said to be a relatively uncommon (1 out of 1900 men). Aside from six 12 marker matches on FamilyTreeDNA (two from Italy, one from Spain, and the last three unknown), AR remains John Atkinson's only solid Y-DNA match on the website.

More testing will be done in the future.

Today at 11:14 AM

(Details on The Nock and Bader families)

The two families were German Catholics who arrived in America in the late 1800s. The Nocks were from the Black Forest region of Germany, from a village called Welschensteinach. Hermann Nock is listed arriving in 1884 with his brother, Joseph. Their father arrived in 1890. According to census data, Hermann's wife Josephine arrived around 1891. The Nock family first lived in or around St Louis, Missouri. Some moved to Ohio, and others, such as Hermann, his father Mattias, and his brother, Frederick, moved to New Mexico. Hermann's whereabouts are unknown between 1890-1903. In 1903, his first child, George Nock, is born in or near Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico. At this time, he is now married to Josephine Bader.

When researching Josephine, she was born on August 31, 1881 in Oberentzen, Haut-Rhin, France in the region of Alsace. Her parents were Emil Bader and Rose Haby. On August 10, 1891, Rose passed away in France, and around that same time, Josephine arrived in the US (at least according to census data, a ship manifest record has not yet been found). On the 1900 census, Josephine is listed living with her aunt, Anna Haby (married name Bourquin) in Medina county, Texas. She is 18 years old, single and working as a servant. At some point between 1900-1903, she marries Hermann Nock in either Texas or New Mexico.

Given both the autosomal and Y-DNA connections, and dates at which the Nock and Bader family came to America, it stands to reason that an NPE event occurred, resulting in the birth of a boy sometime between 1890-1920. There are three main candidates.

Carlus Earl Atkinson (1895 - 1980)

John Louis Atkinson (1918 - 1997)

Unknown Nock Male (? - ?), who would later go on to have John Louis Atkinson with an unknown woman.

Carlus Earl Atkinson has been selected for the time being, until more evidence can be found proving or disproving the theory of him being the NPE child. His selection is simply based upon the timeline of Hermann and Josephine. If Josephine Bader is the mother, she would have been about 14 years old in 1895. She would have gotten pregnant by one of the Nock men, most likely Hermann. Being quite young, she would then given Carlus up for adoption. However, this is speculation. As mentioned in the DNA section, there are no known DNA connections to the Atkinson and Garrison families. It is unclear whether this NPE happened with Carlus or John Louis, or perhaps an unknown male child, who would later have John Louis.

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