William Henry Richards died July 30th 1923 at 1:30 am at the age of 59 years. A life long resident of Bell’s Corners. He was the eldest son of the late Richard Richards and his wife Eliza Hinton. 40 years ago united in marriage to Lucy, third daughter of the late Reuben Peer, of Bell. [...]
April 1959 - Newspaper clipping, publisher unknown
Golden Wedding Marked - Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Connell, of Kemptville, are pictured during the celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary recently. They were married at Jellyby on April 21, 1909, but have been living in the Kemptville area for some time. Mrs. Connell is the former Ethel Richards, [...]
Richard Richards Death Certificate links family to Wexford, Ireland.
Farmer Robert Powell reported the tragedy of Richard Richards being struck down by a team of runaway horses on January 29th 1874. The 40 year old Richards, who had lost both his wife Eliza (nee Hinton) and daughter Etta in 1872, was killed instantly.
Photo courtesy Tom O’Farrell (great grandson)
As William Henry passed away in the summer of 1923, this photo has to be taken prior to that date. It is a rare photo of the couple.
Seated in the autombile is a third person. I wonder, given that Tom has this particular picture in his posession, if this isn’t [...]
From Left to right - Clifford Roy, William Henry, Ethel May, Harold
Edison (in front), Lucy Adeline and Howard Victor.
1901 Census:
William H Richards, male, white, head, married, born Ontario - Mar 24, 1864, age 37, origin Irish, nationality Canadian, religion Methodist, occupation Farmer
Lucy A Richards, female, white, wife, married, born Ontario - Nov 7, 1866, age [...]