See also

Family of Henry Sidney Richards and Catherine Isabella Brown

  • Husband:

  • Henry Sidney Richards (1877?-1935)

  • Wife:

  • Catherine Isabella Brown (1880-1956)

  • Children:

  • William Henry Richards (1902-1989)

  •  

  • Alice Ivy Richards (1914-2005)

  • Marriage:

  • 13 Jan 1902

  • Christ Church, Trafalgar Road, Greenwich, London, England1,2

  •  

  • Henry a bachelor working as a labourer and son of Robert Richards a deceased photographer. Catherine a spinster and daughter of Cornelius Brown a carpenter. Both of 94 Woolwich Road, married by banns and witnessed by William Ernest Brown and Marian Elizabeth Richards

Husband: Henry Sidney Richards

  • Name:

  • Henry Sidney Richards1,3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • engineers labourer then a engineering machine driller4,5,6

  • Birth:

  • 1877 (app)

  • Southwark, Surrey, England4,5,6,7,8

  •  

  • cannot locate a birth index for Henry Jones as he probably was

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 4)

  • 52 Rathbone Street, West Ham, Essex, England7

  •  

  • son Henry Jones living with his father Robert Richards, his mother Marian Jones, and sister Elizabeth. Born in London Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 14)

  • 72 Old Woolwich Road, Greenwich, London, England8

  •  

  • son working as an errand boy and living with his widowed mother Mary, sisters Elizabeth and Sarah, and three lodgers. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 24)

  • 1 Park Row, Greenwich, London, England4

  •  

  • unmarried son working as an engineers labourer at the arsenal and living with his widowed mother Mary, and a boarder. Born in Southwark London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 34)

  • 169 Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a machine driller (boiler making) for an agricultural engineer and living in five rooms with his wife Catherine, and son William. Born in Southwark Surrey

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 44 yrs 9 mns)

  • 169 Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • married head of the household working as an engineering machine driller in the boiler department of Messers Ransome Sims & Jefferies engineers of Orwell Works Ipswich and living in five rooms with his wife Catherine, son William, and daughter Alice. Born in Southwark London

  • Death:

  • Q1 1935 (age 58)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England3

Wife: Catherine Isabella Brown

  • Name:

  • Catherine Isabella Brown9

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Cate

  • Father:

  • Cornelius Brown (1851?- )

  • Mother:

  • Harriett Isabella Ablitt (1851- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant10

  • Birth:

  • 14 Sep 1880

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England5,6,9,10,11,12,13

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 5 mns)

  • Barking Road, Needham Market, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents Cornelius and Isabella, (half-?)sister Ellen, sister Alice, and brothers Walter and William. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 10)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • daughter as Cate attending school and living with her parents Cornelius and Isabella, and brothers Walter, William and George. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 20)

  • 48 Romola Road, Tulse Hill, London, England10

  •  

  • an unmarried general domestic servant living with Thomas and Elizabeth Cowbrick and their daughter Dorothy. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 30)

  • 169 Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married wife living in five rooms with her husband Henry, and son William. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 40 yrs 9 mns)

  • 169 Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • married wife doing home duties and living in five rooms with her husband Henry, son William, and daughter Alice. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Witness:

  • 1 Sep 1934 (age 53)

  • Catherine Isabella Brown witnessed the marriage of William Henry Richards and Jessie Lilian Griffiths on Saturday on 1 September 1934 in Holy Trinity Church, Station Road, Lamorbey, Sidcup, Kent, England

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 59)

  • 57 Norfolk Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • a widow doing unpaid domestic duties and living alone. Born on 14th September 1880

  • Death:

  • Q3 1956 (age 75)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England14

Child 1: William Henry Richards

  • Name:

  • William Henry Richards15

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Jessie Lilian Griffiths (1908-1983)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • newspaper proof reader6,16

  • Birth:

  • 26 Jan 1902

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England5,6,15,16

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 8)

  • 169 Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son living in five rooms with his parents Henry and Catherine. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 18 yrs 6 mns)

  • 169 Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a newspaper readers assistant for The East Anglian Daily Times of 13 Carr Street Ipswich and living in five rooms with his parents Henry and Catherine, and sister Alice. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 37)

  • 48 Pine View Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • a married proof reader living with his wife Jessie, and a closed record. Born on 26th December 1902

  • Death:

  • 28 Dec 1989 (age 87)

  • Gipping and Hartismere "Registration District", Suffolk, England17,18

  • Probate:

  • 1 Mar 1990

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • of 48 Pine View Road Ipswich died 28th December 1989, probate not exceeding £100,000 (~£207,000 in 2017)

Child 2: Alice Ivy Richards

  • Name:

  • Alice Ivy Richards19

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Charles Shemming (1887-1947)

  • Birth:

  • 11 Apr 1914

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England6,19,20,21

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 7 yrs 2 mns)

  • 169 Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in five rooms with her parents Henry and Catherine, and brother William. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 25)

  • Gate Crossing, Frating, Essex, England20

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Charles, son Michael, and a closed record. Born on 11th April 1914

  • Death:

  • Dec 2005 (age 91)

  • Deben "Registration District", Suffolk, England21

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Greenwich 1902 quarter:1 volume:1d page:1311. Cit. Date: 14 October 2023.

2.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Greenwich Charist Church marriages 1890-1902 page:218 entry:435. Cit. Date: 16 October 2023.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1935 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1215. Cit. Date: 16 October 2023.

4.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:539 folio:46 page:22 schedule:148. Cit. Date: 16 October 2023.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10830 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:5 schedule:76. Cit. Date: 14 October 2023.

6.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9428 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:5 schedule:87. Cit. Date: 14 October 2023.

7.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1712 folio:105 page:7 schedule:906. Cit. Date: 16 October 2023.

8.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:511 folio:59 page:29 schedule:185. Cit. Date: 16 October 2023.

9.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1880 quarter:4 volume:4a page:647. Cit. Date: 11 October 2023.

10.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:435 folio:45 page:28 schedule:187. Cit. Date: 13 October 2023.

11.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1863 folio:82 page:16 schedule:271. Cit. Date: 12 October 2023.

12.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1463 folio:131 page:6 schedule:43. Cit. Date: 12 October 2023.

13.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6598J page:2 line:5 letter code:TVAM. Cit. Date: 16 October 2023.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1956 quarter:3 volume:4b page:636. Cit. Date: 16 October 2023.

15.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1903 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1016. Cit. Date: 14 October 2023.

16.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6603A page8 line:7 letter code:TVBR. Cit. Date: 15 October 2023.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Gipping and Hartismere 1990 quarter:1 register:190 volume:10 page:2806. Cit. Date: 15 October 2023.

18.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1990 page:7091 no:9051501982L. Cit. Date: 15 October 2023.

19.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1914 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1978. Cit. Date: 14 October 2023.

20.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1596F page:2 line:7 letter code:DDYC. Cit. Date: 14 October 2023.

21.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Deben 2005 quarter:4 district:7431 register:33C entry:33 date:1205. Cit. Date: 15 October 2023.