William Richardson (1825 - 1884)

Born 25 Oct 1825 in Shielstock Braes, Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Davidson) Richardson — married 1854 in Jedburgh, , Roxburghshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 10 Feb 1884 at age 58 in Bridge Houses, Southdean Farm, Southdean, Roxburgh, Scotland

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Biography

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Name

Name: William /Richardson/^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 25 OCT 1825

Place: Morebattle, , Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: date/place from Paul Richardson, 1105^[2][3]

Place: Shielstock Braes, Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Birth:

Date: ABT 1826

Place: Morebattle, , Roxburghshire, Scotland^[9]

Death

Death:

Date: 10 FEB 1884

Place: Southdean, , Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: aged 58, "went to help his brother at a lambing season, caught pneumonia and died there 1884". Cause 8 days of hepatitis. Inf. Adam R, brother.

Memoriam card reads: In Loving Remembrance of William Richardson late of Lanton who died at Southdean, 10th February, 1884 aged 58 years Interred in Castlewood Cemetery, Jedburgh A loved one from our home has gone, The Husband, Father, Friend, Great is our loss, but he has gained Life that shall never end"^{[10][11][12][13]}

Date: 10 FEB 1884

Place: Southdean Farm,Bridge Houses, Southdean, Roxburgh, Scotland

Place: Bridge Houses, Southdean Farm, Southdean, Roxburgh, Scotland^{[14][15][16][17]}

Burial

Burial:

Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland^{[18][19][20][21]}

Reference

Reference: 16531

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 14 MAY 2013

Prior to import, this record was last changed 14 MAY 2013

Marriage

Husband: William Richardson

Wife: Mary Ann Davidson

Child: Jonah Davidson Richardson

Child: Thomas Richardson

Child: Adam Richardson

Child: William Richardson

Child: Frances Wilson Richardson

Child: John Richardson

Marriage:

Date: 1854

Place: Jedburgh, , Roxburghshire, Scotland^{[22] [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]}

Census

Census:

Date: 1861

Place: Heatherhope, Par. of Hounam, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: William, 35, shepherd, b Morebattle, Margaret (sic), 33 b England. Children: John 5, Jonah 4, Thomas 2 all b Hounam. Also Andrew BROWN, boarder 57, shepherd, b Oxnam^[32]

Note: #N146^[33]

Census:

Date: 1871

Place: Heatherhope, Par. of Hounam, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: RICHARDSON: William 46 shepherd b Morebattle, ROX; wife Mary Ann 43 b England; Children: Thomas 19 (prob. 12?, certainly fits better and explains how come he's still a scholar), Jonah 14, Adam 9, William 6, all scholars (sic), Frances W (dtr) 2, all b Hownam^[34]

Note: #N148^{[35][36][37][38]}

Census:

Date: 1881

Place: Lanton, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: William, head, 55, b Morebattle, Roxburghshire, farmer 56 acres emp 1man 1boy, Mary, farmer's wife, 53 b Bambourgh, Northumberland, England. Frances, farmer's dtr, 12, b Hownam, ROX. William, farmer's son, 16, b Hownam, ROX. Thomas, farmer's son, 22, b Hownam, ROX^[39]

^[40][41]

Notes

Event: Death of father

Type: Named in Vital record

Date: 23 FEB 1855

Place: Burnfoot, Linton Parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland^[42]

Event: Named in his son John's marriage certificate

Type: Named in Vital record

Date: 1893

Place: St. Giles District, Edinburgh, Scotland

Note: #N149^[43]

Event: Marriage of son John

Type: Named in Vital record

Date: 31 AUG 1909

Place: St. Giles District, Edinburgh, Scotland^[44]

Note: #N150

Note N146Heatherhope: William Richardson age 25, shepherd born Morebattle; Margaret Richardson (wife) age 33 born England; John Richardson age 5 born Hounam; Jonah Richardson age 4 born Hounam; Thomas Richardson age 2 born Hounam; Andrew Brown, boarder age 57 shepherd

Note N147Farmer on 56 acres. Employing 1 Man, 1 boy

Note N148Dwelling: 4 rooms with 1 or more windows.

Note N1491892 Marriages in the District of Saint Giles in the City of Edinburgh.

Page 115, entry # 230.

On the Twenty third day of August at The Sheriff Court House, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh. By declaration in presence of William Richardson, Butcher and Mary Ballantyre. John Richardson, 38, Marine Engineer, Bachelor, and Beatrice Stevenson, 34, Spinster. He, of Number 8 Hillside Street, Edinburgh. She, Number 47 Argyle Place, Edinburgh.

Parents: William Robson Richardson, Farmer, Deceased, and Mary Ann Richardson M.S. Davidson; Thomas Paisley Stevenson, Grocer, Deceased, and Mary Stevenson M.S. Laidlaw, Deceased.

Note N150William was a shepherd at Heather Hope away out in the Cheviot Hills, between Hownam and Chatto. Later on he took a little farm at Lanton between Ancrum and Jedburgh. He went to help his brother Adam for the 1884 lambing season at Southdean where family legend says he caught pnuemonia and died. His death cert. puts cause of death as Hepatitis. After that his widow and the sons moved to Edinburgh, where one of her sons, Jonah, had already started business a butcher and poulterer.

1861 census has William at Heather Hope with " Margaret " his wife and their three sons John, Jonah and Thomas.

1871 census has William still living at Heather Hope with Mary Ann and five of their children, Jonah, Thomas, Adam, William and Frances; John is not there, he would be 16 years old and probably working elsewhere.

Adam Richardson, his brother, was present for the death certificate registration. It listed Hepatitis, 8 days, as the cause of death at age 58.

Sources

• Source: S1102 Title: DC Roxburghshire, Scotland: 1855 Film #103533, Record Type: Death certs, Number: Film #103533 Abbreviation: DC Roxburghshire, Scotland: 1855 Film #103533 Publication: 1855 Note: ex LDS 5/97. Repository: #R21
• Repository: R21 Name: LDS library Address: State: Utah Country: USA

• Source: S1105 Title: FT: RICHARDSON, William of Eckford, Compiler Address: Northumberland, ENG Abbreviation: RICHARDSON, William of Eckford Author: Paul Richardson Publication: May 1997 & subsequent

• Source: S1124 Title: ROX births: 1855, Record Type: Birth certs, Subject: ROX Scotland, Number: Film #103389 Abbreviation: ROX births: 1855 Publication: 1855 Note: Transcribed Jul 1997

• Source: S1770 Title: EM RICHARDSON, Ralph, Recipient: L McIntosh (1), Address: Brisbane, QLD, Australia, Abbreviation: EM RICHARDSON, Ralph Author: Ralph RICHARDSON (23610)

• Source: S2066 Title: EM RICHARDSON Morebattle John & Elizabeth ex Jim R., Recipient: L McIntosh, Address: Upland, Los Angeles, California, USA, Abbreviation: EM RICHARDSON Morebattle John & Elizabeth Author: Jim RICHARDSON

• Source: S2067 Title: LTR RICHARDSON, ROX ex KELLER, Recipient: L McIntosh, Author Address:Mairangi Bay, Auckland Abbreviation: RICHARDSON, ROX :LTR ex KELLER Author: S Keller (22625)

• Source: S210 Title: 1881 Census for UK, Record Type: Census transcripts, Location: UK, Record Info: via Family Search/LDS CDs Abbreviation: Census: 1881 UK via FamilySearch/LDS Publication: 1881

• Source: S803 Title: Census: 1871 Ancestry, Record Type: Census (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland), Location: UK, Record Info: Via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1871 Ancestry Publication: 1871 Repository: #R121
• Repository: R121 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Country: USA

• Source: S107 Author: Jean Richardson, 1960 Title: Family Register of John Richardson and His Wife, Elizabeth Shiel Publication: Name: Name: 31 Minto Street, Edinburgh, Scotland;;

• Source: S111 Title: Obituary of William Richardson, 1884 Publication: Name: Name: From private collection;; Obituary DATE: Feb 1884

• Source: S112 Author: Jedburgh Gazette Newspaper Title: Death Notices in newspaper Publication: Name: Name: Jedburgh Gazette Newspaper, Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland;; Repository: #R12 : Newspaper DATE: Feb 1884
• Repository: R12 Name: Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre Address: Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre St Mary's MillSelkirk, Scottish Borders Scotland

• Source: S31 Author: Scotland Census Office Title: 1861 British Census, Scotland, Hownam, Heatherhope, William Richardsonfamily Publication: Name: Name: FHL Film, Scotland, April 1861 Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah Microfilm of the original records in the New Register House, Edinburgh;; Repository: #R3 Census DATE: Apr 1861
• Repository: R3 Name: New Register House Address: New Register House Edinburgh Scotland

• Source: S32 Author: Scotland Census Office Title: 1881 Census of Scotland NOTEMEDI: Census/Tax DATE: 4 Apr 1881

• Source: S33 Author: Scotland Census Office Title: 1871 British Census, Scotland, Roxburgh Publication: Name: Name: Film SLC # 104,096. 1871 British Census, Roxburgh, ScotlandSalt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah Microfilm of the original records in the New Register House, Edinburgh;; Repository: #R3 Census DATE: 1871

• Source: S37 Author: Scotland, Roxburgh, Jedburgh, Castlewood Cemetary Title: Tombstone detail Repository: #R5 Cemetary
• Repository: R5 Name: Jedburgh Castle Cemetary Address: Jedburgh Castle Cemetary Jedburgh, Scottish Borders Scotland

• Source: S38 Author: Scotland Census Office Title: 1871 British Census, Scotland, Roxburgh, Hownam, Heatherhope, William Richardson family Publication: Name: Name: Microfilm copies of the original records at New Register House;; Repository: #R3 Census DATE: 1871

• Source: S39 Title: Registrar General For Scotland- Marriages Publication: Name: Name: New Registry House, Edinburgh, Scotland;; Repository: #R3

• Source: S40 Author: Registrar General for Scotland Title: Scotland Civil Registration, Marriages, 1909, Edinburgh Publication: Name: Name: Microfilm of the original records in the New Register House,Edinburgh;; Repository: #R3 DATE: 1 Sep 1909

• Source: S73 Author: Isabela (Tib) Duncan Stewart Stephenson Richardson Mill Title: John of Morebattle Publication: Name: Name: non-published letter to Jim Richardson, 1975. Original in possesion of Ian Richardson, Upland, California;; Repository: #R2
• Repository: R2 Name: Jim Richardson Address: Jim Richardson Upland, California 91784 USA

• Source: S81 Title: Scotland Civil Registration, Deaths, 1884, Roxburgh, Southdean Publication: Name: Name: Scotland Civil Registration, Deaths, 1875, Roxburgh, SouthdeanParish, Page 1;; Repository: #R3 DATE: 11 Feb 1884

• Source: S82 Author: Church of Scotland. Parish Church of Morebattle Title: Old Parochial Registers, Parish Church of Morebattle Publication: Name: Name: FHLC British Film 1067950 item 4 - 5 Another filming. 1951 FHLCBritish Film 0102300 Parish registers, 1726 - 1855 Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985 Microfilm of the original records (Books OPR 801 ; vols. 1 - 2 . ) in the New Register House, Edinburgh;; Repository: #R3 Church Contents : Baptisms, 1726 - 1855 -- Marriages, 1726 - 1736 , 1809 - 1843 -- Burials , 1726 - 1736

• Source: S86 Author: Registrar General for Scotland Title: Scotland Civil Registration, Deaths, 1855, Roxburgh, Parish #s 780 -811 Publication: Name: Name: Film SLC 0103533 Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah Microfilm of the original records in the New Register House, Edinburgh;; Repository: #R3 Vital (On film) DATE: 23 Feb 1855

1. ↑ Source: #S73
2. ↑ Source: #S1102
3. ↑ Source: #S2066 Page: from research of Jean RICHARDSON Edin 1960
4. ↑ Source: #S31 Page: Page 5
5. ↑ Source: #S81 Page: Page 1
6. ↑ Source: #S107
7. ↑ Source: #S82 Page: Extracted Birth entry Data: Text: "William Richardson 1825 ( written in margin) John Richardson Residenter in Morebattle & Elizabeth Shiel his spouse had a Son born 25th October 1825 Named William Registered 27th Feb 1855 "
8. ↑ Source: #S33 Page: Heatherhope, Hownam, Roxburgh, Scotland. Enumeration District 1, page4. Data: Text: Age 46.
9. ↑ Source: #S1124
10. ↑ Source: #S210 Page: FHL Film 0224041 GRO Ref Volume 792 EnumDist 14 Page 6
11. ↑ Source: #S2066 Page: 17 Apr 2000, incl. letter from his Aunt Tib DUNCAN 1975
12. ↑ Source: #S2066 Page: 25 Sep 2000 & Apr 2002
13. ↑ Source: #S1770 Page: Memoriam card William RICHARDSON 1884, rcvd Jun 2007
14. ↑ Source: #S81 Page: Page 1
15. ↑ Source: #S37 Page: William Richardson headstone
16. ↑ Source: #S111 Page: Obituary
17. ↑ Source: #S112
18. ↑ Source: #S37 Page: William Richardson headstone
19. ↑ Source: #S111 Page: Obituary
20. ↑ Source: #S2066 Page: 25 Sep 2000
21. ↑ Source: #S1770 Page: Memoriam card William RICHARDSON 1884, rcvd Jun 2007
22. ↑ Source: #S1124
23. ↑ Source: #S81 Page: Page 1
24. ↑ Source: #S92 Page: page 145, entry # 435
25. ↑ Source: #S121 Page: Letter pages 1 - 2
26. ↑ Source: #S34 Page: Page 1, entry #1 Data: Text: 1910 Deaths in the Parish of Libberton in the County of Lanark Page 1.Number 1 Mary Ann Richardson widow of William Richardson (Farmer)
27. ↑ Source: #S79 Page: Birth of son Jonah Data: Text: SL # 889,486 1856 Registration of Baptisms Heatherhope Parish ofHownam September 8 there was baptized Jonah son to William Richardson and Mary Ann Davidson By the Reverend Robert Cranston
28. ↑ Source: #S79 Page: Birth of son Thomas Data: Text: SL # 889,486 1858 Registration of Baptisms Heatherhope Parish ofHownam October 25 there was baptized Thomas son to William Richardson and Mary Ann Davidson By the Reverend Robert Cranston
29. ↑ Source: #S79 Page: Birth of son Adam Data: Text: SL # 889,486 1862 Registration of Baptisms Yett Parish of Hownam April9th there was baptized Adam son to William Richardson and Mary Ann Davidson By the Reverend Robert Cranston
30. ↑ Source: #S79 Page: Birth of son William Data: Text: SL # 889,486 1864 Registration of Baptisms Heatherhope Parish ofHownam July 27 there was baptized William son of William Richardson and Mary Ann Davidson By the Reverend Mungo Giffen
31. ↑ Source: #S94 Page: Birth of son John Data: Text: Births in the County of Roxburgh Page 1, entry # 3 John Richardson,male, April Twentieth 1855 4:15 p.m. Born at Heatherhope. Father is William Richardson shepherd, age 29 born in Morebattle. Married 1854 in Jedburgh to Mary Ann Richardson maiden surname Davidson. Her first child, at age 28 years. Signed by informant William Richardson father. Registered 1855 May 4th at Hownam.
32. ↑ Source: #S2067 Page: Oct 2000 ex 1861 Census film #103909
33. ↑ Source: #S31 Page: Page 5
34. ↑ Source: #S803 Page: Hownam, ROX Reg 791 ED 1 Pg 4 Sched 16, hsehold of William & Mary Ann RICHARDSON, extracted Jun 2007
35. ↑ Source: #S31 Page: Page 5
36. ↑ Source: #S38 Data: Text: Page 4, entry 15 William Richardson, head, married age 46. Shepherd born in Morebattle Mary Ann Richardson, wife, married age 44. Born in England Jonah Richardson, son age 14. Scholar born in Hownam Thomas Richardson, son age 12. Scholar born in Hownam Adam Richardson, son age 9. Scholar born in Hownam William Richardson, son age 6. Scholar born in Hownam Frances Richardson, daughter, age 2. Born in Hownam Also in house: Robert Roger, boarder. Unmarried shepherd, age 18, born in Castleton. Four children attending school, three rooms with one or more windows.
37. ↑ Source: #S33 Page: Heatherhope, Hownam, Roxburgh, Scotland. Enumeration District 1, page4. Data: Text: Shepherd, age 46.
38. ↑ Source: #S38
39. ↑ Source: #S210 Page: FHL Film 0224041 GRO Ref Volume 792 EnumDist 14 Page 6
40. ↑ Source: #S31 Page: Page 5
41. ↑ Source: #S32 Page: FHL Film 0224041, GRO Ref Volume 792, Enumeration District 14, Page 6
42. ↑ Source: #S86
43. ↑ Source: #S39
44. ↑ Source: #S40

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Lorna Henderson for creating WikiTree profile Richardson-5396 through the import of RICHARDSONJohnSHIEL3GLH4WikiTreeJul2013PlaceUpdated.ged on Jul 1, 2013 and Ralph Richardson for merging WikiTree profile Richardson-5481 after the import of RICHARDSONRalphAnc4WikiTree_2013-07-02.ged on Jul 2, 2013.