William Richardson (1864 - 1939)

Born 22 May 1864 in Heatherhope. Par. of Hounam, Roxburgh, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes Weatherstone (Wood) Richardson — married 26 Sep 1898 in Edinburgh, Dist of St Giles, Midlothian, Scotland

Descendants

Died 30 Jul 1939 at age 75 in Eastern General Hospital, Leith, Scotland

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Biography

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Name

Name: William /Richardson/ ^{[1][2] [3]}

Birth

Birth:

Date: 22 MAY 1864

Place: , Hownam, Roxburghshire, Scotland^[4][5]

Place: Heatherhope. Roxburgh, Scotland^[6][7]

Date: 22 MAY 1864

Place: Heatherhope, Hownam, Scotland

Christening

Christening:

Date: 27 JUL 1864

Place: Morebattle, , Roxburghshire, Scotland^[8]

Baptism:

Date: 27 JUL 1864

Place: Heatherhope, Hownam, Scotland

Place: Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland^[9]

Death

Death:

Date: 30 JUL 1939

Place: Leith, , Midlothian, Scotland^[10]

Place: Eastern General Hospital, Leith, Scotland

Burial

Burial:

Place: Liberton Cemetary, Edinburgh, Scotland

Marriage

Husband: William Richardson

Wife: Agnes Weatherstone Wood

Child: William Richardson

Child: Mary Richardson

Child: James Richardson

Child: John Davidson Richardson

Child: Robert Richardson

Child: Thomas Davidson Richardson

Child: Jonah Richardson

Marriage:

Date: 26 SEP 1898

Place: Edinburgh, Dist of St Giles, Midlothian, Scotland

Note: cert. shows Wm as a 34 yr old butcher, resid 8 Hillside St, Edinburgh, s/o William RICHARDSON, farmer dec. & Mary Ann m.s. DAVIDSON and Agnes W (Watherstone in brackets) as a 23 yr old resid 39 Montgomery St, Edin d/o James Wood, grocer and Mary Ann m.s. Richardson both dec.; Married by Warrant of Sheriff Substitute by declaration in presence of John Richardson, Mechanical Engineer and Mary Ann Richardson Wood or May, wife of Archibald May grocer^[11][12]

Census

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^[13]

Date: 1871

Place: Heatherhope, Hownam, Roxburghshire, Scotland^[14]

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^[15]

Census:

Date: 1881

Place: Lanton, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: #N118^[16]

Census:

Date: APR 1891

Place: 8 Hillside Street, South Leith Parish, Edinburgh, Scotland.^[17]

Census:

Date: 31 MAR 1901

Place: South Leith, Edinburgh St Andrew, Midlothian, Scotland

Note: RICHARDSON: William 35 butcher b Hownam, ROX; wife Agnes 26 b Leith, MLN; Children: William 26 mths, James 2mths both b Edinburgh MLN^[18]

Residence

Residence: Residence in postal directory

Date: 1890

Place: 8 Hillside Street, South Leith Parish, Edinburgh, Scotland.^[19]

Event

Event: Named in brother John's marriage certificate

Type: Named in Vital record

Date: 1893

Place: St. Giles District, Edinburgh, Scotland

Note: #N117^[20]

Note: #N119

Reference

Reference: 21125

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 21 DEC 2011

Prior to import, this record was last changed 21 DEC 2011

Notes

Note N1171892 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 N118Age 16 at time of census; living with parents.

Note N119

Stat Marriage Lists William as residing at 8 Hillside Street, and Agnes at 39 Montgomery Street, both in Edinburgh

1901 Scotland Census has William listed as a Butcher, and residing at 116 Montgomery Street Edinburgh, with his wife Agnes and sons William and James/

1911 census shows William Living in the village of New Pentland at Loanhead with wife Agnes and their seven children. He was then a Dairy Farmer on his own account.

His wife Agnes' Stat Death in 1919 list them as residing at 263 Dalkieth Road, Edinburgh

Williams Stat Death 30/7/1939 list his residence as 31 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, and the informant was his son J.D. Richardson of the same address. He died of senility and myocarditis.

Sources

• 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 Repository: #R21
• Repository: R21 Name: LDS library Address: State: Utah Country: USA

• 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 Repository: #R21

• Source: S214 Title: 1901 Census for Scotland, Record Type: Census transcripts, Location: Scotland, Record Info: via http://Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1901 Scotland via Ancestry Publication: 1901 Repository: #R121
• Repository: R121 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Country: USA

• Source: S56 Title: Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (from 1855), Record Type: Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), File Number: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php Abbreviation: BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855

• 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

• Source: S110 Author: Scotland Census Office Title: 1891 Census - Edinburgh -South Leith Parish- William Richardson Publication: Name: Name: Microfilm of original records at New Register House;; Repository: #R3 NOTEMEDI: Census CONT DATE: 1891
• Repository: R3 Name: New Register House Address: New Register House Edinburgh Scotland

• Source: S121 Author: Jean Richardson Title: Richardson Ancestry. Copy of letter written by Jean Richardson.Original thought to be in possession of Frances Richardson, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland Publication: Name: Name: Unknown date, place. It is likely this was written by JeanRichardson while in residence at 31 Minto Street, Edinburgh. Other similar letters were written during 1960.;; Repository: #R2 NOTEMEDI: Letter CONT DATE: Copy aquired July , 2000 CONT CONT This letter is similar to other letters written by Jean Richardson, and is directed to one of the grandchildren of William Richardson ( 1864 ). It is expected that this grandchild is Frances Richardson.
• Repository: R2 Name: Jim Richardson Address: Jim Richardson 111 West 17th Street Upland, California 91784 USA

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

• Source: S34 Author: Registrar General For Scotland Title: Registrar General For Scotland- Deaths Repository: #R3 NOTEMEDI: Vital

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

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

• 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 inpossesion of Ian Richardson, Upland, California;; Repository: #R2 NOTEMEDI: Letter

• Source: S79 Author: Gateshaw Associate Session (Morebattle, Scotland) Title: Old Parochial Registers, Gateshaw Associate Session Church Publication: Name: Name: FHLC British Film 0889486 item 4 Church Records, 1775 - 1907Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogy Society of Utah, 1973 Microfilm of original records at the Scottish Records Office;; Repository: #R3 NOTEMEDI: Church CONT CONT Gateshaw is in the parish of Morebattle. CONT Baptisms and marriages, 1775 - 1907

• Source: S80 Author: Morrison and Gibb Title: 1890-91 Edinburgh and Leith Postal Directory Publication: Name: Name: 1890 Edinburgh, Scotland;; Repository: #R9 NOTEMEDI: Book
• Repository: R9 Name: Edinburgh Libraries Address: Edinburgh Libraries Edinburgh Scotland

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

• Source: S92 Author: Registrar General for Scotland Title: Scotland Civil Registration, Deaths, 1935, Fife, Dunfermline Publication: Name: Name: Microfilm copies of the original records at New Register House;; Repository: #R3 NOTEMEDI: Vital DATE: 23 Sep 1935

1. ↑ Source: #S210 Page: FHL Film 0224041 GRO Ref Volume 792 EnumDist 14 Page 6
2. ↑ Source: #S2066 Page: Gedcom Jan 2001
3. ↑ Source: #S73
4. ↑ Source: #S2066 Page: Gedcom Jan 2001
5. ↑ Source: #S210 Page: FHL Film 0224041 GRO Ref Volume 792 EnumDist 14 Page 6
6. ↑ Source: #S32 Page: FHL Film 0224041, GRO Ref Volume 792, Enumeration District 14, Page 6 Data: Text: Age 22, born Hownam, Roxburgh
7. ↑ Source: #S110 Page: 8 Hillside Street
8. ↑ Source: #S2066 Page: Apr 2002
9. ↑ Source: #S79 Data: Text: SL # 889,486 1864 Registration of Baptisms Heatherhope Parish of Hownam July 27 there was baptized William son of William Richardson and Mary Ann Davidson By the Reverend Mungo Giffen
10. ↑ Source: #S1770 Page: Dth 20 Jul 1939 William RICHARDSON, from Guestbook posting, May 2008
11. ↑ Source: #S2066 Page: Marr. aft 1881 William RICHARDSON & Agnes Weatherstone WOOD, extracted from Gedcom Jan 2001 and Apr 2002
12. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Marr. 1898 Wm RICHARDSON & Agnes W WOOD, reg. St Giles City of Edinburgh, Dist 685/4 Pg 198 #396, copy d/loaded Jul 2007
13. ↑ Source: #S803 Page: Hownam, ROX Reg 791 ED 1 Pg 4 Sched 16, hsehold of William & Mary Ann RICHARDSON, extracted Jun 2007
14. ↑ Source: #S38 Data: Text: Page 4, entry 15 William Richardson, head, married age 46. Shepherdborn 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.
15. ↑ Source: #S210 Page: FHL Film 0224041 GRO Ref Volume 792 EnumDist 14 Page 6
16. ↑ Source: #S32 Page: FHL Film 0224041, GRO Ref Volume 792, Enumeration District 14, Page 6 Data: Text: Farmers Son, age 16, born Hownam, Roxburgh
17. ↑ Source: #S110 Page: 8 Hillside Street Data: Text: 1891 Census - Edinburgh -South Leith Parish- William Richardson 8Hillside Street: William Richardson unmarried age 26, butcher, born Hownam (continued from previous page)
18. ↑ Source: #S214 Page: Edinburgh Sth Leith, Reg Dist St Andrew, MLN Reg 685/2 ED 23 Pg 1 Sched 1, hsehold of William & Agnes RICHARDSON, extracted Jul 2007
19. ↑ Source: #S80
20. ↑ Source: #S39

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Lorna Henderson for creating WikiTree profile Richardson-5420 through the import of RICHARDSONJohnSHIEL3GLH4WikiTreeJul2013PlaceUpdated.ged on Jul 1, 2013 and to Ralph Richardson for merging WikiTree profile Richardson-5482 after the import of RICHARDSONRalphAnc4WikiTree_2013-07-02.ged on Jul 2, 2013.

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