Lydia (Hilt) Richards (1849)

Born Feb 1849 in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States

Wife of Nelson Richards — married 30 Jul 1872 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Lydia Hilt was born in 1849. She was the daughter of Ellen and John Hilt.^[1]

In 1872, she married Nelson Richards, an African-American man from Virginia.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Marriage: "Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915"
   New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2511 #16438623
   Lydia E Hilt (21) marriage to Nelson Richards on 30 Jul 1872 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

• 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
  The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Belfast, Waldo, Maine; Roll: M653_453; Page: 3; Family History Library Film: 803453
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #44846636
  Lydia E Hilt (18), Servant, in Belfast, Waldo, Maine. Born in Maine.
• 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1880; Census Place: Belfast, Waldo, Maine; Roll: 488; Page: 249C; Enumeration District: 075
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #22012796
  Lydia E Richards (29), wife, Keeping House, in household of Nelson Richards (30) in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, USA. Born in Maine.
• 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1900; Census Place: Belfast, Waldo, Maine; Roll: 600; Page: 26; Enumeration District: 0167
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #77501967
  Lydia E Richards (51), wife, in household of Nelson Richards (50) in Belfast, Waldo, Maine. Born in Maine, USA.