Laura Elizabeth (Howe) Richards (1850 - 1943)

Born 27 Feb 1850 in Boston Suffolk County Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Richards — married 17 Jun 1871 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Jan 1943 at age 92 in Gardiner Kennebec County, Maine, USA

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Biography

Laura (Howe) Richards is Notable.

Laura was born in 1850. She was the daughter of Samuel Howe and Juliet Ward. She married Henry Richards, born in England 17 July 1848, son of Francis Richards and Anne Hallowell Gardner on 17 June 1871. They had 7 children. They lived in Gardiner, Maine. She passed away in 1943. ^[1]

Laura was an American writer. She wrote more than 90 books including biographies, poetry, and several for children. One well-known children's poem is her literary nonsense verse "Eletelephony".^[2] Laura won her the first Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1918, a book about her mother. In 1932 she published "Tirra Lirra: New Rhymes and Old". ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, Vol. 2, Abraham of Roxbury, NEHGS; Boston; 1929; p103.
2. ↑ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_E._Richards
3. ↑ Find A Grave

• "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXK5-XGD : 9 March 2018), Julia Howe in household of Samuel G Howe, Ward 12, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,960.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCX-T8S : 19 March 2020), Julia W Howe in entry for Samuel G Howe, 1860.

• "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQH4-KMP : 1 June 2018), Julia W Howe in entry for Saml G Howe, 1865.

• 1880; Census Place: Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine; Roll: 481; Family History Film: 1254481; Page: 257D; Enumeration District: 094; Image: 0516.

• 1900; Census Place: Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine; Roll: 594; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0118; FHL microfilm: 1240594.

• 1920; Census Place: Gardiner Ward 3, Kennebec, Maine; Roll: T625_643; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 56; Image: 922.

• Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

• Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

• Wikipedia: Laura E. Richards

• Find A Grave: Laura E. Howe Richards

Acknowledgements

• Contributions by Walter Howe