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Family of William Nicholas RICHARDS and Elizabeth Jane STOKES

  • Husband:

  • William Nicholas RICHARDS (1814-1900)

  • Wife:

  • Elizabeth Jane STOKES (1824-1874)

  • Marriage:

  • 8 Apr 1845

  • Ebenezer chapel thanet, Kent, England

  •  

  • This information came in an email from Paul Clarke 28/8/2021 Witness was Virginia Richards

Husband: William Nicholas RICHARDS

  • Name:

  • William Nicholas RICHARDS1,2,3,4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Goddard RICHARDS (1764-1833)

  • Mother:

  • Anne HOUGHTON (1781-1865)

  • Birth:

  • 2 Jul 1814

  • Serampore, India1,2,3,4,5

  • Residence:

  • 1851 (age 36-37)

  • St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands4

  •  

  • Relation to Head of House: Head

  • Death:

  • 4 Mar 1900 (age 85)

  • Australia1,2,3,5

  • Burial:

  • 6 Mar 1900

  • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1,3

Wife: Elizabeth Jane STOKES

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Jane STOKES6

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Robert STOKES (1773-1858)

  • Mother:

  • Jane IDE (c. 1805-1859)

  • Birth:

  • 11 Jul 1824

  • St Lawrence, Kent, England7

  • Baptism:

  • 29 Aug 1824 (age 0)

  • Ebenezer-Independent, Ramsgate, Kent, England7

  • Residence:

  • 1851 (age 26-27)

  • Ramsgate, Ramsgate, Kent, England8

  • Residence:

  • 1861 (age 36-37)

  • Ramsgate, Ramsgate, Kent, England9

  • Death:

  • 27 May 1874 (age 49)

  • Kent, England10

  • Death:

  • 27 May 1874 (age 49)

  • Royal Cottage, Royal Terrace, Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent

  • Probate:

  • 30 Jul 1874

  • Canterbury10

Note on Husband: William Nicholas RICHARDS - shared note

BA TCD 1839 MRCS Oxford 14 May 1838 Went to Australia in 1852 because marriage to his mother's niece was disapproved of! Incorp 2 May 1839 (Oxford University) Wadham College. Aged 24 MA 1878 Calendar of Royal College of Surgeons 1870 of Liverpool, NSW Arrived in NSW on the Moa in 1852. First registered in 1853. Moved around, ending up as Medical Officer at the Brewarrina. In 1887 lost his membership of the RCSE because of allowing an unregistered man to impersonate him. Remained on the NSW medical regioster because of a technicality. In 1891 Living in Illanwanee, Camden, Sydney

 

The above story about his marriage to Maria Houghton came from his Australian descendants. They didn't know that he was already married to Elizabeth Jane Stokes.

Note on Wife: Elizabeth Jane STOKES - shared note

Email from Paul Clarke 28/8/2021

 

Christopher Richards,

 

Having found your extensive & interesting details on Rootsweb concerning the Richards family, I have a question for you.

 

I have a likely family connection to Elizabeth Jane Stokes (b1824) who was married to William Richards, son of Goddard Richards (General in the East India Company Service) on 8 April 1845 at Ebenezer Chapel, Isle of Thanet, Kent.

 

The Will of the bride's mother in 1859 refers to her son-in-law as William Nicholas Richards.

 

In 1851 the married Elizabeth Jane Richards was residing with her parents at Royal Cottage, Ramsgate, as was Sarah Wheatley aged 37 (born Dublin Ireland) described as the unmarried niece of the head of the household Robert Stokes.

 

I wonder how these people might fit with your extensive Richards family tree?

 

I would be fascinated to hear from you and could supply a few more details if you were interested.

 

For instance, a witness to the marriage in 1845 was Virginia Richards.

 

My main interest is in the Ide family. Elizabeth Jane Stokes's mother was born Jane Ide in the Chichester district of Sussex.

 

Regards

 

Paul Clarke

Sources

1.

Ancestry.com, Sydney, Australia, Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions, 1867-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

2.

Ancestry.com, Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1841-2001, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Fairfax Media; Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia. Ancestry.com.

3.

Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1818-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2017;). Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Baptism, Burial, Confirmation, Marriage and composite registers in the Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney Archives. Ancestry.com.

4.

Ancestry.com, 1851 Channel Islands Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Class: HO107; Piece: 2527; Folio: 232; Page: 6; GSU roll: 105976-105977. Ancestry.com.

5.

Information from Charles Edmondson. NAME At Monksgrange, Co Wexford ADDR EMAIL PHON.

6.

FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 Record.

7.

Ancestry.com, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Ancestry.com.

8.

Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Class: HO107; Piece: 1630; Folio: 522; Page: 23; GSU roll: 193531. Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

9.

Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Class: RG 9; Piece: 537; Folio: 70; Page: 1; GSU roll: 542657. Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

10.

Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Ancestry.com.