See also

Family of Edward RICHARDS and Elizabeth PICKERING

Husband: Edward RICHARDS

Wife: Elizabeth PICKERING

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth PICKERING1,4

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • George PICKERING (c. 1745- )

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. 1770

  •  

  • Death:

  • 22 Nov 1825 (age 54-55)5

  •  

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Gorey, Co Wexford, Ireland

Child 1: Jos RICHARDS

  • Name:

  • Jos RICHARDS6

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • c. 1790

  •  

  • Death:

  • c. 1791 (age 0-1)6

  •  

Child 2: John RICHARDS

  • Name:

  • John RICHARDS7

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • c. 1794

  •  

Child 3: George Pickering RICHARDS

Child 4: Mary Anne RICHARDS

  • Name:

  • Mary Anne RICHARDS3,8,9

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • John BOLTON Esq. (1804-1883)

  • Birth:

  • c. 18198

  •  

  • Death:

  • 15 Sep 1883 (age 63-64)

  • Rathdown, Ireland8,9

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland9

  •  

  • Date of death given in Findagrave is wrong Her death certificate clearly states the year was 1883, not 1885

Child 5: Joseph Allen RICHARDS

  • Name:

  • Joseph Allen RICHARDS3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • c. 1836

  •  

Note on Husband: Edward RICHARDS - shared note

The GP Richards Tree reads: "Edward Richards Gentm. Gorey ob 1841 buried in Gorey." "Elizabeth Dau of George Pickering of Hillview Co. Wexford Gentm. Issue 2 sons & 1 da." From a single sheet leave contemporary to the pedigree chart and evidently a copy of a grave marker: "Erected to the Memory of Elizabeth the beloved Wife of Edwards Richards late of Gorey in the County of Wexford ??re who died in the 37th year of her age (note in pencil "should be 36"). Also George Pickering and Mary Anne his wife the father and mother of the said Elizabeth who died on the 24th and 15th days of December in the same year age respectively 68 and 73 years. Also the said Edward Richards who died the 13 th of March 1841 at Ballinasteed in Said County aged 75 years."

Note on Wife: Elizabeth PICKERING - shared note

"Elizabeth da. of Geo. Pickering of Hillview (gent). issue 2 s, 1 d." [penciled in "d. Nov 22, 1825" note from grave monument in Gorey by my father 1970]

Sources

1.

Ancestry.com, Ireland, Indexes to Wills, Probate Administration, Marriage Bonds and Licences, 1591-1866, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2021;). Microfilm of Original Records at the National Archives; Dublin, Ireland; Ireland Indexes to Wills, Admin and Marriage Licence Bonds. Ancestry.com.

2.

Alex Buchanan, 29 Brinsmead Road, Mt.Nelson, Tasmania, 7007., Family Tree "Richards of Coolstuff, Ballinastudd, Glascarrig, Grasspark, Glynn, Co. Wexford" (2004).

3.

The Richards Family Tree (The GPR Family Tree) was very likely prepared by George Pickering Richards in 1858. It exists in two nearly identical versions. Copies or perhaps the originals (both initialled in pencil GPR as a signature) likely belonged.

4.

Memorial Inscription. Gorey CofI Churchyard.

5.

Ibid. Gorey Churchyard.

6.

Unknown, Information from Byron Edwards, (Name: Name: Name: Family Records;;;).

7.

Gorey Parish Register.

8.

Ancestry.com, Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

9.

Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.