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Research in Other Countries => Australia => Topic started by: Shadrach on Sunday 20 September 15 09:59 BST (UK)
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Could I request help please finding information on the Electoral Roll, or anywhere else, about Richard Richardson.
He was born in Victoria in 1891 and eventually moved to Sydney probably in the early 1900s.
The only address I have for him is in 1957, in Burlington Road Strathfield.
shadrach
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Hi Shadrach,
There are a few Richard RICHARDSON's on electoral rolls in Sydney in that time frame. Do you have parents' names or other info so we can eliminate some possibilities (using other resources)?
Are you sure that the Richard RICHARDSON in Strathfield is your man? (perhaps you have letters from him ...? Or you know that he was an artist? or you know that the lady also living at that address was his wife?)
regards
Ros
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Hi there,
I am not related to the Richard RICHARDSON who Ros has found on the electoral roll at Strathfield, BUT .... I can confirm that there's more than a few chaps born back in the 1890s who were living in the Sydney metro areas for many decades in the 20th Century, as I am related to several. There's a father/son and uncle/nephew naming pattern in 'my' Dick Richardson families.
The various state/territory and Commonwealth Electoral Rolls are not the equivalent of say the UK or USA Census. They are not issued by household order. They do not give the age of the elector, nor their marital status, nor the names of others in the household who are not old enough to enrol, and if there are others in the household with a different surname then those electors are found elsewhere in the rolls, listed under their own surname.
Cheers, JM
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I have no idea if this is the man you are seeking, but hopefully you will advise us at some stage.
This is the only Richard Richardson born in Vic in 1891
RICHARDSON Richd
Father Jno Thos
Mother Matda PAYNE
Birth Place RICHMOND
Year 1891
Reg. Number 6428
Possibly his parents marriage
RICHARDSON John Thomas( born Newcastle on Tyne )
PAYNE Matilda( born London)
Year 1875
Reg Number 2558
Siblings
RICHARDSON Alice
Father John Thomas
Mother Matilda PAYNE
Birth Place:PR AH
Year 1876
Reg Number 11335
RICHARDSON Sarah
Father Jnos Thomas
Mother Matilda PAYNE
Birth Place TUNGAMAH
Year 1888
Reg Number: 34015
The father may have died-
RICHARDSON Jno Thos
Father RICHARDSON Moses Aaron
Mother Ann BEWSHER
Age 63
Death Place Rmond
Year 1898
Reg. Number 13743
Possibly death of Richard in NSW
25492/1976 RICHARDSON Richard
Died at MANLY
Aged 85
Possible death of mother?
4670/1916 RICHARDSON Matilda
Parents Joseph and Jane
At MANLY
Death notice Matilda
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15636409
Sue
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Confirming the death for John Thomas RICHARDSON (given above) as the correct man, father of Richard.
Death Notice
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14158175
The Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 2 August 1898
Sue
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Death Notice
SMH
15th Oct 1976
RICHARDSON, Richard- (Artist). Oct 11th 1976. Late of Newport, beloved husband of Mavis and father of ___
Sue
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Thanks sparratt, does the notice give the names of his children?
shadrach
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Child. Yes.
Sue
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This I think is the death of Richard's wife-
12155/1982 RICHARDSON Beryl Mavis
Parents Walter Edmund & Catherine Spence
Some other particulars to you by PM.
Sue
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A few more possibilities for you, again by PM.
Sue
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Thanks Sue,
Message to you, let me know if you receive it.
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Thanks everyone for your great help, as a result I have been able to fill in many details about Richard.
shadrach