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Hi Lorraine,
Yes, Arthur married twice. Hepzibah died in 1886 and Arthur then married Mary Ann Garbutt in 1887 and went on to have 3 further children with her. When it comes to Thomas b1903, there is not alot out there. I wasn't even sure he existed as Arthur and Hepzibah also had a son in 1906 and named him John Thomas (thought maybe they could be one and the same) but on the 1911 census they state that they had had 7 children, 5 of which were still living in 1911, so assume that Thomas 1903 is correct. That still leaves me 1 more child to find for the first marriage and then to work out which 2 of those 7 died before 1911. I stopped working on my Richardson tree for a while as I kept coming up against brick walls. Every generation of Richardsons gave their children the same names and there's nothing to distinguish them - so many Thomas', Arthurs, James, George, Josephs, Jonathans etc.! And every generation had more than 5 kids! I must have initially got the Thomas name and DOB details from somewhere though - I'll have to go back and revisit. I can only think it was on George's attestation papers, which I couldn't view earlier. Do you have an email address? Maybe I can invite you directly to view my tree as a guest via ancestry? When it comes to moving South - it happened. My own dad went from Newcastle, to London and then to Wales. Branches of the family also went to Canada and Australia. In fact it's your line that went to Australia I think - I'll need to check. Might even be your lot that went to Canada too.
Nadine

Hi Lorraine,
Jonathan is my 3x G grandfather on my paternal side, so I guess we're related - how close would depend on where your line of descent comes from. From Jonathan down my line goes - Jonathan (my 3 x g grandfather) - his son Robert (my 2 x g grandfather) - Robert's son George (my g grandfather) - George's daughter Alice (my grandmother). The Richardsons are a large and widespread family, with unfortunately not a whole heap of information around. If you let me know which line you descend from I can dig out what I have and see if I can help. Alternatively, if you're on Ancestry, you can find me on there as NadThomas with the Richardsonfamilytree.
Nadine

bessie101
Sorry I haven't been on teh site fro a while becasue I;ve been unable to research.  I didn't get a notification of your message, presumably because of my lack of activity.  I would love to hear of any information you have on my Richardsons/tatters. I thi9nk you need to post again before I can PM you.
Nadine

Ahh,  clever you - I think you've probably got it  

Grange gardens now appears to be an area in Grangetown as opposed to an actual street, but there's still a Grange place and it's just off Corporation Road!

I had a quick peek at the census stuff and Emily's father Abraham (if I've got the right one) is a police man at Grangetown police station in 1891, although he appears to have remarried and moved to Southampton in 1901.

or MANLEY - lots of those in Cardiff
It appears that the families of Thomas and Eliza are from Wales and Scotland, so no obvious link to cardiff, although llantwit major, where Thomas was born isn't far away, so not beyond the realms of knowing people there (and prior to his work in the asylum Thomas worked for a barrister in Cowbridge, again not far away)