Richards Surname

[Annette7]

1871 Census shows an Elizabeth Fee bc.1868 Backworth, Northumberland in the Tyne Union Workhouse - ref. RG10 - 5122 - 72 - 10.

So the marriage at Gateshead in 1885 looks good.

Annette

[Ruskie]

Did you notice in the 1891 that ELisabeth's place of birth is Liverpool?  

Following up on the marriage you found I did look for the birth of an Elizabeth Fee, and found one registered Dec 1/4 1867 and registered in Tynemouth. I think Backworth comes under Earsdon district, but they are neigbouring districts, so that may still be a possibility. There don't appear to be any other likely births around that year (she is pretty consistent with her age on the censuses). Jumping ahead a bit too far though, and I would encourage Phil to purchase one of the children's birth certificates just to be sure.

[Ruskie]

1871 Census shows an Elizabeth Fee bc.1868 Backworth, Northumberland in the Tyne Union Workhouse - ref. RG10 - 5122 - 72 - 10.

So the marriage at Gateshead in 1885 looks good.

Annette

That is all fitting together quite well then. 

[Ruskie]

With Elizabeth in the 1871 is a Sarah Fee age 25 and a John Fee age 2. I wonder if Elizabeth and John are illegitimate children of Sarah - I think her condition is 'unmarr'. It may explain why they are in the workhouse.

Sarah is bWhitehaven Cumberland. The 1851 has a Sarah Fee of about the right age (b 1846) with parents John and Margaret, living in Whitehaven Cumberland. John is a coalminer b Lancashire.

[Annette7]

I think I may have found the right family:

1861 Census - Hulme, Lancashire (ref. RG9 - 2998 - 60 - 2)

George C. Richards   25     Photographer     b. Brussels, Belgium (??)
Hannah Richards    21                               b. Whitehaven, Cumberland
George C. Richards   1                               b. Bolton, Lancashire

1871 - Whitehaven, Cumberland (ref.RG10 - 5257 - 44 - 1)

Hannah Richardson  31 Wife (no husband listed)      b. Whitehaven, Cumberland
George      ditto          13                             b. Bolton, Lancashire
John         ditto           11                             b. Manchester, Lancashire
Maria Louisa   ditto      5                              b. Newcastle on tyne, Northumberland
Henry       ditto       3                                   b. Blythe, Northumberland
Alice         ditto       1                                   b. Whitehaven, Cumberland

1881 - Whitehaven, Cumberland (ref.RG11 - 5186 - 101 - 30)

Hannah Richards     41                                b. Whitehaven, Cumberland
George Richards     20       Coal Miner          b. Bolton, Lancashire
Maria Richards    15                                    b. Newcastle, Northumberland
Alice Richards   11                                      b. Whitehaven, Cumberland
William Richards  9                                              ditto

(John not with them)

Annette

[Annette7]

1871 - George C. Richards is a Boarder in Bradford, Yorkshire - still a photographer but hasn't aged much - now aged 30??.
(ref. RG10 - 4467 - 28 - 4)

Annette

[Annette7]

Just found 'missing' John in 1881 who wasn't with family in Whitehaven.

He is a boarder in Boldon, Durham  19 - coal miner (ref.RG11 - 5018 - 8 - 4) - born Manchester.

There is a birth in BMD for a John Richards in the Jun.qtr.1862 Manchester which may be him.

Annette

[Ruskie]

I did see that family in 1861 but dismissed it due to there being no John, so did not follow up on them.

[Annette7]

The brother George appears to have been born as George Chippendale Richards and reg'd Sept.1859 Bolton - Lancashire BMD's shown his mothers maiden name was Shepherd and there is a Hannah Shepherd b.1840 Whitehaven.  

Can't find marriage of a George Richards and a Hannah Shepherd though.

George Chippendale Richards married in Whitehaven Mar.qtr.1894.

Annette