Person Sheet


Name John Oliver RICHARDS
Occupation Farmer14,12,7
Birth Date Oct 11, 18109
Death Date Feb 5, 189910,9
Burial Place Castleton, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co. ON Canada9
Burial Memo Castleton Cemetery
Father Daniel R. RICHARDS (1768-1866)
Mother Lucretia DUSENBURY (1787-1876)
Spouses
1 Eliza BIBBY
Birth Date Apr 2, 181011
Birth Place County Tipperary, Ireland
Death Date Feb 13, 187911
Burial Place Castleton, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co. ON Canada9
Burial Memo Castleton Cemetery
Father Thomas BIBBY
Mother Ann UNKNOWN
Children Lucretia (1835-1924)
Eliza Ann (ca1837-1916)
Alice (1838-1908)
Margaret Ellen (1840-1917)
Drusilla (ca1844-1909)
John Bibby (1846-1890)
Wilhelmina (1848-1937)
Mary Rebecca (1850-1931)
Nicholas Dennis (ca1852-1918)
Notes for John Oliver RICHARDS
John bought the Richards farm near Castleton on Feb 21, 1856 (Lot 32, Concession 8, Cramahe Twp). He assigned it to his son John Bibby Richards in 1876.11 His daughters later operated a carpet factory on this property and helped put their brother Nicholas Dennis through medical school. N.D. later (April 8, 1903) bought some of them a house in Castleton,18 which was (unknowingly) acquired by Rick & Wanda McKague about 1995.23 Apparently only Mary Rebecca and Wilhelmina lived there.15
Research Notes
NAME: His first name(s) is/are also given simply as John.14 12 7

BIRTH: John is shown as 41 in the 1851 census,14 as 60 in the 1871 census,12 and as 80 in the 1891 census.7 His year of birth is also given as 1801.10

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1851 census entry:
RICHARDS, John 41 farmer, Eliza (BIBBY) b. Ireland 40, Lucretia 16, Eliza A. 15, Alice 13, Margaret 11, Drusilla 8, John 6, Wilhelmina 4, Mary 214

1871 census entry:
RICHARDS, John 60 farmer, Eliza 61, Eliza Ann 30 teacher, Drusilla 26, John 24 farmer, William 22, Margaret E. 28, Mary 20, Nicholas 18 teacher, Lucretia 86 widow, Madde 11, Harry 912

1891 census entry:
RICHARDS, John 80 widower farmer, Eliza A. 50. Margaret C. 46, Dricila 44 teacher, Mary 36, Harry 28 farmer
BAYES, Frank 22 dom. labour7
Last Modified Feb 7, 2001 Created Dec 31, 2003 by Reunion for Macintosh

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