Person Sheet

Name Drusilla RICHARDS Occupation Teacher7 Birth Date ca Mar 18449 Birth Memo from age at death Death Date Jun 15, 190910,9 Death Memo 65 yr 3 mo Burial Date 19099 Burial Place Castleton, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co. ON Canada Burial Memo Castleton Cemetery Religion Methodist24 Father John Oliver RICHARDS (1810-1899) Mother Eliza BIBBY (1810-1879)
Spouses
Unmarried
Notes for Drusilla RICHARDS
Drusilla bought the Richards farm for $2100 from John Bibby Richards's estate and Sarah Armstrong in about 1895 after John's death.11 Events are a bit murky thereafter--she ends up owning the west half; Eliza, Margaret and Mary end up with the east half; and somehow Harry and his wife own the north-east quarter (?!!). The property was all sold to N.D. Richards in 1903, with a life interest back to Eliza, Margaret and Drusilla the same year.11 Drusilla was president of Castleton Methodist Church Women's MissionarySociety in 1886.24
Research Notes
NAME: Her name is also given as Drosella, Druscilla,9 and Dricila.7 BIRTH: Drusilla's year of birth is also given as 1824.10 She is shown as 8 in the 1851 census,14 26 in the 1871 census,12 and 44 in the 1891 census.7 ---------- 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