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Sylann

Sylann Report 13 Jul 2016 18:44

I'm doing the Richardson side of my tree they all seem to have gone to USA
could someone look up the censuses for me I have Ann Coffey married to Thomas Richardson not sure where they married Ann was born in Ireland 1810 Thomas in Scotland 1804 ancestry have 1851 census Wellington Canada & 1891 Canada she died Dec 1891 according to Find a grave I'm hoping they have their children with them so I can check on ages and where thet were born

Thank you

safc

safc Report 13 Jul 2016 18:50


Ann Richardson
Canada Census, 1881
Name Ann Richardson
Gender Female
Age 71y
Birth Year 1810
Birthplace Ireland
Marital Status Married
Ethnicity Irish
Religion C Meth
Head of Household Name Thomas Richardson
Event Place Fergus, Wellington Centre, Ontario, Canada
District Number 152
Sub-District B
Page Number 64
Family Number 307
Affiliate Film Number C-13259
Household

Role

Gender

Age

Birthplace
Thomas Richardson M 76y Scotland
Ann Richardson F 71y Ireland
Agness Richardson F 40y England

safc

safc Report 13 Jul 2016 18:56

????


Agnes Richardson
England Births and Christenings
Name Agnes Richardson
Gender Female
Christening Date 07 Mar 1841
Christening Place SAINT MARY MAGDALENE,WOOLWICH,KENT,ENGLAND
Birth Date 12 Feb 1841
Father's Name Thomas Richardson
Mother's Name Ann

safc

safc Report 13 Jul 2016 19:02

William Richardson

Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947
birth:
1843
death:
7 October 1910
West Garafraxa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, Canada, Canada
father:
Thomas Richardson
mother:
Ann Coffee

Thomas Coffie Richardson

Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947
birth:
1839
England
death:
16 June 1918
Fergus Village, Wellington, Ontario
burial:
Fergus
father:
Thomas Richardson
mother:
Ann Coffie

Margaret Richardson

Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947
birth:
1850
West Garapaxa, Wellington, Ont.
death:
15 April 1878
Fergus, Wellington, Ontario
father:
Thomas Richardson

Sylann

Sylann Report 13 Jul 2016 19:06

Thank you so it looks as though they didn't go to USA until later
I've got children Mary Ann 1836Thomas Coffey 1839,Angness 1841,William 1843 Margaret1851 so The birth you've found matches
Thank you

Sylann

Sylann Report 13 Jul 2016 19:08

So they were in USA in1850

safc

safc Report 13 Jul 2016 19:12

FreeReg Baptism entry on 13 Jul 2016
For information about this place follow the link to Woolwich
If you believe there to be an error in this transcription then please report it to our data manager.
Field Value
County Kent
Place Woolwich
Church name St Mary Magdalene
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 1071
Baptism date 07 Mar 1841
Birth date 12 Feb 1841
Person forename Agnes
Person sex F
Person abode Jacksons Lane
Father forename Thomas
Father surname RICHARDSON
Father occupation Gunner Royal Horse Artillery
Mother forename Ann
Register note
Transcriber notes

safc

safc Report 13 Jul 2016 19:18


1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Woolwich Common, Woolwich, Greenwich, Kent, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Gender Age Birth year Birth place
Thomas Richardson Male 37 1804 Scotland
Transcription
Ann Richardson Female 33 1808 Ireland
Transcription
Jane Richardson Female 7 1834 -
Transcription
Marian Richardson Female 5 1836 -
Transcription
Thomas Richardson Male 2 1839 Kent, England
Transcription
Agness Richardson Female 0 1841 Kent, England


thomas is in the army

Sylann

Sylann Report 13 Jul 2016 19:21

Thank you
I've got somewhere that John was in the Royal Horse Artillery and you have the 1841 census

Thank you I was just trying to find them in 1841

safc

safc Report 13 Jul 2016 20:09


British Army Service Records 1760-1915 Transcription

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First name(s) Thomas
Last name Richardson
Birth year 1804
Birth parish Roxburgh
Birth county Roxburghshire
Birth country Scotland
Service number -
Rank GUNNER
Regiment Royal Horse & Field Artillery
Year 1823
Attestation date 17 Nov 1823
Attestation age years 19
Discharge corps Royal Horse Artillery
Document type Discharge
Series WO 97 - Chelsea Pensioners British Army service records 1760-1913
Archive The National Archives
Archive reference WO 97
Box 1258
Box record number 148
Record set British Army Service Records
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory Regimental & service records
Collections from Great Britain

safc

safc Report 13 Jul 2016 20:10

FreeReg Baptism entry on 13 Jul 2016
For information about this place follow the link to Roxburgh
If you believe there to be an error in this transcription then please report it to our data manager.
Field Value
County Roxburghshire
Place Roxburgh
Church name Roxburgh Parish
Register type Parish Register
Baptism date 16 Sep 1804
Birth date 06 Aug 1804
Person forename Thomas
Person abode Just rigg
Father forename John
Father surname RICHARDSON
Mother forename Jane
Mother surname ARMSTRONG
Register note
Transcriber notes

Sylann

Sylann Report 13 Jul 2016 21:01

Thank you for that didn't think of looking at the forces record
I had got his parents but it's nice to know I've got the right ones
can I be cheeky and ask if you could get the 1851 census, with Margaret being born over there in 1850

Thank you
Back tomorrow watching long lost families

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 13 Jul 2016 21:22

Margaret Richardson

in the 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
Record Image View

View 1851 Form (Canada East/West)
View 1851 Form (New Brunswick)
View 1851 Form (Nova Scotia)

Name: Margaret Richardson
Gender: Female
Age: 1
Estimated birth year: abt 1851
Birthplace: Canada West
Province: Canada West (Ontario)
District: Wellington County
District Number: 39
Sub-district: Garafraxa
Sub-District Number: 371
Household Members:
Name Age
Margaret Richardson 1

She's with:
Thomas, 48, born Scotland
Ann, 42, born Ireland
Mary, 16, born England
Thomas, 14, "
Agnes, 11, "
William, 9, "
John, 2, born Canada West
Margaret, 1, "

safc

safc Report 13 Jul 2016 21:56

as thomas was in the army he could of met ann in ireland
there are about 10 or so thomas richardson's married 1830 plus or minus 5 years
it's £18 for a months subscription


http://www.rootsireland.ie/

Sylann

Sylann Report 14 Jul 2016 11:45

Thank you for all your help, I'll leave the marriage for the time being this couple as yet don't belong to my tree but hoping to connect them one day

Thank you
Sylvia

mgnv

mgnv Report 14 Jul 2016 12:02

Anyone can search the Canadian census thru 1916 and get free images via:
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx
However, I don't really like the search facility - my preference is to do a free search at Ancestry - I don't have a sub, so I only get limited details, but I can determine the age and spelling of the names I wish to check out (LAC uses the Ancestry transcription).
It also can be useful to add a keyword for LAC - I used Wellington.

Another free site for some years is AG:
http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/index.html
and I've used their transcriptions - for the missing years (1861-1891), I use my own transcription.

1851
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1851_pdf/e095/e002371837.pdf
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1851_pdf/e095/e002371838.pdf
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1851_pdf/e095/e002371839.pdf [blank]
Home / 1852 / Canada West / Wellington (county) / 371 Garafraxa township / p. 14d, 15a, (29)
20 Richardson, Thomas Farmer Scotland Presbyterian 48 M
21 Richardson, Ann Ireland Presbyterian 42 F
22 Richardson, Mary England Presbyterian 16 F
23 Richardson, Thomas England Presbyterian 14 M
24 Richardson, Agness England Presbyterian 11 F
25 Richardson, William England Presbyterian 9 M
26 Richardson, John Canada West Presbyterian 2 M
27 Richardson, Margaret Canada West Presbyterian 1 F

NB 47 Shand, Warden Farmer Scotland Presbyterian 34 M

1861 - seems like it was filmed twice
District Name: Wellington
Sub-District Name: Garafraxa
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4108429_00566.pdf
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4391573_00603.pdf

District Name: Wellington
Sub-District Name: Garafraxa
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4108429_00561.pdf
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4391573_00598.pdf

District Name: Wellington
Sub-District Name: Elora
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4108429_00190.pdf





1871
District Name: Wellington Centre
Sub-District Name: Garafraxa West
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/pdf/4396615_00572.pdf
[All excl Mary in 3 adjacent (on census page) h/h's]

District Name: Wellington Centre
Sub-District Name: Elora
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/pdf/4396297_00449.pdf
[Mary]





1881
District Name: Wellington Centre
Sub-District Name: Fergus
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e328/e008191892.pdf
[Agnes + parents]

District Name: Wellington Centre
Sub-District Name: Garafraxa West
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e328/e008192169.pdf
[Thos]

District Name: Wellington Centre
Sub-District Name: Garafraxa West
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e328/e008192170.pdf
[Wm]

District Name: Wellington Centre
Sub-District Name: Elora
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e328/e008191899.pdf
[Mary A]





1891 District Name: Wellington Centre
Sub-District Name: Fergus (Village)
http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=pdf&id=30953_148178-00421
[Agnes]

District Name: Wellington Centre
Sub-District Name: Garafraxa West
http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=pdf&id=30953_148178-00450
[Thos & Wm]

District Name: Wellington Centre
Sub-District Name: Elora (Village)
http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=pdf&id=30953_148178-00402
[Mary A]


1901 Census of Canada Page Information
District: ON WELLINGTON (Centre) (#124)
Subdistrict: Fergus C-2 Page 14
Details: Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6504
27 174 Richardson Agnes F Head S Feb 12 1841 60
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1901/z/z003/pdf/z000113255.pdf
[Agnes immig 1846]
Sched 2 http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1901/z/z003/pdf/z000113241.pdf
[addy left blank, but was probly Hill St]


1901 Census of Canada Page Information
District: ON WELLINGTON (Centre) (#124)
Subdistrict: Garafraxa (West/Ouest) E-1 Page 5
Details: Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6504
27 53 Richardson Thomas M Head M Jan 1 1839 62
28 53 Richardson Annie F Wife M Jul 17 1845 55
29 53 Richardson Harriet M F Daughter S May 5 1879 21
30 53 Richardson Frank R M Son S Apr 28 1881 19
31 53 Richardson Adeline M F Daughter S Jan 17 1883 18
32 53 Richardson Thomas A M Son S Dec 18 1884 16
33 53 Richardson Eleanor E F Daughter S Apr 15 1888 12
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42 55 Richardson William M Head M May 8 1843 57
43 55 Richardson Jane F Wife M May 7 1849 51
44 55 Richardson Ann J F Daughter S Sep 22 1872 28
45 55 Richardson Edeth F Daughter S Sep 9 1874 26
46 55 Richardson William S M Son S Mar 23 1877 24
47 55 Richardson Alfred W M Son S Sep 14 1885 15
48 55 Richardson Stanley D M Son S Dec 16 1887 13
49 55 Richardson George H M Son S Sep 29 1891 10
50 55 Richardson Millie M F Daughter S Sep 17 1893 7
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1901/z/z003/pdf/z000113316.pdf
[Thos & Wm both immig 1846]
Sched 2: P5 L27 addy= W1/2 3-3-W; P5 L42 addy= W1/2 4-3-W
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1901/z/z003/pdf/z000113310.pdf


1901 Census of Canada Page Information
District: ON WELLINGTON (Centre) (#124)
Subdistrict: Elora (Village) B-2 Page 9
Details: Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6504
5 107 Hay Mary A F Head W Aug 10 1836 64
6 107 Hay Agnes F Daughter S Jun 16 1869 31
7 107 Hay Edw A M Son S Nov 22 1879 21
[On line 5, the value for the household field is "107", the suggested correction is "105".]
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1901/z/z003/pdf/z000113214.pdf
[Mary Ann immig 1846]
Sched2 P9 L5 addy=2 Princess St
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1901/z/z003/pdf/z000113204.pdf


mgnv

mgnv Report 14 Jul 2016 12:03

1911 Census of Canada
Home / 1911 / Ontario / Wellington South / 52 Fergus / page 11
1 141 Richardson Agnes F Head S Feb 1841 70
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/pdf/e002036186.pdf

1911 Census of Canada
Home / 1911 / Ontario / Wellington South / 51 Fergus / page 4
8 45 Richardson Thomas C M Head M Jan 1839 72
9 45 Richardson Annie F Wife M Jul 1846 65
10 45 Richardson Harriett M F Daughter S May 1882 29
11 45 Richardson Adaline M F Daughter S Jan 1884 27
12 45 Richardson Ellonor E F Daughter S Apr 1888 23
13 45 Richardson Robert Thomas M Grandson S May 1904 7
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/pdf/e002036162.pdf

1911 Census of Canada
Home / 1911 / Ontario / Wellington North / 7 Garafraxa West / page 5
33 57 Richardson Willam M Head S Mar 1877 34
34 57 Richardson Jane F Mother W May 1848 62
35 57 Richardson Stanley M Brother M Dec 1893 23
36 57 Richardson Gertrude F Sister-in-law M Oct 1883 22
37 57 Richardson Milly ? Sister S Sep 1894 17
38 57 Richardson William M Nephew S Feb 1908 3
39 57 Richardson John M Nephew S Oct 1909 1
40 57 Richardson Irvine M Nephew S May 1911 21 days
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/pdf/e002034931.pdf

1911 Census of Canada
Home / 1911 / Ontario / Wellington South / 49 Elora / page 6
8 69 Hay Maryann F Head W Aug 1836 74
9 69 Hay Agnes F Daughter S Jun 1870 40
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/pdf/e002036138.pdf


Anyone can search 1921 and get images, transcriptions for free, but only via:
http://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=8991
[Don't let Ancestry bounce you to another of their sites]

Since it can be difficult to get bounce-free, I've pm'ed the 2 1921 images to Sylann

Name: Agnes Richardson
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 80
Birth Year: abt 1841
Birth Place: England
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father Birth Place: Scotland
Mother Birth Place: Ireland
Year of Immigration: 1846
Racial or Tribal Origin: Scotch (Scotish)
Province or Territory: Ontario
District: Wellington South
District Number: 140
Sub-district: Fergus (Village)
Sub-District Number: 38
City, Town or Village: Fergus
Street or Township: Hill St
Municipality: Fergus
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Agnes Richardson 80

Name: Jane Richardson
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 72
Birth Year: abt 1849
Birth Place: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father Birth Place: Scotland
Mother Birth Place: England
Racial or Tribal Origin: Scotch (Scotish)
Province or Territory: Ontario
District: Wellington South
District Number: 140
Sub-district: Fergus (Village)
Sub-District Number: 38
City, Town or Village: Fergus
Street or Township: Tower St
Municipality: Fergus
Occupation: Income
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Jane Richardson 72


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There are many hits at findagrave, e.g.,

Thos http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69317072
Ann http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69317052
[Birth: Aug. 4, 1810 County Westmeath, Ireland Death: Dec. 29, 1891]
Mary http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12633227
[Spouse: George Hay (1824 - 1900)]
Thos http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73642525
[Spouse: Annie Buckland Richardson (1846 - 1916)]
Ag http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69317063
Wm http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52934767
[Spouse: Jane Sandy Richardson (1849 - 1927)*]
Mgt http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64028912

Thomas "Soldier" Richardson
Birth: Jul. 16, 1804
Roxburgh
Scottish Borders, Scotland
Death: Dec. 10, 1892
Fergus
Wellington County
Ontario, Canada
Son of John Richardson; husband of Ann Coffey, married 1829.
According to death record, member of "Her Majesty's Royal Horse Artillery".
Family links:
Spouse:
Ann Coffey Richardson (1810 - 1891)*
Children:
Mary Ann Richardson Hay (1836 - 1917)*
Thomas Coffey Richardson (1839 - 1918)*
Agnes Richardson (1841 - 1923)*
William Richardson (1843 - 1910)*
Margaret Richardson (1851 - 1878)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Belsyde Cemetery
Fergus
Wellington County
Ontario, Canada




http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/Images/Maps/TownshipMaps/weli-m-garafraxa-w.jpg

I think this is Thos's lot - note it's the lot his eldest son is on in 1901.
Also, in 1951-2, he's living near a W Shand who seems to be occupying Conc 3 Lot 5 (W 1/2)
There's no compass rose on the concession map - N is the top right corner

Full record for Richardson, T.
Last Name Richardson
First Name T.
Township Garafraxa West
County Wellington
Atlas Date 1877

Concession and Lot Lot size
III, 3 100


If you go to https://www.google.com/maps/ and look up Shands Ontario, it's abt 5km NE of Fergus, on County Rd 18 (and the Grand R) at the junction with Line Rd 2.
Go to satellite view, and you can see there are 5 lots on Line Rd 2 between County 18 and the Elamosa-Garafraxa Townline.
The Richardson's owned the middle one one the NE side of Line Rd 2.

Most later ON double lots (200 ac) are 20 chns x 100 chns and usually halved to 20 x 50 chns (80chns = 1 mile).
I guess this is an early lot, and is 33.33 chns x 30 chns (as a halved double lot).

Even in the 1840s, there was a lot of pressure to get land surveyed and settled.
The govt were keen to fill the countryside with potential militiamen - it was only 30 y since the US had marched up the Thames valley from the Niagara-Detroit frontier, destroying farms en route to destroying Toronto.
So there wasn't really any standard enforced - as soon as a township was surveyed, it was opened up for settlement.

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You can check out some records at:
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1®ion=CANADA

Civil registration began 1869 in Ontario.
Recent records are closed - BMDs are closed for 97/82/70 y - technically, deaths are not closed, but there's no public index for 70y.

E.g.,
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNGT-2Z4
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDVR-C5C

Sylann

Sylann Report 14 Jul 2016 20:52

Thank you for all your help and time spent getting all of the info
it will make a good night time read possibly keep me awake thinking about it

I received the censuses you sent me

Thank you again Sylvia