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James Waldo Richards 1865 – 1916 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 July 1865

Birth Location: Lincoln County, Maine, USA

Death Date: 7 Nov 1916

Death Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Father: James Richards

Mother: Elizabeth Perkins

Spouse(s): Carrie Cotton, Irene Keene

Children(s): Phyllis Richards, James Richards

Born in 1865 in Lincoln County, Maine, USA, James Waldo Richards was the child of James Richards and Elizabeth M Perkins. In time, James Waldo Richards married Carrie Alice Cotton and Irene Ida Mae Keene, and they raised a family that included Phyllis A Richards and James Edward Richards. James Waldo Richards died in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA in 1916.

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Parents

James Richards
1822 – 1888
Birth Location: Maine, USA
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Elizabeth Perkins
1836 – 1872
Birth Location: Maine, USA
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Spouses(s)

Carrie Cotton
1881 – 1980
Birth Location: Caribou, Aroostook, Maine, USA
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Irene Keene
1880 – 1932
Birth Location: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
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Children(s)

Phyllis Richards
1910 – 2003
Birth Location: Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine, USA
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James Richards
1911 – 1986
Birth Location: Newcastle, Lincoln, Maine, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 5 July 1865
    Event Place: Lincoln County, Maine, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, 1880 United States Federal Census, Maine, U.S., Marriage Records, 1713-1922, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1908-1922 Vital Records; Roll Number: 47, Year: 1880; Census Place: Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine; Roll: 483; Page: 484A; Enumeration District: 124, Year: 1870; Census Place: Bristol, Lincoln, Maine; Roll: M593_549; Page: 490B

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Bristol, Lincoln, Maine, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Bristol, Lincoln, Maine; Roll: M593_549; Page: 490B

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine; Roll: 483; Page: 484A; Enumeration District: 124

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Record Source: Maine, U.S., Marriage Index, 1892-1996

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 7 Nov 1916
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: Nov 1916
    Event Place: Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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