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James Gowan Richards 1913 – 1994 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Mar 1913

Birth Location: Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Death Date: 1994

Death Location: Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand

Father: Nicholas Richards

Mother: Alice Fail

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In 1913, James Gowan Richards entered the world in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, born to Nicholas Richard James Richards and Alice Emily Fail. James Gowan Richards passed away in 1994 in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • In 1913, James Gowan Richards entered the world in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, born to Nicholas Richard James Richards and Alice Emily Fail.
  • James Gowan Richards passed away in 1994 in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand.

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James Richards's Ancestors

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James Richards
1913 – 1994
Birth Place: Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Parents
Nicholas Richard James Richards
1881 – 1958
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Alice (Emily) Fail
1885 – 1954
Mosgiel, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Grandparents
Thomas Richards
1836 – 1908
Camborne, Cornwall, England
Phillipa (Jane) Temby
1840 – 1912
Camborne, Cornwall, England
William (Frederick Charles) Fail
1855 – 1930
Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Ursula (Jane) Hicks
1857 – 1909
Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Great-Grandparents
Nicholas RICHARDS
1803 – 1881
Elizabeth Dunstone
1804 – 1880
William Fail
1834 – 1922
Eliza Fail
1833 – 1912
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Richards
1769 – 1817
Bennet Dunstone
1764 – 1833
Margaret Tippet
1765 – 1847

James Richards's Timeline

2 Records

1913
24 Mar 1913
Birth of James Gowan Richards in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
1994
1994
Age 81
Death of James Gowan Richards in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand
Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Mar 1913
    Event Place: Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1994
    Event Place: Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand

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