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Peter Richards 1846 – 1918 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Jul 1846

Birth Location: Quebec, Canada

Death Date: Abt 12 Nov 1918

Death Location: Cornwall, Addison, Vermont, USA

Father: Beloni Richards

Mother: Emelie Couture

Spouse(s): Mary Bushey

Children(s): Mary Murray, Marjorie Richards, Katherine Warner, Mary Richards, Jennie Richards, Malvina Richards, William Richards

According to available records, Peter Richards was born in 1846 in Quebec, Canada, the child of Beloni William Richards and Emelie Couture. Following those early years, Peter Richards married Mary Bushey, and their family grew to include Mary A. Richards Murray, Marjorie Richards, Katherine Cecilia Warner, Mary Jane Richards, Jennie Richards, Malvina Richards and William Peter Richards. In the later years of life, Peter Richards died in 1918 in Cornwall, Addison, Vermont, USA.

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Parents

Beloni Richards
1804 – 1900
Birth Location: Canada
BR
Emelie Couture
1811 – 1904
Birth Location: Lanoraie, D'Autray, Quebec, Canada
EC

Spouses(s)

Mary Bushey
1852 – 1923
Birth Location: Canada
MB

Children(s)

Mary Murray
1868 – 1912
Birth Location: Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada
MM
Marjorie Richards
1869 –
Birth Location: Canada
MR
Katherine Warner
1871 – 1961
Birth Location: Cornwall, Addison County, Vermont, USA
KW
Mary Richards
1874 – 1941
Birth Location: Vermont
MR
Jennie Richards
1874 – 1941
Birth Location: Vermont
JR
Malvina Richards
1877 – 1945
Birth Location: Vermont
MR
William Richards
1887 – 1948
Birth Location: Cornwall, Vermont, USA
WR

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 13 Jul 1846
    Event Place: Quebec, Canada
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, 1900 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008, Vermont State Archives and Records Administration; Montpelier, Vermont, USA; User Box Number: PR-01924; Roll Number: S-30853; Archive Number: M-2051175, Vermont State Archives and Records Administration; Montpelier, Vermont, USA; User Box Number: PR-02132; Roll Number: S-31445; Archive Number: PR-1502-1503, Vermont State Archives and Records Administration; Montpelier, Vermont, USA; User Box Number: PR-01924; Roll Number: S-30824; Archive Number: M-2050674, Year: 1880; Census Place: Cornwall, Addison, Vermont; Roll: 1340; Family History Film: 1255340; Page: 49A; Enumeration District: 004; Image: ., Year: 1900; Census Place: Cornwall, Addison, Vermont; Roll: T623_1689; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 4., Year: 1910; Census Place: Cornwall, Addison, Vermont; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 1846
    Event Place: Quebec, Québec, Canada
    Record Source: Quebec, Vital and Church Records, 1621-1967, Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, comp.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1852
    Event Place: Québec City, Québec County, Canada East (Quebec), Canada

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1870
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Cornwall, Addison, Vermont; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1871
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Cornwall, Addison, Vermont; Roll: T623_1689; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 4.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Cornwall, Addison, Vermont, United States
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Cornwall, Addison, Vermont; Roll: 1340; Family History Film: 1255340; Page: 49A; Enumeration District: 004; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Cornwall town, Addison, Vermont
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Cornwall, Addison, Vermont; Roll: T623_1689; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 4.

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Cornwall town, Addison, Vermont
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Cornwall, Addison, Vermont; Roll: T623_1689; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 4.

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Cornwall, Addison, Vermont
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Cornwall, Addison, Vermont; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Cornwall
    Record Source: Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008, Vermont State Archives and Records Administration; Montpelier, Vermont, USA; User Box Number: PR-01924; Roll Number: S-30853; Archive Number: M-2051175

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Abt 12 Nov 1918
    Event Place: Cornwall, Addison, Vermont, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008, Vermont State Archives and Records Administration; Montpelier, Vermont, USA; User Box Number: PR-01924; Roll Number: S-30853; Archive Number: M-2051175

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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