Individual Details
Thomas John RICHARDS
(1843 - 15 Oct 1897)
Events
| Birth | 1843 | Islington, Middlesex, England |  | ||
| Birth | Abt 1844 | Islington, Middlesex, England | | ||
| Birth | Apr 1844 | Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom | | ||
| Birth | Abt 1845 | | |||
| Birth | 1845 | London City, London, England, United Kingdom | | ||
| Residence | 1851 | (in parents' household) - 4 Victoria Garden, St. Stephen Parish, Islington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom | | ||
| Residence | 1851 | Relation to Head of House: Son - Islington, Middlesex, England | | ||
| Employment | 8 Apr 1854 | apprentice to cigarmakers - Thomas Benjamin Johnson and Simon Emanuel, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom | | ||
| Residence | 1861 | (in household of parents) - 12 Popham Street, Islington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom | | ||
| Occupation | 1861 | cigarmaker | | ||
| Arrival | Abt 1870 | Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States | | ||
| Residence | Mar 1870 | 10 Popham Street, Islington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom |  | ||
| Occupation | Mar 1870 | cigarmaker | | ||
| Marriage | 7 Mar 1870 | St Philip the Evangelist church, Islington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - Martha Catharine WILKINSON | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1871 | Martha Catharine WILKINSON | | ||
| Arrival | Bef 1872 | United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1875 | cigarmaker | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1 Jun 1875 | (wooden house, value $2000, presumably rented) - Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States - Martha Catharine WILKINSON | | ||
| Residence | 1880 | Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self - Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1 Jun 1880 | 780 [?] River Street (Ward 13), Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States - Martha Catharine WILKINSON | | ||
| Occupation | 1897 | cigar maker | | ||
| Residence | Bef 15 Oct 1897 | 3211 Seventh Avenue - Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States | | ||
| Death | 15 Oct 1897 | Nephritis and hepatitis - 3211 Seventh Av., Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States | | | |
| Burial | 18 Oct 1897 | Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States | | | |
| Alt name | Thomas RICHARDS | |
Families
| Spouse | Martha Catharine WILKINSON (1840 - 1913) |
| Child | [unknown] RICHARDS ( - ) |
| Child | Bessie RICHARDS (1869 - 1875) |
| Child | Jessie RICHARDS (1870 - 1933) |
| Child | Athalia Augusta RICHARDS (1870 - 1875) |
| Child | George RICHARDS (1874 - 1875) |
| Child | Thomas A. RICHARDS (1874 - 1932) |
| Child | Edith Amelia "Amy" RICHARDS (1877 - 1957) |
| Child | Martha Catherine RICHARDS (1879 - 1944) |
| Child | Christina "Chrittie" RICHARDS (1882 - 1959) |
| Child | Julia A "Judy" RICHARDS (1884 - 1953) |
| Father | Thomas RICHARDS (1806 - 1879) |
| Mother | Sarah THORPE (1805 - 1867) |
| Sibling | Eliza RICHARDS (1829 - ) |
| Sibling | Harriett RICHARDS (1837 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah RICHARDS (1841 - ) |
Notes
Residence
Noted in marriage recordOccupation
Noted in marriage recordMarriage
But in the 1900 census, she says she's been married for 31 years.Middle name is spelled "Catharine" in the source record.
Residence (family)
I can't find any 1871 census record for either Thomas or Martha. It's possible that they emigrated before the census.Arrival
An 1872 Troy Directory lists Richards, Thomas, cigarmaker, bds. 75 SixthOccupation
Supported by 1875 and 1880 censusDeath
Map of plot says Thomas "A" but certificate says Thomas "J". The dates and other information seem to be correct for Thomas J, so I conclude that the map is wrong.A Thomas J. died in Troy, 15 Oct 1897, NYS # 41885.
Troy Death Registry #20953
Died at home, 3211 7th Avenue, Troy
Cigarmaker
Died of nephritis and hepatitis
Lived in Troy 27 years
May have been born in London, England
Burial
Map of plot says Thomas "A" but certificate says Thomas "J". The dates and other information seem to be correct for Thomas J, so I conclude that the map is wrong. I sent a note to the cemetery; their reply is attached as media.Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Class: RG 9; Piece: 146; Folio: 28; Page: 51; GSU roll: 542581.
2. Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Class: HO107; Piece: 1502; Folio: 642; Page: 4; GSU roll: 87836.
3. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Troy, Rensselaer, New York; Roll: 921; Family History Film: 1254921; Page: 571A; Enumeration District: 148.
4. FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006).
5. Death Certificate, Thomas J. Richards, 15 Oct 1897,Troy NY, buried Oakwood Cemetery, 18 October 1897, cert. filed 16 October 1913 ; Fernet-Bates Family (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/82767343/family); privately held by Fran Bates, , 2019. Original research images and annotations by Bates; shared with JWM and edited by him.
6. Find a Grave, database (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 February 2024), Thomas J. Richards, memorial #212460586; ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212460586/thomas-j.-richards ) .
7. "England and Wales Census, 1851," index, Find My Past (http://search.findmypast.co.uk/: accessed 26 June 2015), Archive reference HO107, Piece 1502, Folio 642, Page 4, dwelling 17, Thomas Richards family.
8. Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Class: HO107; Piece: 1502; Folio: 642; Page: 4; GSU roll: 87836.
9. Apprentice agreement of Thomas John Richards, 8 April 1854, to become a cigarmaker, and an apparent transfer to another master; Moore-Lardner Family Records, looseleaf file #48; privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2018. Parchment with remains of tax stamps and wax seals. Found among the papers of Dorothy Van Keuren Lardner.
10. Agreement to transfer apprenticeship of Thomas John Richards to new master, ca 1858, Moore-Lardner Family Records, looseleaf item #49; privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2018. Handwritten ink on paper. Found among the papers of Dorothy Van Keuren Lardner.
11. "England and Wales Census, 1861," index and images, Find My Past UK (http://search.findmypast.co.uk/: accessed 26 June 2015), piece no 146, folio no 28, p 51, family no 252, Thomas Richards family.
12. "England and Wales Census, 1861," index and images, Find My Past UK (http://search.findmypast.co.uk/: accessed 26 June 2015), piece no 146, folio no 28, p 51, family no 252, Thomas Richards family.
13. Death Certificate, Thomas J. Richards, 15 Oct 1897,Troy NY, buried Oakwood Cemetery, 18 October 1897, cert. filed 16 October 1913 ; Fernet-Bates Family (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/82767343/family); privately held by Fran Bates, , 2019. Original research images and annotations by Bates; shared with JWM and edited by him.
14. "England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2008," database and images of index, FindMyPast.com (: accessed 31 May 2015), 1870Q1, p 146 (Thomas John Richards), p 190 (Martha Catharine Wilkinson), referencing Islington, Volume 1B, Page 366.
15. England, Certified copy of an entry of marriage MXG 552656 (11 June 2015), Registration District of Islington, Thomas John Richards and Martha Catharine Wilkinson; General Records Office.
16. "England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription," index to transcription of register, BrightSolid Online Publishing Ltd, FindMyPast.com (http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=BMD/M/1870/1/AZ/000182/073&hintId=60b2cec5-026a-474b-aeab-c50a20bdfe2c&hintsRequestId=bc66abbd-e7f6-4ba4-912d-5fbacc6ead8b: accessed 18 September 2016), Thomas John Richards married 1Q1870; citing BMD index vol 1B, p 366.
17. "London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932," database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1623/: downloaded 11 October 2018), Islington > St Philip the Evangelist, Arlington Square > 1858-1880, image 117 [p. 233 of imaged book], No. 466, March 7, 1870, Thomas John Richards and Martha Catherine Wilkinson.
18. 1875 New York Census, Rensselaer County, New York || Rensselaer Co, NY, population schedule, Ward 10 Troy, p 8, line 28, dwelling #39, family #68, Thomas J Richards; index and images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNVC-V8Z : accessed 14 June 2015); citing State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 549,897.
19. 1875 New York Census, Rensselaer County, New York || Rensselaer Co, NY, population schedule, Ward 10 Troy, p 8, line 28, dwelling #39, family #68, Thomas J Richards; index and images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNVC-V8Z : accessed 14 June 2015); citing State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 549,897.
20. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Troy, Rensselaer, New York; Roll: 921; Family History Film: 1254921; Page: 571A; Enumeration District: 148.
21. 1880 US Census, Rensselaer County, New York || Rensselaer Co, NY, schedule 1, Troy Ward 13, enumeration district (ED) SD 5, ED 148, p 21 (written), sheet 571A (stamped), dwelling 123, household 200, Thomas Richards, Troy; index, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZFZ-FH6 : accessed 15 May 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0921; FHL microfilm 1,254,921.
22. Death Certificate, Thomas J. Richards, 15 Oct 1897,Troy NY, buried Oakwood Cemetery, 18 October 1897, cert. filed 16 October 1913 ; Fernet-Bates Family (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/82767343/family); privately held by Fran Bates, , 2019. Original research images and annotations by Bates; shared with JWM and edited by him.
23. "Died," notice, The (Troy, New York) Northern Budget, 17 October 1897, p. 2, col. 7; online images, MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10605/new-york-newspapers-1806-2007?s=273564081 : transcribed 25 June 2018), New York Newspapers, 1806-2007.
24. Death Certificate, Thomas J. Richards, 15 Oct 1897,Troy NY, buried Oakwood Cemetery, 18 October 1897, cert. filed 16 October 1913 ; Fernet-Bates Family (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/82767343/family); privately held by Fran Bates, , 2019. Original research images and annotations by Bates; shared with JWM and edited by him.
25. Oakwood Cemetery Office (Troy, Rensselaer Co, NY), map of burial plot along with ages at death, Thomas A. Richards, age 52. The map is dated just after the date of death. Note that it has "A" as the middle initial..
26. Troy, Rennselaer County, New York||Troy, Renn. Co., NY, verified transcript from the register of deaths no. 20953 (undated and unsigned although back is annotated as Mrs. O'Bryan), Thomas J. Richards, d. 10-15-1897, Troy, NY; Troy City Clerk's Office, Troy.
27. "Died," notice, The (Troy, New York) Northern Budget, 17 October 1897, p. 2, col. 7; online images, MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10605/new-york-newspapers-1806-2007?s=273564081 : transcribed 25 June 2018), New York Newspapers, 1806-2007.
28. Death Certificate, Thomas J. Richards, 15 Oct 1897,Troy NY, buried Oakwood Cemetery, 18 October 1897, cert. filed 16 October 1913 ; Fernet-Bates Family (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/82767343/family); privately held by Fran Bates, , 2019. Original research images and annotations by Bates; shared with JWM and edited by him.
29. Find a Grave, database (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 February 2024), Thomas J. Richards, memorial #212460586; ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212460586/thomas-j.-richards ) .
30. "New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956," database index with page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61535/: accessed 28 February 2024) > New York State Department of Health > 1897, image 668 of 903, Richards, Thomas J. // 15 Oct Troy // 41885; ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61535/images/47952_554172-00667 ); citing NY State Death Index, New York Department of Health, Albany, NY.
31. Dorothy Van Keuren Lardner, Hudson Falls, NY, to James W. Moore, personal letter, July 1984, Lardner-Van Keuren family history; Moore-Lardner Family Genealogy, looseleaf evidence file #135; privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854. mailed by writer to current holder.
32. Oakwood Cemetery Office (Troy, Rensselaer Co, NY), map of burial plot along with ages at death, Thomas A. Richards, age 52. The map is dated just after the date of death. Note that it has "A" as the middle initial..
33. Oakwood Cemetery Office (Troy, Rensselaer Co, NY), certificate providing details of interment, Thomas J. Richards, Interment #15919.
34. "Died," notice, The (Troy, New York) Northern Budget, 17 October 1897, p. 2, col. 7; online images, MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10605/new-york-newspapers-1806-2007?s=273564081 : transcribed 25 June 2018), New York Newspapers, 1806-2007.
35. Death Certificate, Thomas J. Richards, 15 Oct 1897,Troy NY, buried Oakwood Cemetery, 18 October 1897, cert. filed 16 October 1913 ; Fernet-Bates Family (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/82767343/family); privately held by Fran Bates, , 2019. Original research images and annotations by Bates; shared with JWM and edited by him.
36. Internment register, Oakwood Cemetery, #15919, 15 Oct 1897, Thomas J. Richards, lot W.264 , Fernet-Bates Family (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/82767343/family); privately held by Fran Bates, , 2019. Original research images and annotations by Bates; shared with JWM and edited by him.
37. Map of Richards family plot at Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY, Section U, Lot 264, dated 10-26-1897; Moore-Lardner Family Records, looseleaf item #50; privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2018. This is a truncated photocopy with annotations made by subsequent holders. Found among the papers of Dorothy Van Keuren Lardner.
38. Find a Grave, database (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 February 2024), Thomas J. Richards, memorial #212460586; ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212460586/thomas-j.-richards ) .
39. Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Class: RG 9; Piece: 146; Folio: 28; Page: 51; GSU roll: 542581.