Edward RICHARDS

   Research Notes:

1861 England Census:

Age given: 50 years
Birthplace given: Camborne, Cornwall
Address: Treswithian Downs, Camborne
Occupation: Miner
Status: widower

Present were brother William Richards (64) of Camborne, miner, unmarried, sister Elizabeth Richards (61) of Camborne, cook, children (born in Camborne): Elizabeth Ann (25), housekeeper, Phillipa M. (23), servant, Susan (21), mine girl, John (19), miner, Caroline (15), mine girl, William (13), miner, Peter (8), scholar, George (6), scholar, grandson Edward Richards (1) of Camborne. [Based on the 1891 Census, this Edward must have been a natural son of Philippa.]

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1871 England Census:

Age given: 61 years
Birthplace given: Camborne, Cornwall
Address: Camborne
Occupation: Copper Miner
Status: widower

Present were children (born in Camborne): Phillipa (33), housekeeper, Caroline (25), mine girl, Peter (18), copper miner, George (15), copper miner, grandson Edward J. Richards (11) of Camborne, scholar

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Edward RICHARDS died during the 4th Quarter aged 70 years (GROE Death Index, vol. 5c, p. 171).

   Marriage Information:

Edward married Margaret HARRIS, daughter of Thomas HARRIS and Margaret DENNIS, on 28 Jun 1835 in Camborne, Cornwall. (Margaret HARRIS was born in 1812 in Camborne, Cornwall, christened on 15 Aug 1812 in Camborne, Cornwall and died in 1859 in Treswithian Downs, Camborne, Cornwall.)

   Marriage Notes:

Edward RICHARDS, Miner, and Margaret HARRIS

Witnesses: Matthew Harris Jnr & David Duckham