RICHARDSON Genealogy and Photos
Claudia's Maternal RICHARDSON Connected Surnames (Direct Line):
RICHARDSON & ANDREW, COMPTON, HARRIS & RANDALL, PACKHAM & STEVENS, PROCTOR & SUSANS,
SWEETLOVE & HUCKSTEP, THOMAS & PACKHAM, WATTS
RICHARDSON & ANDREW, COMPTON, HARRIS & RANDALL, PACKHAM & STEVENS, PROCTOR & SUSANS,
SWEETLOVE & HUCKSTEP, THOMAS & PACKHAM, WATTS
RICHARDSON Family Tree - Descendants of Richard RICHARDSON, born c1674 (Claudia's 7G Grandfather) - Sussex, England
HARRIS Family Tree - Descendants of William HARRIS, born c1730 (Claudia's 5G Grandfather) - Gloucester, England
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Sydney & Ella Richardson and family
Claudia's maternal grandmother was Eleanor Louise RICHARDSON, known as Nell. She was born in 1894 in Prince Edward Island, Canada, the youngest of 4 children born to Sydney RICHARDSON and Ella COMPTON (although a fifth and youngest child died as an infant). Nell married Harry Charles ANDREW and had 7 children on their family farm in North St Eleanors PEI. Nell stayed behind in PEI after WWII to nurse her ailing parents, but about 1950 she joined Harry and some of her grown children who had settled in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, BC.
Nell's father Sydney RICHARDSON was born in 1862 in Norfolk England and moved to Ontario Canada as a young bachelor in the early 1880s to join Richardson relatives and to learn the cheese making trade. He must have been a quick study because in 1882 he accepted an offer to move to Prince Edward Island and start up their first cheese factory there. He was soon winning awards for his cheeses. In 1885 he married Ella COMPTON, and together they raised four children, the fifth dying as an infant.. Nell Richardson's three older siblings were:
Sydney's parents were Henry Proctor RICHARDSON (Jr), born 1825 in Brede Sussex, England and Elizabeth HARRIS, born 1828 in Lower Slaughter, Gloucester, England. They were married in Lambeth London in 1853, and moved to Cranbrook Kent where their first 3 children were born. Henry then moved his family to Weston Longville in Norfolk to work as a gamekeeper, and where five more children were born. In later years Henry and Elizabeth moved to Derby to be near their oldest daughter Mary Jane (Richardson) LEWIS and her family.
Henry Proctor RICHARDSON (Sr), born about 1789, married Ann PACKHAM / PECKHAM of Appledore Kent in 1819 in Brede Sussex. He was a farmer and also a parish clerk. Together they had 9 children in Brede. Ann died young at age 38 giving birth to her daughter Mary, who also died a couple of months later. Henry died in 1850 at age 61.
Nell's father Sydney RICHARDSON was born in 1862 in Norfolk England and moved to Ontario Canada as a young bachelor in the early 1880s to join Richardson relatives and to learn the cheese making trade. He must have been a quick study because in 1882 he accepted an offer to move to Prince Edward Island and start up their first cheese factory there. He was soon winning awards for his cheeses. In 1885 he married Ella COMPTON, and together they raised four children, the fifth dying as an infant.. Nell Richardson's three older siblings were:
- Melbourne RICHARDSON who moved to Seattle Washington USA and lived to be 102;
- Lulu RICHARDSON who married Bruce Bernard and remained in PEI and died at age 52;
- George RICHARDSON who moved to Spokane Washington USA and died at age 51.
Sydney's parents were Henry Proctor RICHARDSON (Jr), born 1825 in Brede Sussex, England and Elizabeth HARRIS, born 1828 in Lower Slaughter, Gloucester, England. They were married in Lambeth London in 1853, and moved to Cranbrook Kent where their first 3 children were born. Henry then moved his family to Weston Longville in Norfolk to work as a gamekeeper, and where five more children were born. In later years Henry and Elizabeth moved to Derby to be near their oldest daughter Mary Jane (Richardson) LEWIS and her family.
Henry Proctor RICHARDSON (Sr), born about 1789, married Ann PACKHAM / PECKHAM of Appledore Kent in 1819 in Brede Sussex. He was a farmer and also a parish clerk. Together they had 9 children in Brede. Ann died young at age 38 giving birth to her daughter Mary, who also died a couple of months later. Henry died in 1850 at age 61.
To summarize, the RICHARDSON line has been traced back as follows, working back in time:
If Henry and Martha are his parents, then both the RICHARDSON and PROCTER lines have been traced back several more generations according to information received from other researchers. The PROCTER family (also spelled PROCTOR) was a prominent family in Rye, East Sussex with property in nearby Brede. Possible earlier ancestors are:
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