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Michael Newsom Richardson

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Michael "Newsom" Richardson

Birth
Ripon, Harrogate Borough, North Yorkshire, England
Death
4 May 1884 (aged 62–63)
Stratford, Perth County, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Elma Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
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Row 11 - 16
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"NEWSOM" Richardson was born in England, emigrated to New York City as a construction foreman. He moved to Stratford, Ontario, Canada and remained in Canada until his death.

He died from injuries he sustained when a tree fell on him.

1st wife, ANN, surname unknown (unable to find her maiden name in Perth County Records)
assumption: Heptonstall, died in 1863 after the birth of son John Walter Richardson at Stratford, Ontario, Canada. A daughter, Grace Cosens 1864, is shown on the same gravestone with Ann.

Newsom remarried in 1866 to Mary Seaton/Seton. They had 9 children: Grace Ellen "Nellie," Alfred Seton, Charlotte, Bessie, Harry, Michael Newsom, Paulina, Elizabeth, Frederick 'Fred'

Atwood, Elma Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada

CHILDREN 1st marriage: Grace Ellen 1841-1864 (Cosens), Newsom 1859-1863, Ann 1861-1863 (both from scarlet fever), John Walter 1863-1940

CHILDREN 2nd marriage: Grace Ellen 'Nellie' 1867-1917 (Jos. Vandrick), Henry 'Harry' 1869-1914, Alfred Seton 1872-1937, Bessie 1873-1939 (Fred Curtis), Charlotte Ann 1875-1894 (Al Curtis), Michael Newsom 'Mike' 1878-1922, Paulina Mary 'Polly' 1878-1930 (Henry Yates Jones), Frederick 'Fred' 1881-1948, Elizabeth 'Eliza' 1884-1956 (Js. Smart)

Daughter Paulina Mary "Polly" md Henry Yates Jones, they moved from Saskatchewan to England to farm on Henry's father's estate about 1907. Several years after Henry Sr's death in 1911, they packed up the children and moved to South Africa where Henry Jr ranched and set up a trading post. Settling in Choma, Zambia.
"NEWSOM" Richardson was born in England, emigrated to New York City as a construction foreman. He moved to Stratford, Ontario, Canada and remained in Canada until his death.

He died from injuries he sustained when a tree fell on him.

1st wife, ANN, surname unknown (unable to find her maiden name in Perth County Records)
assumption: Heptonstall, died in 1863 after the birth of son John Walter Richardson at Stratford, Ontario, Canada. A daughter, Grace Cosens 1864, is shown on the same gravestone with Ann.

Newsom remarried in 1866 to Mary Seaton/Seton. They had 9 children: Grace Ellen "Nellie," Alfred Seton, Charlotte, Bessie, Harry, Michael Newsom, Paulina, Elizabeth, Frederick 'Fred'

Atwood, Elma Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada

CHILDREN 1st marriage: Grace Ellen 1841-1864 (Cosens), Newsom 1859-1863, Ann 1861-1863 (both from scarlet fever), John Walter 1863-1940

CHILDREN 2nd marriage: Grace Ellen 'Nellie' 1867-1917 (Jos. Vandrick), Henry 'Harry' 1869-1914, Alfred Seton 1872-1937, Bessie 1873-1939 (Fred Curtis), Charlotte Ann 1875-1894 (Al Curtis), Michael Newsom 'Mike' 1878-1922, Paulina Mary 'Polly' 1878-1930 (Henry Yates Jones), Frederick 'Fred' 1881-1948, Elizabeth 'Eliza' 1884-1956 (Js. Smart)

Daughter Paulina Mary "Polly" md Henry Yates Jones, they moved from Saskatchewan to England to farm on Henry's father's estate about 1907. Several years after Henry Sr's death in 1911, they packed up the children and moved to South Africa where Henry Jr ranched and set up a trading post. Settling in Choma, Zambia.

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RICHARDSON
In memory of
Newsom Richardson
who died
Mar. 4, 1884
aged 53 (63) years
Native of Yorkshire
England

(very badly eroded)

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