Thomas Richmond

• OCCUPATION: Railroader
• BIRTH: 8 Oct 1823, Peterborough,NTH
• CHRISTENING: 29 Oct 1823, St.John the Baptist, Peterborough,NTH
• DEATH: 18 Apr 1902, Athens twp, Calhoun co,MI
• BURIAL: Stimson cem, Athens twp, Calhoun co,MI

FATHER: Christopher Richmond   (abt 1789 - 5 Nov 1836)
MOTHER: Susannah Burnham   (abt 1807 - ? )

SPOUSE: Ann Garwell   (20 Aug 1828 - 2 Dec 1899)

dau of Stephen Garwell   (Nov 1797 - Jul 1873)   &
Sarah Sickley   (Nov 1796 - Feb 1879)

• MARRIAGE:   11 Sep 1848, Pinchbeck, LIN

issue:

1. Thomas Richmond ,   b.25 Dec 1851,   Dogsthorpe,Peterborough Dist,NTH
   
   d.10 Dec 1932,   Terre Haute, Vigo co,IN
   
   
   marr: 25 Dec 1878, Danville, Vermilion co,IL
   Emma Bohn   (10 Dec 1861 - 20 Mar 1939)
   
   dau of Charles Bohn (1833-1925)   & Mary Darman
   
   
2. Mary Ann Richmond ,   b.2 Aug 1854,   Peterborough,NTH
   
   d.26 Mar 1911,   Athens twp, Calhoun co,MI
   
   
   marr: 20 Oct 1872, Fulton, Kalamazoo co,MI
   Hugh Long Parish Outman   (27 Mar 1847 - 23 Dec 1927)
   
   son of Jonah Outman (1796-1853)   & Orenda Isham
   
   
3. Amelia Richmond ,   b.2 Jan 1857,   Peterborough,NTH
   
   d.1 Jan 1923,   Athens twp, Calhoun co,MI
   
   
   marr: Athens twp, Calhoun co,MI
   Elizer S Rogers   (6 Sep 1847 - 18 Apr 1922)
   
   son of John B Rogers (ca.1820- ? )   & Johanna Scarl
   
   
4. Charles Richmond ,   b.abt 1859,   Peterborough,NTH
   
   d.abt 1950,   Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo co,MI
   
   
   marr.1: 8 Oct 1901, Athens twp, Calhoun co,MI
   Mrs Ella Mae (Williams) Wilcox   (19 Jul 1873 - 14 Jul 1906)
   
   widow of ---- Wilcox;
   dau of Frank Williams
   
   
   marr.2: 13 Dec 1906, Athens twp, Calhoun co,MI
   Mrs Belle (Sweet) Chamberlain
   
   widow of ---- Chamberlain
   dau of Thomas Sweet   & Martha Green
   
   
5. Clara Richmond ,   b.abt 1864,   Peterborough,NTH
   
   [unmarried, resident in household of Hugh L P Outman in Census of 1910]
   
   

Notes

ADDRESS Westwood Rd; Village of Dogsthorpe, Peterborough Dist,Northamptonshire [1851]
        Village of New England, Peterborough Dist,Northamptonshire [abt 1860]
        Athens twp, Calhoun co,MI [1869]
-Married by banns by Richard Bursidge, Curate, Parish of Pinchbeck,LIN;
 witnesses: Joseph Brown & Easter Warriner; certified copy of marriage
 entry; Esther Warriner was his wife's 1st cousin
-Census of 1841, occupation male servant, age abt 15, in household of
 Charles Staples, farmer, Flag Fen, Peterborough,NTH
-Census of 1851, occupation agricultural laborer, Westwood rd, village
 of Dogsthorpe, Liberty of Peterborough,NTH [Vol. 1747, Book 175-2B, p.562]
-About 1860 Engineer, Great Northern Railroad, between London & Edinburgh,
 according to verbal family tradition
-Emigrated with his wife & family to Calhoun co,MI in 1869; bought a farm in
 Athens twp; residing as a neighbor on the next farm was his brother-in-law
 William Garwell & family
-Census of 1870, Athens twp, Calhoun co,MI; #294 (Fm.Lab,47)
-Parentage established from baptismal, marriage, and death records

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