Eliza Bridget (Stephenson) Richardson (1819 - 1900)

Born 1819 in Dublin, Ireland

Wife of Andrew Richardson — married about 1846 in Canada West

Descendants

Died 9 Nov 1900 at about age 81 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario

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Biography

Eliza Stephenson was born in Dublin to Mary [Bridget] Stephenson (Scotland). Eliza married Andrew Richardson in 1847. Andrew’s children from his marriage to Margaret Newton were Mary (1834 Scotland--4 Nov 1866 E Nissouri Twp, Oxford Co ON), John (Feb 9, 1836 Kinfauns, Perthshire, Scotland--) and Francis Gray (14 Jan 1839 Kinfauns, Perthshire, Scotland— 21 Feb 1916 Morris Twp, Huron, Ontario, Canada) They sailed on the ship John S De Wolf from Dublin to New York on 20 May 1848. Their children born in Canada were Frederick, Georgina, Charles, Edward and Henry "Harry” Kelly-5367 10:31, 12 October 2014 (EDT)

Sources

1871 Census of Canada; 1881 Census of Canada; 1891 Census of Canada; Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Ontario, Canada Census Index, 1871; Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947; Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.

Ancestry.com: Eliza Bridget Stephenson <https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/5654265/person/24433338460/facts>

Dublin, Ireland, Probate Record and Marriage License Index, 1270-1858 (Name Bridget Stephenson; Spouse Andrew Richardson; Document Year 1847; Record Type Marriage Licence)

Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958 (Name Bridget Stephenson; Date of Registration 1847; Registration district Dublin North, Ireland; Volume 5; Page number 97; FHL Film Number 101241)

Marriage records, Parish Church of St George, County Dublin,Ireland

churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ir (Andrew Richardson, widower, servant, 18 Clanbissel Street East, Parish of St Peter, s/o William Richardson, mason and Bridget Stephenson, Spinster, 20 Lower Dorset Street, d/o Frederick Stephenson, tailor m. 7 Dec 1847, Parish Church, St George Parish, Dublin.Witnesses: Fredk Stephenson and A Stephenson.)

Port of New York Arrivals

U.S. Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists including Castle Garden and Ellis Island, May 20, 1848, Ship: John S De Wolf (Mr Richardson 30 farmer, Mrs [Eliza Stephenson] Richardson 30, Mary 13, John 12, Frances 9)