Elizabeth (Valentine) Richardson (1814 - 1903)

Born 13 Aug 1814 in County Armagh, Ireland

Wife of James Richardson — married 22 Aug 1833 in Pickering, York, Upper Canada

Descendants

Died 2 Dec 1903 at age 89 in Pickering, Durham, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Elizabeth (Valentine) Richardson was born in Ireland.

Elizabeth was a Friend (Quaker)

Elizabeth Valentine was born 13 August 1814 in Richhill, County Armagh, Ireland, to George Valentine and Mary Creeth.^[1] She died 2 December 1803. Her death record notes her religious affiliation as "Friend". Her Find A Grave memorial (with photo) is here.

In One Quaker Girl by Louise Richardson Rorke (18 December 1937, The Canadian Countryman, [1] the author, granddaughter of Elizabeth Valentine Richardson, states that Elizabeth married James Richardson on 2 August 1833, "nine days after her 19th birthday.

Canadian Quaker Yearly Meeting Records: Younge Street four months meeting reports the death of Elizabeth Richardson a member and Elder of Pickering Monthly Meeting who departed this life at her home in Pickering on the second day of twelth month 1903 aged 89 years 3 months and 18 days.

"Joshua Richardson with his wife and family came from Queen's County, Ireland, about the year 1820 and settled on Lot 3, B.F. They were Friends and with their descendants have been continuously members of the Friends' Meeting at Pickering. Their family were: James, Robert, John, William, Joshua, Eliza (Mrs. Fothergill), Caroline (Mrs. George Mc-Gillivray) and Mary (Mrs. Rowe).

James Richardson married Elizabeth Valentine. Their family were: Ann (Mrs. W. H. Rorke), Sarah (Mrs. Thomas Rorke), Joshua (married Sarah Reazin), Kate (Mrs. W. Rorke), Lizzie (Mrs. George Rorke), Emma (Mrs. Lewis), William V. (married Sarah Cornell), Mary Ann, Caroline (Mrs. Alpheus McTaggart), Louisa, Charlotte (Mrs. Joseph Clark) and James T. (married Susan Betts).

Robert's family were: Mary A. (Mrs. Wright), Catherine Maria (Mrs. Collins), Frederick, William Henry, Edwin E., Sarah Eliza, Robert, Anna Sophia, Richard, and Fanny M. (Mrs. Jones)." ^[2]

Sources

Elizabeth Valentine Richardson Death Record - Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 112. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. See also, Canadian Yearly Meeting Archives; Newmarket, Ontario, Canada; Canadian Quaker Yearly Meeting Records; Reference Number: A-1-5; Reel Number: 3. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Canada, Quaker Meeting Records, 1786-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Canadian Quaker Yearly Meeting Records. Canadian Yearly Meeting Archives, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.

1. ↑ “Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Births,” database with images, FindMyPast, Birth Record of Elizabeth Valentine, 1814, (accessed 21 January 2021) ; citing Archive Reference RM5.2, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd. “On the Thirteenth Day of the Eighth Month, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fourteen was born at Richhill in the Parish of Kilmore in the County of Armagh unto George Valentine of Richhill and Mary his Wife, a Daughter who was named Elizabeth.”
2. ↑ Past Years in Pickering: Sketches of the History of the Community, William R. Wood, 1911