Richard Walter Childs (1888 - 1918)

Born 15 Sep 1888 in Humber Sound, Bay of Islands, Newfoundland Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Effie (Percey) Yeudon — married 3 Sep 1918 in Lark Harbour, George's Bay, Newfoundland Colony

Died 26 Oct 1918 at age 30 in Lark Harbour, Newfoundland

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Biography

On Richard's death record, the cause is listed as influenza. Twenty six other people, on the same sheet had influenza as their cause of death, all between Oct 12 and Dec. 22; 1918^[1][2]

Birth

Name Richard Walter Childs
Event Date 15 Sep 1888
Event Place Humber Sound, Bay of Islands, Newfoundland
Gender Male
Father's Name George Childs
Mother's Name Louisa^[3]

Marriage

Name Richard W Childs
Event Date 03 Sep 1918
Event Place Lark Harbour, Newfoundland
Gender Male
Age 29
Birth Year (Estimated) 1889
Spouse's Name Martha E Percey
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 21
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1897^[4]

Bachelor and spinster. Both of Lark Harbour. w. Reuben Percey, Melina Sheppard.

Death

Name Richard Childs
Event Date 26 Oct 1918
Event Place Lark Harbour, Newfoundland
Gender Male
Age 28
Birth Year (Estimated) 1890^[1]

Cause: influenza. Birth and death place listed as Lark Harbour.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Newfoundland Vital Records, 1840-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQF-4PPY : 10 June 2015), Richard Childs, 1918.
2. ↑ 1918 flu pandemic. Wikipedia article. Accessed 2016. [1]
3. ↑ "Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Y-9XW9 : 8 May 2015), George Childs in entry for Richard Walter Childs, 15 Sep 1888; citing Birth, Humber Sound, Bay of Islands, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's.
4. ↑ "Newfoundland Vital Records, 1840-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQF-XQSV : 10 June 2015), Richard W Childs and Martha E Percey, 1918.