Richard's birth was registered in the Jan-Feb-Mar quarter of 1881 in the Plymouth district.[1]
In the 1881 census Richard (age 0) was the son of Richard Blight at 22, Millbay Road, Plymouth St Andrew, Plymouth, Devon, England.[2]
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Richard Blight | Head | Married | M | 33 | Grocer | Padstow, Cornwall, England |
Elizabeth J Blight | Wife | Married | F | 33 | Padstow, Cornwall, England | |
Richard Blight | Son | Unmarried | M | 0 | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
Joseph Millier | Assistant | Unmarried | M | 23 | Grocers asst | Bristol, Devon, England |
Eliza Murley | Servant | Unmarried | F | 19 | Genral servant | Stonehouse, Devon, England |
In the 1891 census Richard (age 10) was a servant at Prospect Bible Christian General Education College in Shebbear, Shebbear, Devon, England.[3]
In the 1901 census Richard (age 20), Engine Fitter, was the lodger of John W L Campbell at 27 Thomson Street, Govan, Lanarkshire.[4]
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
John W L Campbell | Head | M | 45 | Engine Driver | Lanark, Glasgow | |
Elizabeth Campbell | Wife | F | 50 | Kincardine, fourdoon | ||
Anne Campbell | Daughter | F | 21 | Boot Finishe | Lanark, Glasgow | |
Mary Campbell | Daughter | F | 20 | Knitter | Lanark, Glasgow | |
George Campbell | Son | M | 10 | Lanark, Glasgow | ||
Richard Blight | Lodger | M | 20 | Engine Fitter | England | |
Reginald Blake | Lodger | M | 28 | Shop's Draughsomer | England | |
Robert Black | Lodger | M | 25 | Ships Plate | Lanark, Govan |
In the 1911 census Richard (age 30), Electric fitter, was the married head of household at 17 Old Park Road Peverell Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon, England.[5]
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Richard Blight | Head | Married | M | 30 | Electric fitter | Devon Plymouth |
Mary Blight | Wife | Married | F | 29 | Lanark Glasgow | |
Eveline Mary Blight | Daughter | F | 5 | Devon Stonehouse | ||
Gwendoline Muriel Blight | Daughter | F | 3 | Devon Plymouth | ||
Richard Kenneth Blight | Son | M | 1 | Devon Plymouth |
Richard's death (age 74) was registered in the Oct-Nov-Dec quarter of 1955 in the Plymouth district.[6]
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