Born in Dinas, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of Richard Gould
and Cecilia Hole
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
[private husband (1910s - 1990s)]
Wife of
Alban Richards
— married
Apr 1876 in Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Mother of
Richard Henry Richards, Agnes Maude (Richards) Welch, William Alban Richards, Thomas Edgar Richards, Ada Jame Richards, Frederick John Richards, Gertrude Elizabeth Richards, Idris Gilbert Richards, Archibald Ivor Richards, Ethel Mabel (Richards) Beeston, Nestor Earnest Richards, Phyllis May Richards, Sybil Brenda Richards, Ralp Clifford Richards and Cecil Howard Richards
Died
at about age 73
in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Mar 2016
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Biography
She married Alban Richards on 3 April 1876 at Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales.
Research Notes
The following information (and 1861 census source below) appears to be for her husband's mother, Mary Ann Lewis (abt.1827-1873): "In the England and Wales Census of 1861 she was age 33 living in Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales with her husband Henry (age 33), a Stone Mason, son Alban (age 7), son John (age 8), daughter Eliza Jane (age 5), and daughter Elizabeth (age 3)."
Birth and death certificates in my possession.
Sources
- ↑ "England & Wales General Register Office", GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 19 February 2024), Gould, Mary Cecilia (Mother's maiden name: Hole). GRO Reference: 1859 Oct-Nov-Dec in Merthyr Tydfil Volume 11A Page 390.
- ↑ "Wales, Glamorgan Parish Registers, 1558-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFC4-TRD : 18 September 2023), Mary Cecilia Gould, 1871.
- UK CENSUS WALES 1871
Name Mary Cecilia Gould Age 11 Estimated Birth Year abt 1860 Relation Daughter Father's Name Richard Gould Mother's Name Cecilia Gould Gender Female Where born Dinas, Glamorganshire, Wales Civil parish Ystradyfodwg Town Middle Hamlet County/Island Glamorgan Country Wales Registration district Pontypridd Sub-registration district Ystradyfodwg ED, institution, or vessel 2 Household schedule number 115 Piece 5383 Folio 57 Page number 25
- "Wales, Marriage Bonds, 1650-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGV4-Y2CR : 3 September 2019), Alban Richards and Mary Cecilia Gould, 3 Apr 1876; citing Marriage, Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. | Accessed 15 June 2022
- "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7ZN-4TP : 3 March 2021), Mary Richards in household of Henry Richards, Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. | Accessed 15 June 2022
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Polly:
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Rejected matches › Mary (Richardson) Murphy (aft.1858-) › Mary Ann Richardson (1858-) › Mary J. Gould (abt.1858-) › Mary Ann Richardson (1859-) › Mary Elizabeth Richardson (1859-) › Mary Ann Gould (1858-1919) › Mary Ann (Unknown) McFadden (1860-1941) › Mary Bettie (Richards) Uhl (1858-1932)
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