Ethel May (Head) Richards (1896 - 1985)

Born 18 Feb 1896 in Plumstead, Kent, England

Ancestors

Wife of Hector Thomas Richards — married 29 Sep 1924 in Verdun, Quebec, Canada

Died 22 Oct 1985 at age 89 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England

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Biography

Ethel (Head) Richards was born in Kent, England.

1901 living at 38 Lakedale Road Plumstead Kent

Registration district: Woolwich Sub-registration district: Plumstead East ED, institution, or vessel: 13 Piece: 574 Folio: 11 Page Number: 14 Household schedule number: 80

Matthew Head 45 greengrocer born Plumstead

Esther Head 39 born Plumstead

Matthew C Head 18 machinist laboratory worker born Woolwich

Esther Head 19 servant born Plumstead

Anie A Head 14 " born Plumstead

George Head 13 errand boy born Plumstead

Thomas W Head 9 born Plumstead

John Head 7 born Plumstead

Elizabeth Head 6 born Plumstead

Ethel M Head 5 born Plumstead

James F Head 3 born Plumstead

Walter E Head 2 born Plumstead

1911 living at 38 Lakedale Road Plumstead Kent

Registration district: Woolwich Registration District Number: 30 Sub-registration district: Plumstead East ED, institution, or vessel: 3 Piece: 2907

Matthew C Head 55 greengrocer born Plumstead

Esther Head 49 born Plumstead

Esther Head 27 housekeeper born Plumstead

George Head 23 engineer fitter born Plumstead

Thomas W G Head 19 greengrocer born Plumstead

John Head 17 engineer fitter and turner apprentice born Plumstead

Elizabeth Head 16 born Plumstead

Ethel Head 15 born Plumstead

James F Head 13 born Plumstead

Florence S Head 9 born Plumstead

Walter E Head 12 born Plumstead

William Gilbert 30 Visitor (brother-in-law) born Plumstead

Rose Shorland 21 Servant born Newton Abbott Devonshire

1939 Richards Household (4 People) 24 St John's Avenue , Friern Barnet M.B., Middlesex,

Ethel M Richards 18 Feb 1896 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 69 2

Hector T Richards 14 May 1901 Male Engineering Costing Estimation Tel & Commercial Radio Married 69 1

plus two closed records

Sources

• Birth - HEAD, ETHEL MAY (Mother GILBERT) GRO Reference: 1896 J Quarter in WOOLWICH Volume 01D Page 1265

• Baptism - Name: Ethel May Head Record Type: Baptism Baptism Date: 8 Apr 1896 Father's name: Matthew Charles Head (labourer in Royal Arsenal) Mother's name: Esther Head Parish or Poor Law Union: Woolwich Holy Trinity Borough: Greenwich Register Type: Parish Registers

• Marriage - Name: Ethel May Head Spouse: Hector Thomas Richards Event: Mariage (Marriage) Marriage Year: 1924 Marriage Location: Verdun, Québec (Quebec) Religion: Presbyterian Place of Worship or Institution: Presbyterian

Transcription of the record: Hector Thomas Richards bachelor of legal age of Verdun son of Nathaniel Joseph Richards and Clara Anne Goodyear his wife and Ethel May Head spinster of legal age of London England daughter of Walter Head and Esther Gilbert his wife were united in marriage by me September twenty ninth nineteen hundred & twenty four by authority of Banns announced in [Chalmers] Church Verdun. S S Burns Minister Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 Ancestry.co.uk

• Death - 1985 RICHARDS ETHEL MAY 18FE1896 HITCHIN 10 489

• Probate - Name: Ethel May Richards Death Date: 22 Nov 1985 Death Place: Ware Herts Probate Date: 4 Feb 1986 Probate Registry: Ipswich Ancestry.co.uk