Richard Rowe Pollard (1880 - 1903)

Born 9 Aug 1880 in Penzance, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 23 Jan 1903 at age 22 in Iron Belt, Iron, Wisconsin, United States

Biography

Richard Rowe Pollard was born in Cornwall, England.

Richard Rowe was born on August 9, 1880^[1] in Penzance, Cornwall. He was the son of Richard Pollard and Elizabeth Grace Rowe.^[2]

Richard Rowe was baptized on 27 August 1880 in Gulval, Cornwall, England^[3].

Immigration: 1882 at an unknown location.

In 1900 Richard Rowe (age about 19) was living in Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan, USA^[4].

Richard Rowe died at the age of 22 in 1903 in Iron Belt, Iron Co., Wisconsin. The Bessemer Herald (Bessemer, MI) reported the following: "Richard Pollard, a miner, was killed by an explosion of powder at the Atlantic mine Wednesday of last week. He was preparing the powder for blasting when it exploded for some unknown reason, instantly killing him. Pollard was a young man and his parents reside at Iron Mountain." ^[5].

Richard Rowe was buried after 23 January 1903 in Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan, United States.

Research Notes

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• A burial fact had no date. Changed its date to be after the death date.
• Combined two residence/census/occupation facts. First dated '1900' with location Iron Mountain city, Dickinson, Michigan, USA. and section Census:. Second dated '1900' with location and section Residence.

Sources

1. ↑ "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLSL-KDF : 10 March 2018), Richard R. Pollard, 1903; citing Death, Iron Belt, Iron Co., Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,310,187.
2. ↑ Birth Registration: England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, original data from General Register Office.
3. ↑ "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z4-LRPZ : 9 March 2021), Richard Rowe, 27 Aug 1880; citing Baptism, Cornwall, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Cornwall Records Office, Truro
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSM9-BQG : accessed 25 October 2021), Richard Pollard in household of Richard Pollard, Iron Mountain city Ward 1-2, Dickinson, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 36B, family 618, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,709
5. ↑ "Richard Pollard killed," The Bessemer Herald (Bessemer, Michigan), 31 Jan 1903, p. 3; database with images, Newspapers.com [1] : accessed 24 Oct 2021

See also:

• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=87705594&pid=527
• FamilySearch Family Tree (MyHeritage) The FamilySearch Family Tree is published by MyHeritage under license from FamilySearch International, the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church). TID 0 Name: Footnote FamilySearch Family Tree (MyHeritage) Name: ShortFootnote FamilySearch Family Tree Name: Bibliography FamilySearch Family Tree. MyHeritage.27 Name: Page Richard Rowe Pollardlt;brgt;; Gender: Malelt;brgt;Christening: Aug 27 1880 - Gulval, Cornwall, Englandlt;brgt;Immigration: 1882lt;brgt;; Residence: 1900 - Iron Mountain city Ward 1-2, Dickinson, Michigan, United Stateslt;brgt;; Residence: 1903 - Iron Belt Wis.lt;brgt;; Death: 1903 - Iron Belt, Iron Co., Wisconsinlt;brgt;; Burial: Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan, United Stateslt;brgt;; Parents: Richard Pollard, Elizabeth Grace Pollard (born Rowe)lt;brgt;; Siblings: William Pollard, Ethel Mary Williams (born Pollard), Anne Jane Trevillian (born Pollard), Alexander Pollard, Samuel Thomas Pollard, Reginald James Pollard, Lillian Salina Hicks (born Pollard), John Charles Pollard, Albert Edward Pollard, Theodore Pollard, Roy Sherman Pollard

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27H-PPG1 : 11 December 2017), Richard T Pollard in household of Alexander Rowe, Gulval, Cornwall, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 26, Piece/Folio 2347/97, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,210.

• "Michigan State Census, 1894," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKQ-S36 : 12 March 2018), Richard Pollard in household of Rich Pollard, Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan, United States; citing p. 278, State Archives, Lansing; FHL microfilm 915,299.