William Richardson

1805 - 1867  (62 years)

• Name	William Richardson  [1]
  Born	1805	Sheffield, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	Bef 1828	Sheffield, Yorkshire, England to Brant County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Occupation	Farmer in Brant County, Ontario  [1]
  Occupation	1851
  	Farmer
  Residence	1851	Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada
  Died	1867	Onondaga Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Brant County Cemetery, Hwy #2, Brant Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I13510	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Eleanor Haddlesey,   b. 18 Jul 1807, Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, England ,   d. Aug 1846, Onondage Township, Brant County, Ontario, British North America  (Age 39 years)
  Married	8 Mar 1831	Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Children	1. George R. Richardson,   b. Abt 1832, Onondaga Township, Brant County, Upper Canada Colony (Ontario), British North America ,   d. Aft 1880, Probably Michigan, USA  (Age ~ 49 years)  [natural]   2. William J. Richardson,   b. Abt 1834, Onondaga Township, Brant County, Upper Canada Colony (Ontario), British North America ,   d. Aft 1880, Probably Michigan, USA  (Age ~ 47 years)  [natural]   3. John Richardson,   b. Abt 1836, Onondaga Township, Brant County, Upper Canada Colony (Ontario), British North America ,   d. Aft 1880, Probably Ohio, USA  (Age ~ 45 years)  [natural]   4. James Richardson,   b. Abt 1838, Onondaga Township, Brant County, Upper Canada Colony (Ontario), British North America ,   d. Aft 1880, Probably Michigan, USA  (Age ~ 43 years)  [natural]   5. Thomas Richardson,   b. 21 Jun 1840, Onondaga Township, Brant County, Upper Canada Colony (Ontario), British North America ,   d. 1923, Brant County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)  [natural]   6. David Richardson,   b. 1843, Onondaga Township, Brant County, Upper Canada Colony (Ontario), British North America ,   d. Feb 1869, Brant County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 26 years)  [natural]   7. Alfred Richardson,   b. 1845, Onondaga Township, Brant County, Upper Canada Colony (Ontario), British North America ,   d. Jan 1869, Brant County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 24 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F3600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Haddlesy,   b. 29 Mar 1800, Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 1888, Brant County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	Aft 1851	Brant County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F3601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William Richardson was born 1805 in Yorkshire, England (according to his gravestone). His exact birth is uncertain, but family tradition recalls that he came from Sheffield where his family were silversmiths and where one of them was a sheriff. However these family traditions have not been verified by any documentary evidence. William immigrated before 1828 to Brant County in the Upper Canada province of British North America into a land that was mostly unsettled wilderness. He settled on a farm in Brant County that was adjacent to the Chapel Of The Mohawks, where William's proximity made him a convenient and frequent witness for weddings. His name appears often in the register -- the earliest of these entries being in 1828, thus helping to establish his date of immigration. William returned to England and married on 8 MAR 1831 in Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, England to Ellen HADDLESEY; Skirpenbeck being her home town. Ellen already had at least one sister living in Canada at the time. It is not known if William met Ellen in Canada and then returned to England to marry her, or if he already knew her from England and he simply came ahead to Canada to get their homestead established and then returned to England to marry her. Ellen Haddlesey was born 18 JUL 1807 in Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, England as the daughter of George Haddlesay and Mary Beal. Her birth family information can be found on the Haddlesey Family Page. William and Ellen raised seven children on their farm in Onondaga Township, Brant County before Ellen died prematurely in 1846. William remained a widower until sometime after 1851. He later married Ellen's widowed sister Elizabeth, but the date of their marriage is unknown. No children came from the second marriage. William Richardson and Ellen Haddlesey had the following children -- all sons; they had no daughters:

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Richardson Family Data File, Dr. David Richardson. Date of Import: Jun 24, 2002