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Albert Richards

Albert Richards

Male 1854 - 1931  (77 years)

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  • Name Albert Richards 
    Birth Apr 1854  Tamaqua, Schuylkill, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 22 Jun 1860  Tamaqua, Schuylkill, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 6, born PA, living with parents 
    Census 16 Aug 1870  Wiconisco, Dauphin, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 15, born PA, Apprentice to Tanning, living with parents 
    Census 8 Jun 1900  San Jose, Santa Clara, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 43, born Apr 1857 in PA, marr 14 yrs, postal clerk, parents born ENG/ENG 
    Census 22 Apr 1910  San Jose, Santa Clara, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 58, born PA, marr 24 yrs, postal clerk for steam railway, parents born Wales/Wales 
    Census 6 Jan 1920  San Jose, Santa Clara, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 62, born PA, postal clerk for railway mail service, parents born Wales/Wales 
    Census 10 Apr 1930  San Jose, Santa Clara, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 74, born PA, marr at 30, parents born Wales/Wales 
    Death 8 May 1931  San Jose, Santa Clara, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1237  Family Tree
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2022 

    Father Thomas Richards,   b. 1817, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1889, San Jose, Santa Clara, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Mary Jenkins,   b. 1818, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1897, San Jose, Santa Clara, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 30 Sep 1837  Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Wales, Glamorgan, Parish Register Marriages, 1837-1922
      On 30 Sep 1837 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales Thomas Richard, son of William Richard, married Mary Jenkins, daughter of Jenkin Jenkins
    Family ID F263  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Brown,   b. Dec 1861, Almaden, Santa Clara, CA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1939, Ripon, San Joaquin, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 8 Nov 1885  San Jose, Santa Clara, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Western States Marriage Record Index" (byui.edu)
      On 8 Nov 1885 in Santa Clara Co CA, Albert Richards married Cassie E Brown.
    Children 
    +1. Alva Mary Richards,   b. 15 Jan 1893, San Jose, Santa Clara, CA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1933, San Jose, Santa Clara, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
    Family ID F262  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 May 2018 

  • Photos
    Albert Richards
    Albert Richards
    (source: photo album of Joe Geraci)
    Albert and Catherine (Brown) Richards
    Albert and Catherine (Brown) Richards
    framed colorized photo (source: Geraci family)

  • Notes 
    • from "The San Jose Mercury News", 12 May 1931 (newsbank.com)
      Funeral services for Albert Richards, who died at his home, 365 Vine street, Friday, were held yesterday in the funeral parlors of Thomas Monahan. The services were conducted under the auspices of San Jose lodge No. 10, F. & A.M. Interment was in Oak Hill mausoleum. Richards and his brother formerly conducted a wood, coal, hay and grain business in San Jose. In 1893 he retired from business and joined the U.S. railway mail service. He served as a railway mail clerk for 27 years and was retired on pension. Richard was 73 years old, a native of Pennsylvania, and lived in San Jose more than 50 years. He is survived by this widow, Catherine E. Richards; a daughter, Mrs. Alva R. Geraci and a grandson, Joseph Albert Geraci, all of San Jose. He was a member of San Jose lodge No. 10, F. & A.M., the American Railway Mail association and the M.B.A. of postoffice