Mabel Elizabeth Richardson

Mabel Elizabeth Richardson

		Thomas John Edwards	(family)
Mabel Elizabeth Richardson
		Mary Anne Jones

Spouse

Paul Pressler Ivey (family)

24 August 1904

Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Texas

Data

Birth

22 Sep 1876

Camberwell, England

Death

19 Dec 1961

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Notes

Emigrated in 1879.

There is some mystery surrounding the change in surname between this generation and the one just prior. As has been related to me (Sean M. Cox) Thomas John Edwards, Mabel's father, is suspected to have run up debts back in England and to have fled to America and changed his name in order to escape his creditors. Some details of the source for this story and any updates will be necessary.

Perhaps it is a bit poetic that Thomas John Edwards, a man robbed of his paternity, and hence, his father's surname; that he would run off and off the surname he received, passing a different one on to his children than the one his mother gave him. Perhaps it is more significant than poetry. An interesting sequence of events, to be sure.

Sources

• Dorothy Langdon Ivey's Historical Notes Circa 1980: Thomas John Edwards and Mary Ann Jones
• A Small Note Made by Dorothy Langdon Ivey Regarding the Richardsons and Elijah Ivey
• A Small Note Made by Dorothy Langdon Ivey on an Index Card Regarding Her Parents
• "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FX76-4ZZ : accessed 09 Sep 2013), Paul Ivey and Mabel Richardson, 24 Aug 1904.

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  Mary Anne Jones with son Ernest Herbert Richardson, daughter Mabel Elizabeth Richardson and possibly Blanche Richardson.

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  Dorothy Langdon Ivey, Mary Anne Jones, Mabel Elizabeth Richardson, and Evelyn Dorothy Gallinger

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  Rose Estelle Richardson, Mary Anne Jones, and Mabel Elizabeth Richardson

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  Dorothy Langdon Ivey, Evelyn Dorothy Gallinger, Carolyn Diane Peterson, Mabel Elizabeth Richardson, and Rose Estelle Richardson at the wedding of Carolyn.

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  Obituary

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  Obituaries

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  Society article regarding wedding.

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  Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1977, 004820253, page 606 of 648

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  Headstone

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  California, County Marriages, 1850-1952, 005698613, Page 335 of 2545

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  1900 U.S. Census - San Marcos Township, Hays County, Texas, Page 12 of 52

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  1910 U.S. Census - St Louis Ward 28, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, Page 14 of 32

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  1910 U.S. Census - St Louis Ward 28, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, Page 15 of 32

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  1920 U.S. Census - St Louis Ward 28, St Louis, Missouri, Page 12 of 43

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  1930 U.S. Census - Los Angeles (Districts 0001,0250), Los Angeles, California, Page 24 of 57

1880 U.S. Census

E.D. 28, Luling, Caldwell, Texas, Page 244C

Thomas Richardson, Self, Married, Male, White, age:40, born in England (parents also), occupation: Painter

Ernest H. Richardson, Son, Single, Male, White, age:10, born in England (parents also), occupation: At Home

M.A. Richardson, Self, Married, Female, White, age:38, born in England (parents also), occupation: Milennor

Mabel E. Richardson, Daughter, Single, Female, White, age:3, born in England (parents also), occupation:

All that was viewed was the index. Thomas is listed on the same page as his wife, but his wife is listed as head of a separate family, per the index. Thomas has son Ernest with him, while his wife has daughter, Mabel.