Olive Content Richardson

17 September 1834–10 June 1917 (Age 82)
New York, United States

The Life Summary of Olive Content

When Olive Content Richardson was born on 17 September 1834, in New York, United States, her father, Amos Richardson, was 29 and her mother, Lucretia Content Perry, was 24. She married Leonard Morley on 10 October 1852, in DuPage, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Viroqua, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States for about 20 years and Sampson, Chippewa, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years. She died on 10 June 1917, in Rusk, Rusk, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Twin Lakes Cemetery, New Auburn, Barron, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leonard Morley
1821–1898
Olive Content Richardson
1834–1917
Marriage: 10 October 1852
Charles Edson Morley
1853–1915
Mary Lucretia Morley
1855–1936
Willard Purdy Morley
1857–1933
Adelbert Amos "Dell" Morley
1859–1937
Marvin Alphonso Morley
1861–1906
Martin Alonzo Morley
1861–1928
Nora Bell Morley
1863–1864
Leonard Grant Morley
1865–1927
Julius Allen Dick Morley
1867–1939
Mary Ida Morley
1868–1942
Ida Eugenia Morley
1869–1884
Alfred Augustus Morley
1871–1872
Abner W "Allie" Morley
1875–1956

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 October 1852DuPage, Illinois, United States
    • Children

    (13)

    +8 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 2
    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
    1836
    Age 2
    The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin - Sept 3, 1836 Treaty Treaty of the Cedars was concluded on the Fox River on September 3, 1836. The Menominee Nation ceded nearly 4 million acres of land for the following items every year for twenty years: $3,000 worth of food provisions, 2,000 lbs. of tobacco, 30 barrels of salt, agricultural supplies, and $500 per year. (Wisconsin Historical Society)
    1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
    Age 22
    William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 81637;2007: 186372; 2010: 259798)English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Richard + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Ritson .Americanized form (and a Swedish variant) of Swedish Richardsson or Rikardsson: patronymic from the personal name Richard , Rikard.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Richarson
    Richerson
    Richard
    Richeson
    Ritson

    Sources (17)

    • Olive Morley in household of Leonard Morley, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Olliva Morley in entry for George W. Calkuis and Mary Morley, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
    • Olive C Morley in household of Leonard Morley, "United States Census, 1870"

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