When Lydia Ann Richards was born on 13 April 1841, in Niagara, New York, United States, her father, Lewis Richards, was 29 and her mother, Julia Belmer, was 18. She married James Fonner Wean on 24 September 1865. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Almer Township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States in 1860 and Indianfields Township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States for about 30 years. She died on 21 July 1933, in Caro, Tuscola, Michigan, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Almer Township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States.
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English: variant of Richard , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Rickards .
German: patronymic from the personal name Richard .
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