Edward Bolton Richardson

2 September 1852–31 December 1913 (Age 61)
New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

The Life Summary of Edward Bolton

When Edward Bolton Richardson was born on 2 September 1852, in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States, his father, Robert Ransforth Richardson, was 34 and his mother, Emma de Lesseps, was 25. He married Hortense Silverie Payró Escoffie on 23 November 1876, in Orleans, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 31 December 1913, in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 61.

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Family Time Line

Edward Bolton Richardson
1852–1913
Hortense Silverie Payró Escoffie
1855–1894
Marriage: 23 November 1876
Edward Bolton Richardson Jr.
1887–1966

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    23 November 1876Orleans, Louisiana, United States
    • Children

    (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 11
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1868 · Louisiana Is Readmitted Into the Union
    Age 16
    Louisiana was readmitted into the Union.
    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
    Age 18
    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

    Name Meaning

    English: patronymic from the personal name Richard . This has undoubtedly also assimilated like-sounding cognates from other languages, such as Swedish Richardsson.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Richard
    Richarson
    Richerson
    Richeson
    Richison

    Sources (20)

    • Edw H Richardson, "United States Census, 1900"
    • Edomond B Richardson, "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"
    • Edward B Richardson in entry for Delphine Payro Richardson, "Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954"

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