George Franklin Richards

Brief Life History of George Franklin

When George Franklin Richards was born on 23 February 1861, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Franklin Dewey Richards, was 39 and his mother, Nanny Lynn Longstroth, was 32. He married Alice Almira Robinson on 9 March 1882, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 10 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 1 Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 8 August 1950, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Franklin Richards
1861–1950
Alice Almira Robinson
1864–1946
Marriage: 9 March 1882
George Franklin Richards Jr
1883–1975
Alice Minerva Richards
1884–1981
LeGrand Richards
1886–1983
Joel Richards
1887–1979
Sarah Ellen Richards
1889–1988
Amy May Richards
1890–1894
Ruby Richards
1892–1951
Lucena Richards
1893–1991
Mamie Richards
1895–1992
Alverda Richards
1897–1899
Nina Richards
1899–1999
Edna Moselle Richards
1902–1996
Oliver Lee Richards
1904–1980
Estella Richards
1906–2006
Ray Longstroth Richards
1910–1989

Sources (116)

  • George F Richards, "United States 1950 Census"
  • George Franklin Richards, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Geo F Richards in entry for Le Grand Richards, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Richard , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Rickards .

German: patronymic from the personal name Richard .

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

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George F. Richards Learns about priesthood

The Power of the Priesthood in the Boy BY ELDER TAD R. CALLISTER Of the Presidency of the Seventy April 2013 General Conference, Priesthood Session "In 1878 my great-grandfather George F. Richards w …

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