Brief Life History of Morgan
When Morgan Richards was born on 29 July 1821, in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Morgan Richards, was 32 and his mother, Anne Phillips, was 39. He married Harriet Evans on 3 August 1844, in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851 and Iron, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 13 August 1903, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States.
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- Morgan Richards, "United States Census, 1880"
- Morgan Richards, "Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907"
- Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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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John T. Richards and Martha Pascoe
JOHN “T’ RICHARDS and MARTHA PASCOE Born: 20 October 1824Born: 8 June 1817 Died: 7 January 1905Died: 1 June 1896 Editor’s note: Two separate histories of John “T” Richards and Martha P …
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