When Francis Prentiss Richardson was born on 19 September 1870, in Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States, his father, George Washington Richardson, was 38 and his mother, Ellen Catherine Hammer, was 36. He married Etta Estella Ogan on 12 August 1896, in Santa Clara, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California, United States in 1910 and Waterford, Stanislaus, California, United States in 1920. He died on 21 May 1947, in San Luis Obispo, California, United States, at the age of 76.
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.
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Richardsen or Norwegian Rikardsen, cognates of 2 above.
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