Henry Hobson Richardson

Brief Life History of Henry Hobson

When Henry Hobson Richardson was born on 29 September 1838, in St. James, Louisiana, United States, his father, Henry Dickenson Richardson, was 29 and his mother, Catherine Caroline Priestley, was 20. He married Julia Gorham Hayden on 3 January 1867, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in New York City, New York, United States in 1867 and Southfield, Richmond, New York, United States in 1870. In 1880, at the age of 42, his occupation is listed as architect. He died on 27 April 1886, in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Hobson Richardson
1838–1886
Julia Gorham Hayden
1837–1914
Marriage: 3 January 1867
Julia Hayden Richardson
1867–1965
John Cole Hayden Richardson
1869–1922
Mary Houghton Richardson
1871–1962
Henry Hyslop Richardson
1872–1933
Philip Richardson
1874–1948
Frederick Leopold William Richardson
1876–1965
Richardson
1878–1878

Sources (58)

  • Henry H Richardson, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Henry Hobson Richardson - Government record: Cemetery record or headstone: birth: 29 September 1838; Saint James, Louisiana, United States
  • 1867 Marriage record

World Events (5)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

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

1868 · Louisiana Is Readmitted Into the Union

Louisiana was readmitted into the Union.

Name Meaning

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.

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

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