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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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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