Aunt of
W.P. 'Bill' Richardson
Margaret Pallister Richardson
(Peggy), was the ninth child and sixth daughter of
William Pallister Richardson and his wife Esther (nee
Howey).
She was born on the 17th of March 1909
and was named for her paternal grandmother, who was also
Margaret and had the maiden name of Pallister.
Margaret was baptised on 31st March 1911
and her baptism was recorded in the Primitive Methodist
Register for Jarrow Circuit. The family lived at 29
Railway Terrace, Usworth and her Dad worked as a coal
miner.
In 1911, when Margaret was 2, the family
were recorded on the census at 2 Manor View, New
Washington. She had three older sisters May (8),
Georgena (7) and Esther (4) as well as a baby brother
William P. who was three weeks old. Their father,
William P., was 38 and working as a hewer in the pit and
their mother Esther was 35.
Peggy did not marry. Just before she
died, she was living at 2, Burnway, Albany Village,
Washington.
Peggy died on the 24th August 1975, aged and
her death was registered in the Sunderland registration
district.
Her funeral was on the 28th August 1975,
followed by cremation at Sunderland Crematorium. The
arrangements were made by her niece, Esther Robson.
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