Son of
W.P. 'Bill' Richardson's Great Uncle,
James Gilliland
David was born on
2nd October 1897, he was the third child of
James Gilliland and his wife Mary Elizabeth (nee
Gardiner). His birth was registered in the Lanchester
Registration District. He was baptised on
21st October 1897 and his baptism was recorded in the
Primitive Methodist Baptism Register for White-le-Head
Circuit.The record shows that the family lived at
Pickering Nook and David's Dad was a Weighman. The census of 1901
recorded the family living at Burnopfield Colliery,
Tanfield, Co. Durham. David was 3 years old. His Dad,
James was 34 and worked as a Checkweigher in the mine,
his Mam. Mary, was 29. David had two brothers
Hugh (6) and John (4), he also had a sister Edith
Evelyn (9 months). Another sister, Annie had been born
in 1899 but had died soon after birth.
David's Mam, Mary died in 1905 when he was only eight
years old. David died, aged 9, in the
third quarter of 1907.
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