Son
of W.P. 'Bill' Richardson's Great Great Uncle,
James Howey
William was born in the third quarter of
1870, he was the fourth child of James Howey and his
wife Dorothy (nee Hall) and his birth was registered in
the Alnwick Registration District. He was
8 months old at the time of the 1871 census, the family
lived at Felton Mills, Northumberland. His Dad, James
(34) worked as a cartman at the mill, his Mam, Dorothy
was 31. William had three sisters, Elizabeth (6), Sarah
(4) and Jane (2). William's mother,
Dorothy, died in 1879 when he was 8. then his
sister Jane died in 1881, aged 12. When
the 1881 census was taken, the family were at West End,
Amble. William was 10, his Dad was 44 and working as a
coal miner. His sisters were Elizabeth (16), Sarah (14)
and Esther (8). Both William and his Dad,
James, died in 1881, not long after the census was
taken. William was only 10 years old when he died. |
