Family File - Richards

Quairading Public Cemetery. Information provided by David Hayes who has photographs of these headstones - eMail David

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RICHARDS, Mary May, Beloved wife of Ernest devoted mother of Elsie (Elise?), Tom, Stan & Verna, 4.5.1899 - 30.8.1990.
RICHARDS, Ernest Whitfield, Beloved husband of May, devoted father of Elsie (Elise?), Tom, Stan and Verna, 2.9.1896 - 11.10.1979.
Ernest Richards is mentioned on page 99 of the book "The Servicemen and Women of Quairading and District 1900-2000" by Mary M. Clemens.

The National Archives of Australia shows the following:-
1914 - 1920
RICHARDS, Ernest Whitfield : Service Number - 28490 : Place of Birth - Oswestry England : Place of Enlistment - Perth WA : Next of Kin - (Father) Richards, Thomas
1939 - 1948
RICHARDS, Ernest Whitfield : Service Number - W82921 : Date of birth - 02 Sep 1896 : Place of birth - Cardiston (Cardeston) England : Place of enlistment - Quairading WA : Next of Kin - Richards, Mary
Thomas Richards, father of Ernest Richards and Arthur Richards below, is mentioned in the section Pioneering Days in the Quairading District - Northam Advertiser 4 Jan 1968 on page 157 to 159 of the book "Memories of Quairading" by Mary M. Clemens.

Following on from this book, I found the following from the passenger list of the "Oruba" travelling from London to Fremantle arriving there on 2 Aug 1905 which showed the following:

Some evidence suggests that Arthur was the eldest child and Ernest was the next eldest child followed by Alice, Edith and Frank. My best estimates for their birth years are Arthur (born 1894), Ernest (born 1896), Alice (born 1899), Edith (born 1901) and Frank (born 1903), but please be aware that at this time the birth years for sons Ernest and Arthur have not been verified. Some evidence also suggests that the ship was called the "Marathon" at the time of the voyage in 1905.

Burial at South Caroling Public Cemetery, Dangin-Meares Road, Quairading Cemetery
RICHARDS, Arthur, Loved husband of Betty, devoted father of Always (Alwyn?), Warren, Evan (Yvonne?) & Lloyd. 1894 - 1979. (Returned Soldiers Monumental Works).
Arthur Richards is mentioned on page 98 of the book "The Servicemen and Women of Quairading and District 1900-2000" by Mary M. Clemens.
The National Archives of Australia shows the following:-
1914 - 1920
Richards, Arthur : Service Number - 28489 : Place of Birth - Shrewsbury England : Place of Enlistment - Perth WA : Next of Kin - (Father) Richards, Thomas

South Caroling Public Cemetery, Dangin-Meares Road, Quairading Cemetery
RICHARDS, Elizabeth, Our dear mother, died 30th July 1950, aged 82 years. Grave 7.
RICHARDS, Thomas, beloved husband of Elizabeth Richard's, father of Arthur, Ernest, May, Edith and Frank, died Aug 10, 1931, aged 64 years. Grave 8.
Elizabeth Richards and Thomas Richards here are the husband/father and wife/mother mentioned in the passenger list of the "Oruba" travelling from London to Fremantle arriving there on 2 Aug 1905 in the section above about Ernest Richards:

South Caroling Public Cemetery, Dangin-Meares Road, Quairading Cemetery
JONES, J. A. Grave 3.
JONES, Sarah, R. 1873 - 1953. Grave 4.
The WA Post Office Directories show the following:
1900 not found in York
1901 to 1910 - John Jones - farmer York (Dangin included in York)
1910 to 1926 - John Ayren Jones - farmer Dangin
1927 to 1943 - John A Jones - farmer South Caroling
1944 to 1946 - Mrs Sarah R Jones - farmer South Caroling
1945 - Mrs Sarah R Jones - farmer South Caroling
1946 - Mrs Sarah R Jones - farmer South Caroling
1947 and 1949 not found
There are references to Mr John Aryen Jones and Sarah R Jones nee Farrell nee Pike and her son Joe Farrell in the following sections of the book

"The Golden Grain and the Silver Fleece" - Quairading History 1859-1930 by Frances Eaton.
Dangin page 16-18
and
South Coraling page 116 to 121