THE RICKARDS

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The Rickards branch of the Welburn family

 

Alice A. Welburn, and her twin brother Isaac, were born in September 1859 in the farming community of Roxana. She makes her first appearance in the Federal Census of 1870. Around 1877 she married George H. Rickards (born Oct. 1856).

1880 Census records show Alice & George residing in the Baltimore Hundred. George was employed as a sawmill laborer, but at the time was in some way maimed or disabled. They remained in Delaware through the mid 1880's, relocated to the Newtown Township of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and rented a home while George worked as a farm laborer. Later he earned a living as a hod carrier.

There were reportedly 11 children born during their marriage. Eight survived to adulthood.

  • Mary "Mollie" Rickards-Dingle-Walter (born 1878) her child: Margaret Walter
  • Henry Morris Rickards (born April 20, 1880) his children: Reginald Rickards, Joseph H. Rickards, Mildred Rickards, Stephen Rickards, Ollie E. Rickards-Shelton, Gertrude Cooper-Simkins
  • Sarah K. Rickards (born February 1883)
  • Charles Handy Rickards (born March 21, 1885) his children: Clifford Rickards, Myrtle Rickards, Charles Rickards Jr.
  • Edgar Wilmer Rickards (born February 10, 1887) his children: Anna Rickards-Thomas, Iva Rickards-Mahoney, Alice Rickards-Jackson, Carrie Rickards-Jackson, Marian Rickards-Thomas
  • Anita V. Rickards-Rogers (born March 2, 1890, died February 1973) her children: Maurice Rickards Sr., Clayton Rickards, Arthur Rickards, George Rickards, Mary Rickards-Lawrence
  • John Short Rickards (born February 16, 1892, died November 1972)
  • Alice M. Rickards-Thomas (born November 1895) her children: Lawrence Thomas, Martha Thomas-Redmond-Starr, Viola Thomas-Gatewood, Albert Thomas Jr, John Thomas, Mary Isabelle Thomas-Hughes, George Thomas

Alice A. Welburn-Rickards died between June 1917 & 1920. George H. Rickards died between 1910 & June 1917. Below is the last Census appearance for Alice & George. Click on the image to enalrge.