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Sarah Jane Richards' family:
1871 Census at Cae Valy Gate, Llandecwyn (Cae Fali - about mile outside Penrhyn on Maentwrog road)
Evan 24 Quarryman b. Trawsfynydd; Jane 30 b. Penmorfa, Caernarvonshire; Robert 2 b. Portmadoc, Caerns.; Sarah J 7 months b. Llandecwyn;
1881 Census High St., Penrhyndeudraeth , Llanfihangel y Traethau, Evan 35, Grocer; Jane 38 ; Robert 12 b. Ll y Tr. (differs from 1871); Sarah J 11 ; Ellen 9; Anne 7; Elizabeth 4, all Ll y Tr.
1891 Census High St, PDD, Evan 44 Widower; Anne 19; Ellen 17; Elizabeth 14 (the 3 born Llandecwyn !) Jane died Q1 1890 age 48 Fest. 11b 326 ? Buried Penmorfa (M.I. in Welsh): In loving memory of Jane,dear wife of Evan Richards, ** CLOTH HALL**, Penrhyndeudraeth, died Feb. 23d 1890 aged 48
Evan remarries Q3 1893, Machynlleth, Mont. Reg. Dist. 11b 246, with Annie Jones. Son David Hesketh Richards born, Fest., Deudraeth Q3 1894 11b 367.
1891 Census, Toxteth Park, Lancashire ? age slightly low, Sarah J Richards, Servant, Single 19, b. Penrhyndeudraeth.
Marriage Fest. 11b 583 Q3 1893 David Roberts/Sarah J Richards.
1901 Census at High St., Penrhyn, Evan 56, Flour Merchant; Annie 46 Machynlleth; David H Richards 6 Penrhyn. Still there 1911 - no more children.
Annie died 02/02/1918 age 61, address, Heulwen, Penhyndeudraeth; Evan 27/05/1924 aged 78; D Hesketh Richards, 16/01/1944, aged 49. Buried together in Minffordd Cemetery.
David Hesketh Richards military records:
As at 25/11/1913 : Age 19yrs 6 months, born Minffordd, Penrhyndeudraeth, addres: 66 Vandyke(?) St, Lodge Lane, Liverpool (?); had been member of Officer Training Corp, University of Wales Contingent; served in 1st West Lancs, Field Ambulance RAMC ; discharged 20/01/1915 to continue medical studies, next of kin Mr E Richards, Gwynfryn, Penrhos, Aberdovey.
Welsh newspaper report August 1914 under PENRHYNDEUDRAETH, congratulates him for passing his first exams towards degrees of MRCS, LRCP and LM. Says that he is formerly of **CLOTH HALL**, Penrhyn, but now of Aberdovey. In 1916 he .......he was elected a Fellow of the University of Liverpool, having obtained the Robert Gee Fellowship in anatomy.
At time of death he lived at Liverpool, and died in the Royal Infirmary. Probate was granted 10/07/1944 to Sarah Jane Roberts (wife of David Roberts), but she died Sept 10th and a further grant of probate 22/02/1945 to Idris Wyn Richards, grocer.
Emyr