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Cemetery inscriptions in Sydney Branch Genealogical Library 1800 - 1960 at Family Search
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Father of Catherine Frances Richardson. Died aged 65 in 1868
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Marriage of Mr. Martin Richardson, builder of Newcastle, to Miss Catherine Jones, daughter of Mr. W. Jones, Bookseller and Stationer of George St. South. Minister Rev. Dr. Lang
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Christ Church Burial Ground, Newcastle
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Among the memorials in the old church yard is one dedicated to the memory of Martin James Richardson one of the pioneer builders of the colony. There are several inscriptions on the marble headstone which read as follows - Sacred to the memory of Martin Richardson, wo died April 8, 1868 aged 65, also Catherine Frances, second daughter of the above died Jan 4 1879 aged 17. Also Emily Harriet Catherine the beloved daughter of Haddon and Lucy Blackiston born Feb 10 1871 , died Sept 24 1871. and Martin George Richardson born April 25, 1844, died March 12 1877. Martin Richardson was an Oxford man, who arrived in the colony by one of the earliest of the vessels which he was instrumental in bringing to Sydney. He was a builder and contractor a class in good demand at that time and having excellent recommendations to the governor, was specially employed in the erection of Government buildings. Among the first works he carried out were the barracks at Sydney and various other public buildings at Windsor. He came to Newcastle early in the thirties and commenced the construction of the court house which was pulled down last year to make room for the post office now in course of erection, and also built the block of buildings which those days served as a barracks for the soldiers, and now forms a portion of the Asylum for the insane. In the latter undertaking he had as a partner Mr. Job Hudson. The wall which surrounds the asylum grounds was erected by the firm and severe monetary losses were sustained owing to the wall falling in consequence of heavy rains before the work had been taken over by the government. In the earlier period of Mr Richardsons experience in Newcastle business methods were somewhat primitive. There was no great amount of money changing hands at the time, and as no bank existed locally the necessary cash for the payment of wages had to come from Sydney by Steamer to Morpeth where it was taken by the ships officers to the bank. Mrs Richardson would then drive there and secure the necessary funds, returning over a lonely road with several hundred sovereigns stowed away in the gig. Atlhough the trip was made on many occasions, Mrs. Richardson was never molested, but often her husband would be asked by the prisoners to show them a sovereign. As assigned servants they saw no money as the reward of their labours and even with those who had gained freedom there was little opportunity of handling gold. Possibly the sight of the coins reminded them of a period in their lives when liberty had not been sacrificed. It is a curious side light upon Sydney life that when Mr. Richardson arrived in 1831 he was hooted in the streets by the larrikins of the period because he invariably wore a coat while others with the exception of a select few went coatless to and fro.
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Christ Church Burial Ground, Newcastle
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Martin Richardson died at his residence Market Square in 1868, after a lengthy illness and was accorded a military funeral, the Mayor town clerk and aldermen following in the procession while the coffin was carried by six artillery men. He was a popular and esteemed citizen who was remembered by many old residents. A son Alfred Martin Richardson was buried in the family plot in the eighties. Mr. Richardson was married by the Rev. Lang at Sydney in 1839, and his wife survived him many years, her death taking place in 1901. He himself was the youngest of a long lived family, his sister a Miss Richardson having died about 1900 within fourteen days of becoming a centenarian. Mrs. Lucy Blackliston is the only surviving child of the late Martin Richardson
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Freeholds in Wolfe and Watt Street,s and near Market Green, Newcastle
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On a list of electors in the police district of Newcastle who had the right to vote for elections in the county of Northumberland in 1855. Printed in the Newcastle Morning Herald 19 July 1911
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Correspondence from Robert Fisher Lingard - As a native of this city and in my 83rd year, I was much interested to read of the spring found in Hunter Street. I remember the same spring 76 years ago. It ran on an angle from Hunter Street to Bolton street, and came out under a wooden building used as a cordial factory by Ward and Clifton, between Dominion and the T and G. Buildings. By the fall of the hill the factory was 4 ft from the ground on the lower side and underneath were large casks with pipes leading from the spring, the water being used for making the cordials. It afterwards ran to waste down to the harbour front, where the Newcastle railway station now stands. Another spring was in Wolfe street, in front of the house where I was born, and the back of another terrace facing the present stone wall. The property belonged to the late Martin Richardson, a builder, whose last residence was Nuneham Cottage at the back of the Strand Pictures
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Death, on 8th instant, at his residence, Market square, Newcastle Mr. Martin Richardson, in the 65th year of his age and late of Oxford, England
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Death, on the 4th instant, at Market square, Newcastle, in the 18th year of her age, Catherine Frances, second daughter of the late Martin Richardson
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Martin and Ann
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Mary Catherine 1833
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Unassisted Immigrant Passenger lists (Ancestry)
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Martin Richardson, cabinet maker age 28 and Ann Richardson age 28 passengers on the Mary Catherine from Liverpool via Hobart
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Martin and Catherine
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Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. p.12
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District Councillor. Baptism of son Martin George
First Name:
Martin and Catherine
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Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. p.19
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District Councillor. Baptism of son Alfred Martin Richardson
First Name:
Martin and Catherine
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Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. Marriages p23
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From Newcastle. Witnesses at the marriage of James Steel and Margaret Jones
First Name:
Martin and Catherine
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Market Square, Newcastle
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1820 to 1890 Family Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, NSW, Australia See Record 57- 60
First Name:
Martin and Catherine
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Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. Baptisms p. 4
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Baptism of Lucy Catherine, daughter of Martin and Catherine Richardson
First Name:
Martin and Catherine
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Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. Baptisms p. 45
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Builder. Baptism of daughter Catherine Frances Richardson
First Name:
Martin and Catherine
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SR NSW Archive Reel: 1583; Series: 12992; Description: Registers of Memorials for Land 1825-1842
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Conveyance of part of Allotment 12 in Newcastle from Martin and Catherine Richardson to Job Andson (?Hudson)
First Name:
Martin George
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Cemetery inscriptions in Sydney Branch Genealogical Library 1800 - 1960 at Family Search
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Born 25 April 1844. Died 12 March 1877 aged 32
First Name:
Martin George
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The friends of the late Martin George Richardson are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, to move from his late residence, Market-square, Newcastle. Archibald Hay, undertaker
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Richardson (obit)
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On Wednesday morning last, shortly after one oclock, Mr. Martin Richardson, an old and much respected resident of this city, expired at his residence, in King-street. The deceased gentleman had for the past nine months been suffering from a severe attack of diabetes, which was borne by him with Christian resignation. During the last three months Mr. Richardson, had under the skilful treatment of his medical adviser, so recovered from the attack of the complaint with which he was afflicted that he was enabled to leave his room, to which he had for some time previously been confined, and it was hoped by his numerous friends that he was perfectly restored to his usual health; but a return of his complaint in a much severer form thoroughly prostrated him, and he quietly breathed his last at about the above-mentioned hour. The deceased, who was sixty-five years of age, had been a resident of Newcastle for the last thirty years, during which time he, together with others of the earlier residents, has done much to improve this city. On the first incorporation of Newcastle as a municipality he was one of the number of those who were returned as aldermen; and whilst acting in that capacity so efficiently discharged the duties of his office that on his retiring from the Council at the termination of the municipal year, in February, he was again elected by the citizens to fill the vacancy in the city ward, by a large majority over his opponents. Throughout Wednesday and Thursday the whole of the stores were kept partially closed, and most of the shipping in the harbour, as well as many of the places on shore, had the union flying half-mast high, out of respect for the deceased. On Thursday evening, shortly before five oclock, his funeral took place, when a very numerous assemblage of persons, including about thirty members of the Artillery Corps (of which the deceased was formerly a member), testified their respect for him, by following his remains to their last resting place in the Church of England burial ground, King Street. The funeral service was performed in a very impressive manner by the Rev. Mr. Selwyn, incumbent of Christ Church