Augustine Walmisley

Born: 26 April 1843

Died: 1929

Married: Ernest M. Richardson

Mother: Marie Girault

Father: John Walmisley

Descendant: Frank Richardson

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Marie Augustine Walmisley was born in Westminster on the 26th April 1843 to John Richard Lambert Walmisley and Marie Augustine Walmisley.

She seems to have been known as Augustine, and her marriage certificate refers to her as Augustine Anna Maria.

Birth

Registration District: Westminster, 1843 BIRTH in the Sub-district of St. John the Evangelist in the County of Middlesex
When and where born	Name, if any	Sex	Name and surname of father	Name, surname, and maiden name of mother	Occupation of father	Signature, description and residence of informant	When Registered
Twenty-Sixth of April 1843 12 North Street	Maria Augustine	Girl	John Richard Lambert Walmisley	Marie Augustine Walmisley formerly Graffe	Solicitor	John R.L. Walmisley, Father 12 North Street	Nineteenth of May 1843

On the night of 30 March 1851 she was 7 years old and living with her parents at 4 The Grange, Brompton, Kensington, Middlesex, England. Her name was given as Augustine Anna Walmisley.

On the night of 7 April 1861 she was 17 years old and living with her mother Augustine Walmisley and her siblings at 6 Limerston Street, Chelsea, London, England. Her name was given as Augustine A. M. Walmisley.

1871 was the night of 2 April 1871.

Marriage

She married Ernest Murray Richardson on March 30th, 1872 at the Holy Trinity Church in the parish of Twickenham (district of Brentford, Middlesex). They had at least 10 children (see Ernest's page). Below is a recent certified copy of her marriage certificate.

It states that she was 25 at the time of her marriage, a spinster, and living in Twickenham. This age seems a bit optimistic since she is listed in the 1851 census as being 7 and a scholar!. The mariage certificate. It also lists her father as John Richard Lambert Walmisley (solicitor). One of the witnesses is one of her half-sisters (by her mother) - Gabrielle Girault.

On the night of 3 April 1881 she was living with her husband Ernest Murray Richardson at 8 Buenos Ayres, Margate St John Baptists, Kent. Her age was given as 32 (she should have been 37). They were living with six children.

Children

From the 1911 census they had 8 children together, all eight were still alive in 1911. And yet the various different censuses over the years give 10 different names, so it is likely that two of the children used different names at different times. Possibly Violet/Alexandrine or John/Pelham or Curtis/Howard.

Child's Name	D.O.B.	P.O.B.	Occupation	D.O.M.	D.O.D
Frank Engleheart Richardson	~1873	Blackheath, Kent		13 May 1893
Charles Richardson	~1874	Blackheath, Kent
Violet/Alexandrine Richardson	~1876	Clapham, Surrey
Mabel Richardson	~1877	Clapham, Surrey
Ronald Richardson	~1878	Balham, Surrey
John Richardson	~1880	Balham, Surrey
Pelham Richardson	~1881	Balham, Surrey
Howard Richardson	~1883	Hanwell, Middlesex
Curtis Richardson	~1883	Hanwell, Middlesex
Ernest Richardson	~1884	Deal, Kent

On the night of 5 April 1891 she was a widow, living at Andrew Villa, Keymer, Burgess Hill, along with six of her children. She listed her age as 43 years old, and was living on her own means.

On the night of 31 March 1901 she was living at 276 Wightman Road in Hornsey, Middlesex (near Harringay, now part of London). She is living with her two daughters Mabel (24) and Violet (25) and her niece, also called Mabel (7). She claims that her age is 51...

On the night of 2 April 1911 she was living at 44 Upper St. James Street, Brighton, with her son Curtis Richardson (28) who was a coach builder for a railway company. She gave her age as 64, and she said that she had been married for 39 years, and had 8 children born, and all of them were still living. The house had 5 rooms (including the kitchen, but excluding any bathrooms).

Death

The death of Augustine A. M. Richardson aged 78 was registered in Q1, 1929 at Kensington, vol 1a, p242.