2.3.4.3.2. William Richmond (1911-1994)

William Richmond was born in 1911 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, to Thomas and Catherine (Riddell) Richmond. He was their second child and their first born in Canada.

On 4 September 1919 William, his parents and siblings arrived in Glasgow, Scotland aboard the S/S Cassandra. They had sailed from Montreal and were going to Auchentibber to visit relatives. On 27 May 1920 William, his mother and siblings boarded the S/S Saturnia in Glasgow to return to Canada. They arrived in Quebec on 5 June 1920 and took the train to Nanaimo.

On 7 July 1934 William married Edna May Simpson at St. Paul's Church in Nanaimo. William was 22 years old and worked as a farm laborer. Edna was also 22 years old and worked as a domestic.

St. Paul's Anglican Church, Nanaimo c 1886; image courtesy of the Canada
Library and Archives

William died in 1994 and is buried in Nanaimo Municipal Cemetery and shares a headstone with his wife and father.

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"St. Paul's Anglican Church, Canada Library and Archives
1921 Canada Census, Census Place: Nanaimo, Nanaimo, British Columbia; Page: 22; Family No: 140
1921 Canada Census, Census Place: Nanaimo, Nanaimo, British Columbia; Page: 30; Family No: 316
Canada, British Columbia Marriage Certificate, 1872-1938, 1934-09-420400

Canada, British Columbia Marriage Index, 1872-1935, 1934 Richmond, William - Simpson, Edna May

Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924, 1920 Richmond, William

Canada, Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, 1920 Richmond, William

UK, Incoming Passengers Lists, 1878-1960, 1919 Richmond, William

UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, 1920 Richmond, William