Albert Richards

1854 - 1931  (~ 77 years)

• Name	Albert Richards
  Birth	Apr 1854	Tamaqua, Schuylkill, PA
  Gender	Male
  Census	22 Jun 1860	Tamaqua, Schuylkill, PA ; age 6, born PA, living with parents
  Census	16 Aug 1870	Wiconisco, Dauphin, PA ; age 15, born PA, Apprentice to Tanning, living with parents
  Census	8 Jun 1900	San Jose, Santa Clara, CA ; age 43, born Apr 1857 in PA, marr 14 yrs, postal clerk, parents born ENG/ENG
  Census	22 Apr 1910	San Jose, Santa Clara, CA ; age 58, born PA, marr 24 yrs, postal clerk for steam railway, parents born Wales/Wales
  Census	6 Jan 1920	San Jose, Santa Clara, CA ; age 62, born PA, postal clerk for railway mail service, parents born Wales/Wales
  Census	10 Apr 1930	San Jose, Santa Clara, CA ; age 74, born PA, marr at 30, parents born Wales/Wales
  Death	8 May 1931	San Jose, Santa Clara, CA
  Person ID	I1237	Family Tree
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas Richards,   b. 1817, Wales d. 14 Mar 1889, San Jose, Santa Clara, CA (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Mary Jenkins,   b. 1818, Wales d. 27 Nov 1897, San Jose, Santa Clara, CA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	30 Sep 1837	Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales
  Notes	Wales, Glamorgan, Parish Register Marriages, 1837-1922 On 30 Sep 1837 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales Thomas Richard, son of William Richard, married Mary Jenkins, daughter of Jenkin Jenkins
  Family ID	F263	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Brown,   b. Dec 1861, Almaden, Santa Clara, CA d. 1 Jun 1939, Ripon, San Joaquin, CA (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	8 Nov 1885	San Jose, Santa Clara, CA
  Notes	from "Western States Marriage Record Index" (byui.edu) On 8 Nov 1885 in Santa Clara Co CA, Albert Richards married Cassie E Brown.
  Children	+ 1. Alva Mary Richards,   b. 15 Jan 1893, San Jose, Santa Clara, CA d. 2 Aug 1933, San Jose, Santa Clara, CA (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2018

  
  

• Photos		Albert Richards (source: photo album of Joe Geraci)
  		Albert and Catherine (Brown) Richards framed colorized photo (source: Geraci family)

  
  

• Notes

  from "The San Jose Mercury News", 12 May 1931 (newsbank.com) Funeral services for Albert Richards, who died at his home, 365 Vine street, Friday, were held yesterday in the funeral parlors of Thomas Monahan. The services were conducted under the auspices of San Jose lodge No. 10, F. & A.M. Interment was in Oak Hill mausoleum. Richards and his brother formerly conducted a wood, coal, hay and grain business in San Jose. In 1893 he retired from business and joined the U.S. railway mail service. He served as a railway mail clerk for 27 years and was retired on pension. Richard was 73 years old, a native of Pennsylvania, and lived in San Jose more than 50 years. He is survived by this widow, Catherine E. Richards; a daughter, Mrs. Alva R. Geraci and a grandson, Joseph Albert Geraci, all of San Jose. He was a member of San Jose lodge No. 10, F. & A.M., the American Railway Mail association and the M.B.A. of postoffice