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Note N370 Index

Born Alfred Botwright and when his mother, Harriet Botwright, married Charles Allum he was christened as Alfred Allum on August 2, 1857. He later reverted to Botwright when he married Mary Ann Pipe.

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Note N371 Index

There is no real evidence of his birth and therefore Robert's parents. He is listed in the 1841 and 1851 census records living with his Grandmother Esther Blomfield in Benhall.

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Note N372 Index

There is a family tree on Ancestry with John's parents listed as John Hearn (1771 - May 2 1840) and Mary Durrant (1775-1858). Though we can prove there was a John Hearn who died in May 1840 there is no other documented proof available at this time.

Mary Durrant has parents listed as Joseph Durrant and Mary Pearce - no dates.

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Note N373 Index

There is a family tree on Ancestry with Sarah's parents listed as James Wythe (1772 - 1851) and Susannah Hays (? - 1808). There is no other documented proof available at this time.

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Note N374 Index

Beatrice Swanson went to live with her aunt and uncle, Josephine (Newman) Ritter and William Ritter in Galveston, Texas after her mother died.

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Note N375 Index

There are not very many records about Margaret Newman. The only church record is that of her confirmation by Rev. Alexander Gregg, D.D, Bishop of Texas at Trinity Episcopal Church in Galveston. Her name is listed among the dead from the Galveston Hurricane/Tidal Wave on Wednesday, 8 September, 1900. ("Complete Story of the Galveston Horror", by John Coulter, 1900, pg 366-367). She was probably buried in the mass funerals or burned on the mass funeral pyres.

(Entered 12 June 1994 by Linda Sease)

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Note N376 Index

The only church record for her at Trinity Episcopal Church is that of her death. She is listed in Book 3, page 329 as having died 15 Sept 1897, buried in the Episcopal Cemetery by Rev. W.K. Lloyd. She is also listed in Book 4, page 267, as having died 15 Sept 1896. I could find no tombstone for her in the cemetery and no notice of her death in either year in the microfilm copies of the Galveston Daily News.

(Entered 13 June 1994 by Linda Sease)

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Note N377 Index

There are no church records for him at Trinity Episcopal Church in Galveston. However, he is buried in the Episcopal Cemetery in Galveston, located at 40th Street and Avenue L.

His tombstone reads:

In Memory of
My beloved Husband
WILLIAM RICHARDSON

Born in Sweden
Jan 20, 1822
Died in Galveston
June 7, 1877
Aged 54 years & 5 mos.
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A light from our household is gone
A voice we loved is stilled
A place is vacant in our hearts

(The last line is underground)

The following Funeral Notice appears in the Galveston Daily News on Saturday, 9 June 1877:

FUNERAL NOTICE
RICHARDSON - The friends and acquaintances of Wm. Richardson are respectfully
requested to attend his funeral, from his late residence on Mechanic, between Eleventh
and Twelfth streets, This Afternoon, at 4 o'clock.

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Note N378 Index

The only record of her at Trinity Episcopal Church in Galveston is her second marriage. She is buried in the Episcopal Cemetery in Galveston with her first husband, William Richardson. Her tombstone reads as follows:

To our beloved Mother
MARGARET RICHARDSON
born Dec. 7, 1824
DIED Jan. 11, 1891

The inscription at the bottom is not legible. I plan to have a tombstone rubbing of it done to see if it can be read.

The Galveston Daily News contained the following item on Monday, 12 Jan 1891:

DIED
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BERGVALL - Yesterday evening at half past 6 o'clock, Mrs. Margaret Bergvall, formerly
wife of William Richardson, aged 68 years; a native of Germany.
Funeral will take place this afternoon at 4 o'clock, from residence, corner Sixteenth and
Strand. Friends and acquaintances are invited to attend.

(Entered 10 June 1994 by Linda Sease.)