Person:Christian Richard (1)

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Christian J. Richard
b.2 Mar 1846 Belfort, France
  1. Christian J. Richard1846 - 1929
  2. Joseph D. Richard1849 - 1921
m. 10 Feb 1878
  1. Christian Walter Richard1889 - 1964
  2. Katherine Myra Richard1891 - 1950
  3. Oscar William Richard1896 - 1918
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Christian J. Richard
Gender Male
Birth[1] 2 Mar 1846 Belfort, France
Immigration[1][4] 1852 United States
Marriage License 7 Feb 1878 Wayne co., Ohio, United StatesA license was issued by Aquila Wiley, probate judge, for Christian J. Richard and Amelia Jacobs. The affidavit affirming the legal age (at least 21 and 18, respectively) and residency of the couple was signed by Christian J. Richard.
to Amelia Caroline Jacoby
Marriage 10 Feb 1878 Wayne co., Ohio, United StatesChristian and Amelia were joined in marriage by Geo. Dellman.
to Amelia Caroline Jacoby
Death[1] 25 Feb 1929 Smithville, Wayne co., Ohio, United StatesChristian J. Richard (occ. retired farmer) died of epithelioma of head [cancer]. It was stated that he had been a resident of Smithville for 3 years and of the United States for 76 years.
Obituary[3] 25 Feb 1929 Wooster Daily Record, p. 1; also same, p. 4, 13 March 1929
Burial[1][2][4] 27 Feb 1929 Oak Grove Mennonite Cem., Green twp., Wayne co., Ohio, United StatesThe undertaker was J. J. Buckwalter, of Smithville, Ohio. The grave marker was inscribed, “RICHARD; AMELIA C. 1856–1931; CHRISTIAN J. 1846–1929”.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ohio. Department of Health. Office of Vital Statistics. Certificates of death, 1908–present. (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983–2005)
    vol. 5929, no. 18268, filed 25 March 1929.

    Digital record with image viewed in “Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953,” database, FamilySearch, FHL 1991764, DGS 4022247, image 2540 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6Z6-99J : accessed 1 June 2016).

    Christian J. Richard, married to Amelia Jacoby, occ. retired farmer, d. 25 Feb. 1929, at 10 a.m., Village of Smithville, Wayne co. (resident for 3 years; in U.S. for 76 years); b. 2 March 1846, Belfort, France, to John Richard (b. France). He did not serve in the U.S. Navy or Army. The informant was Mrs. H. H. Conrad [Christian's daughter Katherine], of Smithville, Ohio.

  2. 2.0 2.1 Wayne County Historical Society (Ohio). Genealogical Section. Wayne County, Ohio Burial Records. ([Wooster, Ohio?]: The Society, 1975)
    p. 399.

    In Oak Grove Mennonite Church Cemetery, Green Township: “Christian J. RICHARD 1846–1929”

  3. Hayes Presidential Center, and various public libraries of Ohio. Ohio Obituary Index [database]. (Fremont, Ohio: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, ca. 1970-).

    (http://index.rbhayes.org/hayes/index/record_detail.asp?id=574111 : accessed 1 June 2016)

    Christian J. Richard, spouse Amelia, age 83, d. 25 Feb. 1929.

  4. 4.0 4.1Christian J Richard”, in Find A Grave
    memorial 91561127. Viewed digital image of grave marker, accessed 1 June 2016.

    It includes a transcribed obituary from the Gospel Herald.