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Facts and Events
| Name[2][6] |
Naomi Lee Keeney |
| Gender |
Female |
| Alt Birth[1] |
20 Feb 1870 |
Alabama, United States |
| Birth[3] |
6 Feb 1871 |
Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States |
| Alt Birth[4] |
Feb 1872 |
Alabama, United States |
| Marriage |
11 Jun 1890 |
Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermudato William Mead Richardson |
| Census |
9 Jun 1900 |
Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United Stateswith William Mead Richardson |
| Census |
11 Apr 1940 |
Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United Stateswith William Mead Richardson |
| Death[1][3][5] |
10 Jul 1946 |
Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States. Kaukauna Times (Kaukauna, Wisconsin)
p. 1, Friday, 12 Jul 1946.
Mrs. Richardson Dies at Age 76 at Home of Son
Wife of Former Kaukauna Photographer Buried Here; Body Brought from Illinois
Funeral services for Mrs. Meade Richardson, former Kaukauna resident for 49 years, who died at 1 o'clock Wednesday morning were held at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Greenwood Funeral home, with the Rev. L. F. Green in charge. Burial was made in the Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mrs. Richardson died at the home of her son, Elmer Richardson, Champaign, Illinois, at the age of 76 after a long illness. She was born Feb. 20, 1870 in Alabama. Her home was in Bermuda before her marriage to Mr. Richardson, who died in March, 1944.The last year she lived with her son, Elmer.
She is survived by two sons, Elmer of Champaign, and Clyde, Appleton; two sisters, Mrs. G. F. Glass Terrace, British Columbia, Mrs. Walter Dunscombe, Bermuda; one grandchild and one great granchild.
Pall bearers for the funeral were Henry Esler, Herbert Weckwerth, Joseph Winn and Joseph Gertz.
Mrs. Richardson is the wife of Meade Richardson, Kaukauna's only photographer for many years. Trained in the old school of glass plate photography and natural light, he operated a studio between the public library and the present offices of Drs. W. C. Sullivan and A. Kremers.
An Englishman by birth [sic, he was born in Wisconsin, his mother was English], he had traveled around the world a great deal and married Mrs. Richardson when he was in the photography business with his brother in Bermuda. In his studio he always kept a souvenir case of curios and shells from that island.
- ↑ Hallett, C. F. E. Hollis. Bermuda Index 1784-1914: An Index of births, marriages, deaths, as recorded in Bermuda newspapers. (Toronto: Juniperhill Press, 1989)
Vol. 2, p. 1121.
W. Mead Richardson of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, married Naomi Lee Keeney, 2nd daughter of J. C. and M. A. Keeney, in Hamilton on June 11.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Illinois, United States. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947
[1].
Dth 10 Jul 1946 Naomi Lee RICHARDSON nee KEENEY, Champaign, Champaign, IL, bur. 12 Jul Kau Kauna, Outagamie, WI, b. 6 Feb 1871 Huntsville, AL [citing film 1991310: Illinois death certificates and stillbirths, including Chicago, 1946-1947; Logan-Coles, 23892-26050 ..... June-July 1946]
- ↑ Kaukauna, in Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
Roll: T623_1809 Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 87.
RICHARDSON: W M 34 b Jun 1865 WI F b NY M b England, photographer marr 10 yrs;
wife Lenomain (?Lee Naomi?) 28 b Feb 1872 b Alabama F b Missouri M b Bermuda Is, Eng;
Son Elmer 7 b Sep 1892 b Bermuda Is F b WI M b Alabama emig 1892;
Son Clyde 1 b Oct 1898 b WI F b WI M b Alabama
- ↑ Illinois, United States. Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950.
Last name: RICHARDSON
First name: NAOMI
Middle name: L
Sex/Race: F/W
Age: UNK
Cert No.: 0025949
Death Date: 1946-07-10
County: CHAMPAIGN
City: CHAMPAIGN
Date Filed: - -
- ↑ The gravestone in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, gives the name Naomi Lee Richardson. The obituary of her son Elmer, Urbana News-Gazette, 30 Oct 1962, gives her name as Naomi Kenney Richardson.
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