A few of our Richards family photos shared with me by my Aunt. This is my father's family originating in Ireland who were among the early settlers in Cambria County and Clearfield Counties Pa. For more information on these ancestors, please see family tree
My six year old Granddaughter, MacCaila Steel Murray, said to me on Sunday, "Grammy, I want to be a Richards." I knew she meant she wanted her last name the same as mine. I assured her, she is a Richards, for she is my Granddaughter and that makes her a Richards. Just because her name is Murray, doesn't make her any less of a Richards.
My six year old Granddaughter, MacCaila Steel Murray, said to me on Sunday, "Grammy, I want to be a Richards." I knew she meant she wanted her last name the same as mine. I assured her, she is a Richards, for she is my Granddaughter and that makes her a Richards. Just because her name is Murray, doesn't make her any less of a Richards.
Macie Racks, Rosemily Harris and husband of Macie, Hays L. Richards
George Richards on left, Betty Jean in center and John Steel on right. Taken in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa.
Cousins..From left to right: Jennifer Richards, Kristen Richards, Carrie, Lisa, and MacCaila Murray(standing in front of her mother). These girls have not seen each other in years. Kristen and her mother were in from Texas for a visit.
©DRichards08/2007
©DRichards08/2007
Colin Murray Porter home from the hospital and doing very well.
A nice big yawn and he's off to sleep once again. ©DRichards09/2007
A nice big yawn and he's off to sleep once again. ©DRichards09/2007
This record was found in Clearfield County Court and is the Alien Docket attached to my 3rd Great Grandfather's [George Richards] Naturalization papers.
Between 1815 and 1845, nearly a million Irish, including a large number of unemployed Catholics, came to the United States. The men went to work providing the backbreaking labor needed to build canals, roads and railways in the rapidly expanding country. Irish pick-and-shovel workers proved to be very hard-working and were in great demand. American contractors often placed advertisements in newspapers in Dublin, Cork and Belfast before beginning big construction projects. The massive Erie Canal project, for example, was built by scores of Irishmen working from dawn till dusk for a dollar-a-day, hand-digging their way westward through the rugged wilderness of upstate New York. The 363 mile-long canal became the main east-west commerce route and spurred America's early economic growth by drastically lowering the costs of getting goods to market.
Between 1815 and 1845, nearly a million Irish, including a large number of unemployed Catholics, came to the United States. The men went to work providing the backbreaking labor needed to build canals, roads and railways in the rapidly expanding country. Irish pick-and-shovel workers proved to be very hard-working and were in great demand. American contractors often placed advertisements in newspapers in Dublin, Cork and Belfast before beginning big construction projects. The massive Erie Canal project, for example, was built by scores of Irishmen working from dawn till dusk for a dollar-a-day, hand-digging their way westward through the rugged wilderness of upstate New York. The 363 mile-long canal became the main east-west commerce route and spurred America's early economic growth by drastically lowering the costs of getting goods to market.
Sandra, daughter of Harold Edward and Carolyn Ann Richards ©DRichards
Sandra, daughter of Harold Edward and Carolyn Ann Richards. MacCaila is looking more and more like her Auntie Sandy. ©DRichards
Presenting for the first time the latest member of the Black, Murray and Richards Families Miss Riley Irene Black, daughter of Lisa Marie Murray and Brian Black, granddaughter of Debra Richards and Lawrence Murray, Great Granddaughter of the late George Leonard Murray and Marie Vourron and the late Harold Edward Richards and his widow Carolyn Ann Cramer Richards Hedrick. She came home today!©DRichards06/24/08
