Edward Rutland Richards^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1892 - 1960  (68 years)

• Name	Edward Rutland Richards
  Birth	Abt 1892  [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Jun 1960
  Burial	Stellawood Cemetary,Durban,Natal,South Africa   [3]
  Person ID	I17693	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Rutland Henry Richards,   b. 30 Aug 1863   d. 16 Dec 1930, Durban,Kwazulu-Natal,South Africa (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Isabella Anderson,   b. 1863
  Marriage	8 Apr 1891	Newcastle,Natal,South Africa   [4]
  	_HTITL: Husband _WTITL: Wife
  Family ID	F634	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruby Ketley,   b. Abt 1893   d. 18 Mar 1982 (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	15 Nov 1917	Durban,Kwazulu-Natal,South Africa   [5]
  	_HTITL: Husband _WTITL: Wife
  Children	1. Daphne Iris Richards   2. Trevor Edward Richards,   b. Abt 1919   d. 22 Nov 1944, Springfield Military Hospital,Durban,Kwazulu-Natal,South Africa (Age 25 years)
  Family ID	F302713921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2020

  
  

• Notes

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• Sources

  [S837] email from Heather Walker. (Reliability: 3). ----- Original Message ----- [S837] email from Heather Walker. (Reliability: 3). ----- Original Message ----- «b»From:«/b» «u»Walker Family «/u» «b»To:«/b» «u»ivanzyl@gmail.com «/u» «b»Sent:«/b» Friday, July 04, 2008 12:18 PM «b»Subject:«/b» HENRY RICHARDS ON THE MINERVA Hi Ian If you have a connection to this settler, then you have a very, very distant relationship to my husband, Michael John Walker. My husband is descended from Edward, Henry's brother. They came out together with their families but both died in the late 1850's, in Natal. Edward's son, Edward Rutland Richards married his cousin Annie Charlotte. They moved to Wakkerstroom (old Tvl) with some of the original Edward's children and a sizeable Richards brood was raised there. They seemed to have moved to and fro over the Berg from Wakkerstroom to Newcastle. Edward Rutland's son, Henry Rutland Richards, had a son, also Edward Rutland who had a daughter, Daphne Iris, who married Harry Baxter Walker. Daphne and Harry are the parents of my husband, Michael. Many of the Wakkerstroom boys married local girls and there are Afrikaans speaking Richards in the Wakkerstrrom, Ermelo, Standerton areas to this day. Of course, those that settled in Natal, stayed very British. The family fought on both sides in the Boer War-- there are claims for compensation on the SA Archives site. More info can be found on Familysearch-- the Latter Day Sts site. Though sometimes this is not 100% as the info has been collected by people with insufficient knowledge of SA, so errors have crept in. I hope this has been of help. Let me know if I can do more. Please tell me more about yourself, your family and your move to Canada. Regards Heather Walker Jahannesburg [S1278] eGSSA Gravestone Library, (The Genealogical Society of SA (GSSA) http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org), Edward Rutland and Ruby Richards (Reliability: 3). [S5] South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955, Rutland Henry Richards and Isabella Anderson, 08 Apr 1891; citing Newcastle, Natal, South Africa; 00146; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,259,213. (Reliability: 3). [S5] South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955, Edward Rutland Richards and Ruby Ketley, 15 Nov 1917; citing Durban, Natal, South Africa; 00648; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,795,578. (Reliability: 3).