Mary Anne Richards

Mary Anne Richards[1]

Female 1846 - 1912  (65 years)


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  • Name Mary Anne Richards 
    Birth 7 Mar 1846  Brixton,London,England., Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Death 11 Jan 1912  Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6
    Person ID I8935  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2026 

    Father Henry John Richards,   b. 21 Jul 1808   d. 17 May 1852, Wentworth,Durban,Natal Colony, Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Mother Anne Elizabeth Scott,   b. 1814   d. 6 Mar 1862, Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Family ID F302712900  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alexander Jamieson Macpherson,   b. 17 Dec 1836, Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland., Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 1893, Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 26 Aug 1862  Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    • _HTITL: Husband
    • _WTITL: Wife
    Children 
     1. Frederick Macpherson,   b. Nov 1864, Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1924, Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     2. Henry Macpherson,   b. Abt 1865   d. 3 Jul 1902, Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
     3. John Macpherson,   b. 27 May 1868, Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1912 (Age 44 years)
     4. William Macpherson,   b. 1871, Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1917, Dundee,Natal,South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
     5. Alexander Macpherson,   b. 8 Jul 1874, Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1942, Addington Hospital,Durban, Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     6. Francis James Macpherson,   b. 2 Feb 1877, Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1939 (Age 62 years)
     7. Lilian Ann Macpherson,   b. 2 Feb 1877, Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1912 (Age 35 years)
     8. Charlotte Henrietta Macpherson,   b. 12 Sep 1882, Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1912 (Age 30 years)
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2020 

  • Notes 
    • PRIVATE
    • Her name is spelled Anne on her Marriage Certificate, and Ann on her death certificate. She was known as Polly


  • Sources 
    1. [S89] Email from Delia Robertson, May 9, 2006, (May 9, 2006).

    2. [S13] Bessie Calvert Allen, The Swift Ships by Bessie Allen, ((Unpublished, 1991)).

    3. [S994] Posting on Roots Web by Delia Robertson, (May 2000).

    4. [S470] Death Notice, Mary Ann Macpherson, (Natal Archives MSCE 44/145).

    5. [S87] Email from Shelagh Spencer October 3, 2006.

    6. [S576] Civil registration (deaths), Natal, 1863-1923.

    7. [S963] Marriage Declaration Alexander Jamieson Macpherson/Mary Anne Richards, "Marriage Declaration Macpherson/Richards," 1862; 3/3/2 H12/1862 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S10] Marriage Declaration Alexander Jamieson Macpherson/Mary Anne Richards, "Marriage Declaration Macpherson/Richards," 1862; 3/3/2 H12/1862 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S1341] Marriage declarations, 1847-1888, (South Africa, Familysearch.org.), Alexander Jamieson Macpherson and Mary Ann Richards. Film Green-Pretorius 1847-1888 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S5] South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955, Alexander Jamieson Macpherson and Mary Ann Richards. "South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2020; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S9] Death Notice Alexander Jamieson Macpherson, (Natal Archives MSCE 45/1).