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On 27 Sep 1853 when FREDRICK WILLIAM was 25, he married MARGARET DWIGHT EDWARDS, in
ALLEGHENY CITY, PENN. MARGARET DWIGHT died on 5 Jan 1910 in PROBABLY IN INDIANAPOLIS,
IND.
BOTH MARGARET DWIGHT AND HER HUSBAND FREDRICK WILLIAM ARE BURIED IN THE CROWN HILL
CEMETERY, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
They had the following children:
198 i. RICHARD EDWARDS (1854-1938)
199 ii. JOHN (1856-)
200 iii. FREDRICK VAN DOREN (1860-1897)
87. ELLEN CHAFFEY CHISLETT (SARAH CHAFFEY 4, RICHARD 3, BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). Born bef 16
Aug 1829 in BEAMINSTER, DORSET, ENGLAND. ELLEN CHAFFEY died in VANCOUVER B.C., CANADA,
on 26 Apr 1900; she was 70.
BAPTIZED IN BEAMINSTER, 8/16/1829 EAST STREET INDEPENDENT CHURCH
BURIED AT ROSS BAY CEMETERY IN VICTORIA, B.C.
On 12 JULY OR AUG 1854 when ELLEN CHAFFEY was 24, she married HONORABLE ALBERT NORTON
RICHARDS Q.C., son of STEPHEN RICHARDS (14 Apr 1791-26 Feb 1863) & PHOEBE BUELL (14 Apr
1789-26 Feb 1858), in PITTSBURGH, PA. Born on 8 NOV OR DEC 1822 in Brockville, CANADA.
ALBERT NORTON died in VICTORIA,B.C. CANADA, on 6 Mar 1897; he was 74.
HE WAS A LAWYER AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN THE JOHN MACDONALD GOVERNMENT. HE
MIGRATED WEST TO BRITISH COLUMBIA IN 1874 WHERE HE BECAME LT. GOVERNOR FROM 1876 TO
1881. HE WAS MARRIED TO TWO CHAFFEY WIVES. HE AND HIS SECOND WIFE, ELLEN CHAFFEY
CHISLETT, LIVED AT CAREY CASTLE, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WHERE ELLEN IS CREDITED
WITH DOING EXTENSIVE REMODELING AND REDECORATING.
HIS PARENTS WERE STEPHEN RICHARDS ESQ. OF BROCKVILLE, ONTARIO, AND PHOEBE BUELL, A
MEMBER OF THE BUELL FAMILY WHICH FOUNDED BROCKVILLE. ALONG WITH BROTHER SETPHEN,
HE HAD A BROTHER, WILLIAM BUELL RICHARDS, WHO WAS APPOINTED CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE DOMINION ON AUGUST 8TH 1875.
They had the following children:
201 i. PHOEBE (1855-1862)
202 ii. SARAH ANN (1857-1860)
203 iii. ALBERT C. (1859-1860)
204 iv. ELLEN C. (1860-1863)
205 v. ELIZA ADELINA (1862-1884)
206 vi. STEPHEN ALBERT (1864-1866)
207 vii. JANET CHAFFEY (1865-1872)
208 viii. JOHN CHISLETT (1867-1886)
209 ix. FREDRICK RICHARD (1868-1872)
210 x. GEORGE NORTON (1870-1872)
211 xi. MARGARET HARGREAVES (1874-1947)
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