Richardson Branch - Family History

The story of a coal hewer, his wife, and a life lived by the pit, 1890–1965 In the churchyard at St Andrews in Lamesley, on the southern fringe of Gateshead, one word brings my great-grandparents' story to its close: Reunited. The stone carries two names. Margaret Richardson who died on 25th October 1943, aged 51. William Richardson who outlived her by more than twenty years, dying on 14 February 1965 at the age of 75. The full transcription from the Parish Burial records rea