Does anyone know more about Susannah RICHARDSON? Her husband was John READHEAD the founder of the shipyard. She is reputed to have been born about 1819 in Whitby, North Yorkshire, married on 20 Nov 1842 at St Hilda Souths Shields, and died about 1887 also South Shields. This mainly from a website about the Shipyard, but some confirmed by checking census returns. I'm doing some research for a friend, a family legend says they were related to the Readhead family - the only connection I can see at present would be through a Richardson connection - as that is her surname too. However, it's a very tenuous connection, given the time scale. Many thanks J K