I'm helping a friend with her family history: tale says her own line Richardsons are/were related to the Re(a)dhead shipbuilding family. I've found the first John Readhead's wife was called Susannah Richardson, but does anyone know anything about this lady? Apparently born about 1819 in Whitby, Yorkshire, married John Readhead 20 Nov 1842 at St Hilday, South Shields. However, I must say this Richardson connection seems a bit far distant for a family story of a possible Lord Mayor in the family related to the Richardson line - especially when the Lord Mayor is supposed to be an uncle. The census returns I've found for the Readhead don't appear to have any other Richardson relatives staying with them on the nights in question. So no clues. Does anyone have any further information? The main source of my Readhead shipbuilding data is the website, through Communigate/Northumbria University, run by ex-worker/s of the company. JK