Nancy, I remember many years ago, a student of mine was tracing the name of Richings and discovered that the name was often spelt as RICHENS. Have you tried that spelling variation? Sandra Nancy Richings wrote: >My brick wall is the Richings family. John Richings, son of James, was born >on Feb 18. 1831, no place know, but somewhere in the west of England. He >married Mary Birt on Dec. 24, 1853 in Mosely Green, Gloc., and soon after >that they came to the USA. He was a coal miner, but on his marriage license >his father was listed as James Richings, a farmer!! I have checked all of >the Richings families on the 1851 census of Gloucestershire without any >success, but have not had access to other counties in the west of the >country. He would have been 20 years old on the 1851 census and since they >left England in 1854, he is not listed on any others. I don't believe that >his family came to the USA, but am not certain of that. I have found some >information on Mary Birt's family, but John's home and family remain a >mystery. Thanks for any help. Nancy Richings > > > >==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== >To know your history is to know yourself. > > > >

Yes, thanks I have tried every possible variation on the spelling. It is frequently mispelled Ritchings or the s left off. It seems such a simple name, but difficult to research. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra J Smith" <sandra.s@ntlworld.com> To: <WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 04:40 PM Subject: Re: [WSX] Re: Brick wall, Richings > Nancy, > I remember many years ago, a student of mine was tracing the name of > Richings and discovered that the name was often spelt as RICHENS. Have > you tried that spelling variation? > Sandra > > Nancy Richings wrote: > > >My brick wall is the Richings family. John Richings, son of James, was born > >on Feb 18. 1831, no place know, but somewhere in the west of England. He > >married Mary Birt on Dec. 24, 1853 in Mosely Green, Gloc., and soon after > >that they came to the USA. He was a coal miner, but on his marriage license > >his father was listed as James Richings, a farmer!! I have checked all of > >the Richings families on the 1851 census of Gloucestershire without any > >success, but have not had access to other counties in the west of the > >country. He would have been 20 years old on the 1851 census and since they > >left England in 1854, he is not listed on any others. I don't believe that > >his family came to the USA, but am not certain of that. I have found some > >information on Mary Birt's family, but John's home and family remain a > >mystery. Thanks for any help. Nancy Richings > > > > > > > >==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > >To know your history is to know yourself. > > > > > > > > >