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ERIC KRAUSE GENEALOGY

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LYNDA'S CORNER 
Lynda Jean Richards [Rimmer] m. Krause

GENEALOGY

MATERNAL SIDE

CHWEDCHUK

Peter (Petrov) Chwedchuk, of STARA STRELNA, BELORUSSIA and [?]
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(Son) Daniel Chwedchuk (1876-1949), b. STARA STRELNA, BELORUSSIA, d. SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, and Catherine (Ekaterina) Woytowich (-c 1922), b. probably STARA STRELNA, BELORUSSIA
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(Daughter)  Chwedchuk  (-c 1922)

(Daughter) Chwedchuk   (-c 1922)

(Son) Anthony (Anton, Anton) (Tony) Chwedchuk (July 8, 1900-January 10, 1961), b. STARA STRELNA, BELORUSSIA, d. TORONTO, CANADA, buried Fonthill Cemetery, WELLAND, ONTARIO, m. July 30, 1921, ALEXANDROVKA, USSR and Alexandra (Sonia) Maximovna Shalagin (November 6, 1902-April 16, 1984), b. KRASNO-USOLSKII, RUSSIA (Son) Leonid or Leonard (Leonia) Chwedchuk (February 10, 1923-September 26, 1999), b. STARA STRELNA, POLAND m. September 30, 1950, Elva Rankin (1919-November 20, 2001) 1. (Son) Bill Chwedchuk 2. (Dayghter) Ann Chwedchuk (Daughter) Lydia (Lidia, Lida or Lidochka) Chwedchuk (July 10, 1926-), b. STARA STRELNA, POLAND, m. June 23, 1945, CROWLAND, ONTARIO, Mike Richards [Richard Rimmer, Dick Rimmer] (February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970) 1. (Daughter) Lynda Jean Richards b. Rimmer (June 18, 1946-), Welland, Ontario, and Eric Krause (January 26, 1943-), Leamington, Ontario 2. (Son) Richard "Rick" [Ricky] Joseph Richards b. Rimmer (August 9, 1947-June 24, 1970, Welland, Ontario) 3. (Daughter) Shirley Richards and Dennis Ribble

 

ANCESTRAL GENEALOGICAL NOTES: CHWEDCHUK

• Stara Strelna [now Strelno, Poland], Volost of Yanovo, Drohichin Region, Belorussia.

• Stara Strelna village, Brest Oblat, Ivanov Region, Belorussia, was near Kobrin, about 120 km east of Brest, and 20 km east of Drogichin.

• Daniel Chwedchuk (1876-1949)  [Fedchuk in the USA] came alone to Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1913.

• Catherine (Ekaterina) Chwedchuk (Fled in c. 1914 to the Ural Mountains near Ufa where she died in c. 1922 together with her two daughters when the family, that included Anton - but not Daniel who was in the USA since 1913 - left to return to Stara Strelna [Strelno, Poland].

• Maxim Vasilievich Shalagin (?-c.1935-1937), born in the village of Krasnousolskii [KRASNO-USOLSKII], Russia just east of Sterlitamak and south of Ufa, southern Ural Mountains

• Maxim Vasilievich Shalagin (?-c.1935-1937) and Serafima Felimonovna Klement [Kleon] were the parents of Alexandra (Sonia) Maximovna Shalagin.

• Village of Alexandrovka, Volost of Nagat [Nagadat], Sterlitamak Region, Oblast of Ufa, USSR, about 2000 kilometers from Stara Strelna [Strelno, Poland].

• Anthony (Anton) Chwedchuk (July 8, 1900-January 10, 1961)  without his family came to Canada on the S.S. Megantic at Le Havre, France, April 7, 1929, arriving in Halifax, April 16, 1929 as Antoni Chwiedczuk (passport), then to Winnipeg (1929), Manitoba, then to Insinger (1929), Saskatchewan, then to Theodore (1929-1930), Saskatchewan. Then to near-to Springside (Spring, 1930), Saskatchewan, and then to Welland (1940 - and finally Highway 3A in 1941), Ontario.

Work Card
Anton Chwedchuk
Springside Sask
Usual Occupation: Section Hand & Telegraph operator
Length of Residence: 2 Years
Date Registered: September 15, 1931

• Alexandra (Sonia) Maximovna Chwedchuk (November 6, 1902-April 16, 1984) came to Canada as follows: She left Stara Strelna on a train for the Port of Danzig in late December, 1929, had her passport stamped "Port of Danzig" on December 28, 1929, crossed the Baltic Sea on the S.S. Baltavia, had her passport stamped in London, on December 31, 1929, and at Liverpool, England, on c. January 3, 1930 , boarded the S. S. Duchess of York which arrived at St. John, New Brunswick on January 12, 1930, after which she went to Theodore, Saskatchewan to meet up with her husband, Anton Chwedchuk.

• Lydia (Lidia, Lida or Lidochka) Chwedchuk (July 10, 1926-) [Lydia always celebrated her birthday as being July 14] came to Canada on the Duchess of York, under the name Lidja Chwiedozuk, travelling third class. Although her immigration Identification card [65785, # 32 on the return sheet] was stamped Jan 12 1929 [1930?], St. John N.B.,  as a Landed Immigrant, she had passed the surgeon , Duchess of York, on 10 January, 1930.

• Leonid or Leonard (Leonia) Chwedchuk (February 10, 1923--September 26, 1999)

• Nastasia Klement was the mother of Serafima Felimonovna Klement

• SS Megantic was an ocean liner built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast, and operated by the White Star Line.

• MEGANTIC - Left Southampton, 8 April 1929 - Destination: Halifax

• Ship Name: MEGANTIC
  

• Official Number: 127981
  

• Master's name: F A Frank
  

• Date of departure: 8 April 1929
  

• Port of departure: Southampton
  

• Steamship line: White Star Line
  

• Where bound: Halifax, Canada
  

• Where bound route: Halifax
  

• Square feet: 15401
  

• Registered tonage: 14877

• [Note: Cannot find a Chwedchuk or Chwiedczuk on this ship]

SOURCES

• Leonard Chwedchuk, From Revolution to Depression (Memoirs of an immigrant family from Eastern Europe arriving in Canada in 1930) (Ottawa, January, 1999)

• http://www.titanic-titanic.com/megantic.shtml

• http://www.findmypast.com/passengerListBrowseVoyages.action?destinationPort=HALIFAX&destinationCountry=CANADA&browseType=2

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• I, the undersigned, Priest Bazyli Kotowicz, Parish Priest of St. Alexander Niewski's Church Parish at village Strzelna, district of Drohiczynsk at the request of Alexandra Chwiedczuk, residing at village Stara Strzelna, district of Drohiczynsk ... 
  Names of people born: Lidia
  Profession, name, name of father and family name of parents and their religion: Peasant of Stara Strzelna, Antoni, son of Daniel, Chwiedczuk and his legal wife Alexandra, daughter of Maxejm, Orthodox religion
  Profession, name, name of father and family name of Godparents: Peasants of village Stara Strzelna and Nove Klowki, Jan, son of Eliasz Wojtowicz, and Melania, doughter [sic] of Mich Maxymowicz  ... Dated December 15, 1929

SOURCE

• Extract From The Vital Statistics Book  ... This is to certify that the above is a true and real translation ..., Done at Ottawa on the 22nd day of March 1961

•  http://www.findmypast.com/passengerListPersonSearchStart.action?redef=0

    Departure Date                            Ship                                     Destination Port

3 January 1930                      DUCHESS OF YORK                  Saint John Nb
4 January 1930                      DUCHESS OF YORK                  Saint John Nb
6 March 1930                        DUCHESS OF YORK                  Saint John Nb
4 April 1930                           DUCHESS OF YORK                  Saint John Nb
20 November 1930                DUCHESS OF YORK                  Saint John Nb

•  Lynda's grandfather's ancestors (Chwedchuk from the village of Strelno, a Ukrainian settlement in Byelorussia (Belarus - The spellings Belorussia and Byelorussia are transliterations of the name of the country in Russian and should be considered obsolete -http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Byelorussia/ ) near the Polish border), and and Lynda's grandmother birthplace (Beloretsk in the Ural mountains)

  • General Map [Source: http://www.awesomestories.com/movies/stories/enemy/images/ural_mountains.jpg ]

  • Strelno - Strelna [Стрельно, Strzalno, Strelno, Strielno - http://www.radzima.org/mapa.php?alcyr=83&lang=en ] is a place in the Ivanava district, Brest region of Belarus  [Source: http://www.belarus.by/en/belarus/territory/brest/]. Ivanava Raion is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Brest Voblast, in Belarus [Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanava_Raion ]

  • Beloretsk - In the southern Urals, in the Republic of Bashkortostan ( formerly known as "Bashkiriya whose the capital is Ufa), W Siberian Russia, situated on the Belaya River, 106 km/66 mi northwest of Magnitogorsk. [Source: http://encarta.msn.com/map_701514385/magnitogorsk.html ]

  • Belaya River - [Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Belayarivermap.png ]

  • Historic Belarus [http://www.nowogrodzki.com/genealogy/belmap.jpg ]

  • Balarus [http://www.nowogrodzki.com/genealogy/belorus1.jpg ]

  • 1940 Balorussia [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Belorussian_SSR_1940.jpg ]

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Chwiedczuk / Rimmer / Richards Connection

• "... 2. I was born with the name LYDIA CHWIEDCZUK on 10 July 1926 in Poland. After migrating to Canada with my parents in 1929, I began school in 1931 and since starting school I have always spelled my first name LYDIA and was known as LYDIA CHWEDCHUK. My parents and myself found that our polish name spelled CHWIEDCZUK was too difficult for Canadians to pronounce and so since coming to Canada our family anglicized the polish spelling of our family to CHWEDCHUK. This is the spelling on my Marriage Certificate.
  3. On June 23, 1945 in Welland, Ontario I married the deceased Michael Richards. At that time, he was known as Richard Michael [Added in pen: Joseph] Rimmer. This is the shown on my marriage certificate. In June 1947, because of severe family difficulty and deep humiliation my husband moved to Ridgetown, Ontario to get away from his family. The friction was so great that he ceased to be known as Richard Michael Rimmer and began using the name Michael Richards. This in his mind, started his life affresh [sic]. When I joined my husband in August 1947, in Ridgetown I was known as Lydia Richards... Since August 1947, I have always used the name Lydia Richards and am now in theprocess [sic] of legally changing my name to Lydia Richards ... I have no birth certificate for my late husband and do not know exactly where he was born, except somewhere in England.
  4. LIDIA CHWIEDCZUK, LYDIA CHWEDCHUK, LYDIA RIMMER, and LYDIA RICHARDS is one and the same person, and I am that person.
  5. Michael Richards and Richard Michael Rimmer is one and the same person who died January 17, 1970 and to whom I have been married since 23 June 1945 ...

SOURCE

• Declaration of 8th May, 1970, Lydia Richards of the Town of Lasalle in the County of Essex. Declared, City of Windsor, Province of Ontario - Top and Bottom

PATERNAL SIDE

RIMMER / RICHARDS

Richard Rimmer (alive 1882), Bricksetter [Brick setter]
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John Rimmer (c. 1861-), b. SOUTHPORT, LANCASHIRE, Coal Miner [Collier], of ASHTON HEATH, PARISH OF ASHTON IN MAKERFIELD in the COUNTY OF LANCASTER, m. ST. THOMASOM [ST. THOMAS], in the PARISH OF ASHTON IN MAKERFIELD in the COUNTY OF LANCASTER, January 1, 1882, Alice Knowles (c. 1862-), of Liverpool Road,  daughter of James Knowles, joiner
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Rimmer Notes Re Above:

• Richard Rimmer, once of Dunn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario [last known address according to Leonard Chwedchuk (February 10, 1923-September 26, 1999) as he reported on March 15, 1993], moved in June, 1947, to Ridgetown, Ontario where he assumed the name Michael Richards - Source: Declaration of 8th May, 1970, Lydia Richards of the Town of Lasalle in the County of Essex. Declared, City of Windsor, Province of Ontario - Top and Bottom

• Jo-Anne Wynne Rimmer, of 450 Broadway Ave, Toronto, February, 1960 - Source: Letter to Lydia Richards

• Jo-Anne Wynne (Rimmer) Carruthers, of 27 Thorncliffe Park Dr. April 1960 - Source: Letter to Lydia Richards

• Joanne (Rimmer) Carruthers, Age: 46, d. August 11, 1982:] Source: Midland Free Press - http://www.midlandlibrary.com/obituary/carruthers_joanne_74502

•  John Rimmer (c. 1861-), born Southport (Lancashire), coal miner, lodger, unmarried, age 20, of 3 Druid Street, Ashton, Lancashire, 1881 Census - PRO R.G. 11/3785, Left Side of Page, Pro, R.G. 11/3785, Right Side of Page

ANCESTRAL GENEALOGICAL NOTES: RIMMER / RICHARDS

http://uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Lancashire/index.html

Southern Portion of Lancashire County
In the southern part of the southern portion, there exists Oldham (in the east), Southport (in the west), and Ashton in Makerfield (South of Wigan)

Grand Parents and Great Grand Parents of Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards]  (February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)

Marriage - January 1, 1882

1882. Marriage solemnized at The parish Church in the Parish of St. Thomasom in the County of Lancaster, Ashton in Makerfield

Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by ________ or after Banns by me,
 
This Marriage        John Rimmer his x mark               in the            Aron Marsh_______
was solemnized                                                              Presence
between us,             Alice Knowles her x mark             of us,             Ann Marsh her x mark

SOURCE

• General Registry Office England - 1852. Marriage solemnized at The parish Church in the Parish of St. Thomasom in the County of Lancaster, Ashton in Makerfield

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Parents and Grand Parents of Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards]  (February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)

Marriage - March 18, 1911

• Entry of Marriage given at the General Register Office, 1911 Marriage solemnized at S^t Anns Church Greenacres Oldham in the District of Aldham in the County of Oldham

[Editor's Note:  This is St. Annes Roman Catholic Church, Greenacres, Oldham, Lancashire, United Kingdom  - It was founded in 1878. St Anne's, Airey Street opened in November 1880. A new church and school opened in July 1902. A further new church was built in Cook Street and opened in July 1935. - http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Oldham/StAnne.shtml This would be Fr. Owen McNulty who married them. ]

[Editor's Note: List of parish records held by Oldham Local Studies and Archives: St. Anne, Greenacres Baptisms 1878-1941 MF-R67, MF-R68; Marriages 1879-1941 MF-R68; Confirmations 1905-1936 MF-R68 - http://www.oldham.gov.uk/community/parish-registers.htm ]

Note On Mary Morrissey [Morrisey]

• Mary Morrisey, b. 24th July 1881, Old Court, County of Queen's, to Michael Morrisey (Labourer) and Margaret Henesy

SOURCE

• An Ard-Chláraitheora, Dublin

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Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards]
According to his February 27, 1915 Birth Certificate

• Entry of Birth given at the General Register Office, Oldham, 1915 birth in the Sub-district of Oldham South in the County of Oldham C.B. [County Borough]

SOURCE

• General Registry Office England

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THE RIMMERS ARRIVE IN CANADA

1923

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Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards]
According to Leonard Chwedchuk

• Name:                   Richard Joseph Rimmer

• Army Service:      1942 - 1946, Pte. No. B56155

• Date of Birth:       February 27, 1915 (as reported, not certified)

• Date of Death:     January 17, 1970 (under the name of Michael Richards)

• Father:                  Joseph Rimmer, born in England

• Mother:                 Mary Rimmer, born either in England or Ireland

• Last Residence:   Dunn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario

SOURCE

• Leonard Chwedchuk, Letter of March 15, 1993 to National Archives of Canada, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A ON3

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Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards] 
According Canadian Regimental Records, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps

• Surname                                           Rimmer

• Christian Names                              Richard

• Present address                               York Hotel, St. Catharines  [Toronto?], Ontario Canada

• Date of birth                                     Feb, 27th. 1915

• Place of birth                                    England   Lancashire Oldham

• Citizenship                                        Canada

• Religion  (state denomination)        Roman Catholic

• Trade of Calling                               Waiter

• Married, Widower or Single            Married

• Name of next of kin                          Mrs Wynne Rimmer

• Relationship                                      wife

• Address of next of kin                      [Blacked out]

SOURCE

• Attestation Paper, Richard Rimmer, B56155, RCASC D Wing, M.D. No. 2, Mobile Unite No. 4, September 29, 1942

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• Military                                    Nil

• Business or Professional         Nil

• Trade or Civil                           Waiter

• Technical                                  Nil

• Languages                                English

• High School or Collegiate        Longbranch High School Toronto 2 years Business Course 1 yr.

• Graduation or Matriculation   Nil

• College                                     Nil

• University                                 Nil

• [Places]                                     Toronto: September 25, 1942 - July 20, 1945; Camp Borden: July 21, 1945 - February 25, 1946; Toronto: February 26, 1946

SOURCE

• Record of Service, B56155, September 29, 1942 (Enlisted) - March 1, 1946 (Discharged)

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• Regt No. B56155
   
• Rank  Dvr.
   
• Name (surname first) Rimmer Richard
   
• A or R  A
   
• Age 27
   
• Med. Cat. C-1
   

• Main Language English
   

• Educational Background

  • Passed Grade 10 (town school)

  • 1 1/2 years Commercial High School (can type, a little)
     

• Occupational Background

  • 4 seasons Lakeview Golf Club [Lakeview which today is a part of Mississauga, Ontario]

  • 2 years Peoples Credit Jewellers (road Salesman)

  • 1 year York Hotel (Waiter)
     

• 12 Sep 44. MILITARY BACKGROUND ... T.O.S. # 2 D.D. 29-9-42. Transferred to # 2 D.R.C. 7-10-42. Employed Mobile Unit #  4. 8 Months on loan to Medical Board, Hamilton Armouries (clerical work) Since May 43 returned to recruiting duties at various out of town sub-stations. Present station Brantford ...
   

• 18 Feb 46: ... Enlisted at Hamilton in Sep 42. Presently employed as ration supplies man for the past 4 months. Prior to this was employed for 2 1/2 years as recruiting clerk at M.D. #2 ... Although undecided on employment contact he is likely to return to Peoples' Jewellers, his former employer ...

• Personal Selection Record - B56155 Dvr. Rimmer Richard, September 29, 1942 - February 18, 1946

• Age                                 31 years

• Height                             5 feet 8 inches

• Complexion                    Medium

• Eyes                                Hazel

• Hair                                 Brown

• Marks or Scars Scar      back of left hand

• Medals ....                       Canadian Volunteer Service Medal

SOURCE

• Canadian Army (Active) Discharge Certificate, March 1, 1946

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Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards] 
According to Lydia (Chwedchuk) Richards [m. Rimmer]

Mike and Lydia Richards

Chwiedczuk / Rimmer / Richards

• "... 2. I was born with the name LYDIA CHWIEDCZUK on 10 July 1926 in Poland. After migrating to Canada with my parents in 1929, I began school in 1931 and since starting school I have always spelled my first name LYDIA and was known as LYDIA CHWEDCHUK. My parents and myself found that our polish name spelled CHWIEDCZUK was too difficult for Canadians to pronounce and so since coming to Canada our family anglicized the polish spelling of our family to CHWEDCHUK. This is the spelling on my Marriage Certificate.
  3. On June 23, 1945 in Welland, Ontario I married the deceased Michael Richards. At that time, he was known as Richard Michael [Added in pen: Joseph] Rimmer. This is the shown on my marriage certificate. In June 1947, because of severe family difficulty and deep humiliation my husband moved to Ridgetown, Ontario to get away from his family. The friction was so great that he ceased to be known as Richard Michael Rimmer and began using the name Michael Richards. This in his mind, started his life affresh [sic]. When I joined my husband in August 1947, in Ridgetown I was known as Lydia Richards... Since August 1947, I have always used the name Lydia Richards and am now in theprocess [sic] of legally changing my name to Lydia Richards ... I have no birth certificate for my late husband and do not know exactly where he was born, except somewhere in England.
  4. LIDIA CHWIEDCZUK, LYDIA CHWEDCHUK, LYDIA RIMMER, and LYDIA RICHARDS is one and the same person, and I am that person.
  5. Michael Richards and Richard Michael Rimmer is one and the same person who died January 17, 1970 and to whom I have been married since 23 June 1945 ...

SOURCE

• Declaration of 8th May, 1970, Lydia Richards of the Town of Lasalle in the County of Essex. Declared, City of Windsor, Province of Ontario - Top and Bottom

 Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards]
According to Leonard Chwedchuk, brother of Lydia (Chwedchuk) Richards [m. Rimmer]

• "... she "[Lydia] eventually ended up marrying Richard Rimmer, a man in an army uniform ... "

• "That summer, on June 23, 1945, my sister got married, and I made the trip to Welland by train for the wedding. It was one of those affairs with both Canadian and Ukrainian traditions, the marriage being performed by Rev. Fern A. Sales [Rev. Fern Sayles - Sayles was associated with the United Church All Peoples’ Mission in Crowland] of the Peoples Church in Crowland, and the reception with Ukrainian polkas and various waltzes taking place at the farm home ..."

• "We did know that he [Rimmer] was a Sergeant in the army, that he was about ten years older than Lydia who was only nineteen, that he had been married before [to Wynne  Rimmer] and had a daughter [Jo-Anne Rimmer m. Robert James Carruthers, Scarborough, Toronto - m. February 27, 1960] who was about sixteen years old at the time, and that his father was a construction contractor in Toronto ..."

Joanne Rimmer

• "Richard started to gamble at cards after being discharged from the army, or perhaps even before, and soon ran up substantial debts which got him into trouble with his gambling buddies. To get out of that hot frying pan, he foolishly jumped into the fire, and ended up as as refugee from the law, hiding out as hired help for Jack Hymers, a farmer neat [sic: near] Ridgetown, Ont., under the assumed name of Mike Richards ..."

SOURCE

• Leonard Chwedchuk, From Revolution to Depression (Memoirs of an immigrant family from Eastern Europe arriving in Canada in 1930) (Ottawa, January, 1999), pp. 85, 105-106

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Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards] 
According to Shirley (Richards) Ribble, daughter of Lydia (Chwedchuk) Richards [m. Rimmer]
 

• "Went to bed and then got up to keep on reading your [Eric Krause's] site. Did I not send you the stuff from England and Ireland that have the actual births of Dad, brother and I think sister and that Dad's dad was Joseph Rimmer and his Mom was Mary Morrissey from Cork Ireland? I am still reading but a bit confused as I have the info and maybe I did not send it along. I am sure I still have it. I also have all the STUFF from Fernie about Rick [Richards, where he worked for a time and died in an auto accident] and I thought I gave Lynda [Krause] copies but really not sure at this time . I also did not know that most of your family came from South Russia. Very interesting. I did not know that Dad was in hiding. I knew he changed his name but Mom has given me a story that he worked for a Jeweler [Peoples Credit Jewellers] and took money for gambling and Ernie Goldhawk paid his debt when he landed in Ridgetown and that is all I knew . Mom always said that she left him with Rick and Lynda and lived with Nanny [Alexandra (Sonia) Maximovna [Shalagin] Chwedchuk (November 6, 1902-April 16, 1984)] on the farm [in Welland] and then he got the job in Ridgetown and Ernie paid and Dad changed his name there when Lynda and Rick were just going to school. I found out this when I had to take Mom to Windsor to get her name changed to Chwedchuck, Rimmer and Richards and all the same as she was trying to collect her Old Age Pension and then I was not sure if her story was 100% correct. Mom has always said Dad was born in Cork Ireland but his birth certificate says Manchester, England [Oldham, Greater Manchester, formerly Oldham in the County of Lancashire] but Mom says he was raised for a long time in Cork ...."

SOURCE

•  Source: Shirley (Richards) Ribble, e-mail to Eric Krause, 2010

• Mom said that Nanny and Grand dad always when [sic: went] to the Greek Orthodoist [sic: Orthodox] church in Russia ... Apparently, Dad was an alter boy and did it all for the Catholic church. Remember, I found out Dad was born in Lancaster [Oldham, County of Lancashire], England, but went to Cork, Ireland, to be raised for a long time. His family, went back to England and thats [sic: that's] when his father was booted out of England for dog raceing and they moved to Toronto and his father was a big shot in construction in TO and great grandfather died in a scrap on the street in TO when someone hit him and he hit his head and died ...

SOURCE

• Shirley (Richards) Ribble - I asked Mom, April 10, 2004.

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 Funeral Of
Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards] 

Michael Richards (February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)

SOURCE

• Reid Funeral Home Limited, 14 Russell Street, Leamington, Ontario - Funeral Director's Statement of Death, Dated Leamington, 19th Day of August, 1986

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BROTHER RICK

1950s

• Brother Rick Richards (June 24, 1970-August 9, 1947, b. Welland, Ontario) - Ricky Richards, Ricky Joseph Richards), Minor Hockey Team Late 1950s

SOME PHOTOS

1950s

Richards Family

At Recess
"Ridgetown Public School - Lynda and Rick" (written on back of photo)
Galbraith Photography, Ridgetown, Phone Or. 4-5543, Order # 213
[Note: Lynda and Rick went to a one-room school that Lynda remembers as being the Skane School [on the Scane side-road?].
The boys sat on one side, and the girls on the other. The above scene looks to be a boys camp.
Rick is in the front row, the 12th boy from the left, and is the one holding the dog.]
 

1960 - 1961

Lynda Richards - School Day

SOME PROJECTS

• Robert (Bob) J. Morgan's 70th Birthday Party at the Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club, October 24, 2008

ADDITIONAL RESEARCH

• Further Research - Rimmer Names