Hi again Mike

 

Well I don't know if we're on the right track, see what you think.  I'm working on the basis that if Susan was born 1891c her father would probably have been somewhere in his 20's, roughly.  On that basis I've searched for births of John Henry Richards in Devon between the years 1860 and 1880.  The one that jumps out at me is the following:

 

Births Dec 1873   (>99%)
Richards	John Henry P		Stoke D.	5b	335

 

 

This is mainly because Stoke Damerel is, apparently, rather close to Plymouth.  The others are located further afield in Devon.  Of course this would mean that John was only 18 at the time Susan was born.

 

There are quite a number of John Richards born in Devon, a couple of which are in Plymouth, but of course, there's no firm way of knowing which one is correct.

 

I will continue to see if I can find John on the 1901 census though.

 

Kay

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