Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Violet Thorpe

Female 1898 - 1986  (88 years)


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  • Name Violet Thorpe 
    Born 19 Mar 1898  , England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Name Violet Richards 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-388913 
    Died 24 Dec 1986  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I388913  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Family John Henry Walter Richards,   b. 2 Apr 1882, Torquay, , Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1965, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 30 May 1921  Port Credit, Toronto Twp., Peel Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Pearl S. Richards,   b. 3 Feb 1911,   d. 31 Jan 1983  (Age 71 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F262720  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RICHARDS, Violet

      At the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, December 24th, 1986. Violet Thorpe of Eventide Home, Cambridge, in her 89th year. Beloved wife of the late John Richards (1965). Survived by her son-in-law, Daniel McIntosh. Great-grandmother of Sandra Bruce, great-great-grandmother of Kelly and Krista Bruce all of Cambridge. Predeceased by children, Ernest and Pearl (Mrs. Dan McIntosh). Mrs. Richards was a member of the Ivy Rebecca Lodge #26 adherent of Trinity Anglican Church. Friends will be received at Littles Funeral Home, 223 Main Street East, Cambridge, on Saturday, December 27., from 7-8 p.m. Funeral service in the funeral home chapel, will follow at 8 p.m. Interment, Trinity Anglican Cemetery.

      Cambridge Reporter 1986

  • Sources 
    1. [S2598] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Trinity Anglican Cemetery Internet Link.
      RICHARDS/ In loving memory of/ John H. RICHARDS/ Apr. 2, 1882 - Feb. 2, 1965/ his wife/ Violet THORPE/ Mar. 19, 1898 - Dec. 24, 1986/ At rest/

    2. [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 018074 (1921).
      Name:John Henry Richards Age:34 Birth Year:abt 1887 Birth Place:Turkey Devonshire England Marriage Date:30 May 1921 Marriage Place:Peel, Ontario, Canada Father:William Walter Richards Mother:Susan C Showe Richards Spouse:Violet Thorpe

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 Mar 1898 - , England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Dec 1986 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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