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Framed Photograph of Thomas William Richards

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Framed Photograph of Thomas William Richards (1846-1937 ) who worked in the timber industry at Yoganup.

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Thomas William Richards was born in 1846, in England. He married Eliza House(nee Dilley (1854-1922) on 25 December 1879, in Western Australia, Australia. Eliza was born in York, WA and had previously married Edward House of Capel who died in 1877 leaving her with three children: Charles Pearse House, Anne Ellen House, Jane Elizabeth House.

Thomas and Eliza had 4 children: Thomas William Richards, Eliza Jane Richards, Alma Hester Richards, Olive Lucille Richards.

Thomas died on 27 March 1937, in Western Australia, Australia, at the age of 91.

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Busselton
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ROOM 1.6 Reception and Early Settlers

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Framed Photograph of Thomas William Richards (1846-1937 )

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