Richard Sedgwick [Richard Sedgwick / Eleanor Eglin] b. June 1840, Sedbergh, Yorkshire, England d. aft 1900, [Wisconsin]1,4a m. abt 1868, [Wisconsin], Laura Weeks1,4a,6 immigrated to Waukesha County, Wisconsin with father about 18496 Laura A Weeks [William Weeks / Maria Margaret Simpson] Census Records:
1850 Wisconsin, Waukesha, Lisbon
Laura as child:
1860 Wisconsin, Waukesha, Lisbon 1870 Wisconsin, Waukesha, Lisbon and Merton (counted twice) 1880 Wisconsin, Waukesha, Merton 1900 Wisconsin, Waukesha, Merton The following bio of Richard Sedgwick appears in History of Waukesha County RICHARD SEDGWICK, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Merton; was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1840; in about, 1849 he came to this country with his father, Richard Sedgwick, his mother having died in England; they settled in the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., where he married, in 1870, Laura Weeks, she was born in Lisbon in 1847, and was the daughter of William Weeks, a pioneer settler and esteemed citizen of that turn; they have one child, Alice May. He owns a desirably located farm a short distance from the village of Merton, and in the vicinity of Lake Keesus, a beautiful sheet of water covering several acres and abounding with fish; his father is now a resident of the village of Pewaukee. Richard said in the 1900 census that he had immigrated in 1853, but he as was here for the 1850 census, the above statement "about 1849" as the imigration year is probably correct Children:
Alice M Sedgwick
b. abt 1879, Wisconsin1 |
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Sources and notes: 1. Census records, any of those indicated. 4. Ancestry.com World Family Tree (user submitted data) 6. History of Waukesha County [Wisconsin]; bio of Richard Sedgwick (b. 1840) |
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