Birth: 1825 Knaresborough, Yorkshire, UK
Father: Thomas Abbey (Abby) c1785-1877
Mother: Ann (Anna) ? c1787-1874
Christening: 18 March 1825 St John the Baptist, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: January-March 1849 Knaresborough, Yorkshire, UK
Wife: Sarah Fairbank c1825-1883
Death: 5 March 1897 High Bridge, Knaresborough, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Burial: 11 March 1897 St John the Baptist, Knaresborough, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Frederick Abbey 1849-1914
William Fairbank Abbey 1853-1937
Fairbank Abbey 1855-1935
Anne (Annie) Abbey 1856-1891
Emma Abbey 1860-1948
John Fairbank Abbey 1864-1888
Entry in Ancestry North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1921 for Richard Abby (sic) baptised 18 March 1825) at Knaresborough, St John the Baptist, parents Thomas and Anna Abby. Page 283 Baptisms folemnized in the Parifh of Knaresborough in the County of York in the Year 1825 [...] March 18 No. 2261 Richard [parents] Thomas [a] Turner & Anna Abby [of] Knaresbro."
I cannot locate him in the 1841 census.
Marriage of Richard Abbey and Sarah Fairbank in FreeBMD in January-March 1849 in Knaresbro' (23 337).
His son was registered in July-September 1849 and baptised on 19 October 1849 at John the Baptist, Knaresborough when he was a joiner living in Knaresborough.
In the 1851 census as Richard Abbey aged 26, born in Knaresbro, Yorkshire, a carpenter journeyman, and living with his wife (Sarah) and son (Frederick) at Long Walk Cottage, Harrisons Lane, Knaresborough, Yorkshire.
His son was registered in January-March 1855 in Knaresborough and baptised on 6 April 1855 at St John the Baptist when he was a joiner living in Highbridge.
His daughter was registered in July-September 1856 in Knaresborough and baptised 2 November 1856 at St John the Baptist, Knaresborough when he was a joiner living in High Bridge.
His daughter was registered in January-March 1860 in Knaresborough and baptised 6 April 1860 at St John the Baptist, Knaresborough when he was a joiner living in High Bridge.
In the 1861 census as Richard Abbey aged 36, born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, a joiner, and living with his wife (Sarah A), three sons (Fairbank, Fredrick and William Fairbauk), two daughters (Emma and Hannah) and a visitor (Anne Harrison aged 64, born in Huslkwaite, Yorkshire, single and no stated employment) in Long Walk Cottage, Scriven with Tentergate, Yorkshire.
In the 1871 census as Richard Abbey aged 46, born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, a joiner, and living with his wife (Sarah), four sons (Fairbank, Fredrick, John Fairbank and William Fairbank), and two daughters (Anne and Emma) in Long Walk Cottage, Scriven with Tentergate, Yorkshire.
In the 1881 census as Richard Abbey aged 56, born in Knaresbro, Yorkshire, a joiner, and living with his wife (Sarah), two sons (Frederick and John F), and two daughters (Annie and Emma) in High Bridge, Scriven cum Tentergate, Yorkshire. A note adds Transfered to Knaresborugh.
His wife was buried on 8 June 1883 at St John the Baptist, Knaresborough..
In the 1891 census as Richard Abbey aged 56, born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, widowed, a joiner and cabinet maker, and living with his two daughters (Annie and Emma) at High Bridge, Knaresborough, Yorkshire. (A note states it was formerly a detached portion of Scriven-w-Tentergate.)
Death of Richard Abbey in FreeBMD in January-March 1897 in Knaresbro' (9A 76).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Richard Abbey died in Yorkshire on 5 March 1897, probate 6 April 1897 in Wakefield. "Abbey Richard of High Bridge Knaresborough Yorkshire joiner died 5 March 1897 Administration Wakefield to Emma Abbey spinster Effects £177 1s."
Entry in Ancestry North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1995 for the burial of Richard Abbey on 11 March 1897 aged 72 at Knaresborough, St John the Baptist. "page 245 Burials in the Parish of Knaresboroughin the County of York in the Year 1896 [...] C Richard Abbey No. 1954 [of]Knaresboro' [on] March 11th 1897 [aged] 72 years".
Entry in Find a Grave for Richard Abbey born in 1825 died 5 March 1897 in Knaresborough, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, a Joiner and cabinet maker, and buried in St John the Baptist, Knaresborough, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. "In loving memory of/Richard Abbey/Of High Bridge, Knaresborough/Who died March 5th 1897/Aged 72 years/Also of Sarah/Wife of the above named/Who died June 2nd 1883/Aged 58 years/ Also John Fairbank/Youngest son of the above named/Who died August 6th 1888/Aged 23 years/ Also of Annie/Eldest daughter of the above named/Richard and Sarah Abbey/Who died May 29th 1891/Aged 34 years."
There are seventy one entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Richard Abbey.
Richard Abbey was the granduncle of Thomas Abbey, husband of Ruth Cross, first cousin once removed of Albert Alfred Cross, husband of Florence Violet Luff, my half second cousin once removed.
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