Laura Estelle Richardson

Female 1879 - 1958  (78 years)

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  • Name Laura Estelle Richardson 
    Birth 20 Sep 1879  Tigard, Washington, OR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 26 May 1958  Marion County, OR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Oregon, Death Index
      Name Laura E Richardson
      Event Type Death
      Event Date 26 May 1958
      Event Place Marion, Oregon
      Event Place (Original) Marion, Oregon
      Certificate Number 5568
    Person ID I37337  Drollinger Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Jun 2025 

    Father John A. Richardson,   b. 14 Jul 1846, Pittsburg, Van Buren, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1911, Portland, Multnomah, OR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Mary Elizabeth Speake,   b. 2 Feb 1852, MO Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1914, Portland, Multnomah, OR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Family ID F13932  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • richardsonfamily.homestead.com
      richardsonfamily.homestead.com/John.html
      The John Richardson Family

      John A. Richardson, oldest member of the Solomon Richardson family to reach maturity, was born July 14, 1846, in Iowa and was under ten months old when the family started westward on the long overland trail to Oregon. He received his education in the district school near the present site of Tigard. For a time he taught school in the Giles Lake section of Portland and then operated a general store at Fulton.

      He served as postmaster of Fulton for several years and was justice of the peace at Fulton. He was a charter member of Butte Grange at Tigard and a member there for many years.

      He married Mary E. Speake on March 28, 1878. She was a native of Missouri and had come across the plains with her parents as an infant in 1852. They were the parents of three children: Clyde Speake Richardson, Laura Richardson and Minnie Richardson Overlin. Mr. Richardson passed away December 9, 1911, in Portland and Mrs. Richardson on June 26, 1914.

      Clyde Speake Richardson, son of John A. Richardson and a grandson of Solomon Richardson, was born September 14, 1880, on the Solomon and Elizabeth Richardson donation land claim of 640 acres south of Tigardville, Oregon, near the Tualatin river. He received his L.L.B. degree from the University of Oregon in 1906 and was admitted to the Oregon bar in the same year. He is a member of the Masonic order, the Multnomah Bar association and the Oregon State Bar association, and is at present (1940) an employe of the United States Treasury department. He resides at 731 S.W. Bancroft Terrace, Portland, Oregon.

      Clyde was married July 7, 1909, to Martha E. Rache of Toledo, Oregon, who was born July 29, 1886, in Benson, Minnesota, the daughter of Ole and Bertha Rache, who were born in Norway.

      Clyde and Martha Richardson have two sons, John Abraham Richardson, born April 21, 1911, and Clyde Rache Richardson, born June 1, 1913, at Portland.

      John graduated from the University of Oregon in 1934. He is a member of the Portland Police department. He was married to Bethel Murphy May 28, 1938.

      Clyde attended the University of Portland and is now attending the Northwestern College of Law at Portland and is working for the United States National Bank of Portland. He was married to Jean Foley on February 1, 1935.

      Clyde and John are the only great-grandsons of Solomon Richardson.
      (Note - the story of The John Richardson Family was written by Mary Ellen nee Richardson, the daughter of Solomon Richardson and Elizabeth nee Trullinger-Richardson. Reference the record of Mary Ellen for further information)

      1920 Census
      Name Laura E Richardson
      Sex Female
      Age 37
      Birth Year (Estimated) 1883
      Birthplace Oregon
      Marital Status Single
      Race White
      Relationship to Head of Household Head
      Father's Birthplace Iowa
      Mother's Birthplace Missouri
      Event Type Census
      Event Date 1920
      Event Place Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
      Event Place (Original) Portland, ED 47, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
      Household Identifier 234
      Line Number 33
      Sheet Letter A
      Sheet Number 8
      Occupation Lumber Company Bookkeeper

      1930 Census
      Name Laura Richardson
      Sex Female
      Age
      48 years
      Birth Year (Estimated) 1882
      Birthplace Oregon
      Marital Status Single
      Race White
      Relationship to Head of Household Patient
      Father's Birthplace Iowa
      Mother's Birthplace Missouri
      Event Type Census
      Event Date 1930
      Event Place [Oregon State Insane Hospital] Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States
      Event Place (Original) Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States
      Line Number 61
      Sheet Letter B
      Sheet Number 8

      1940 Census
      Name Laura Richardson
      Sex Female
      Age 59
      Birthplace Oregon
      Residence Date 1935
      Residence Place Same House
      Marital Status Single
      Race White
      Event Type Census
      Event Date 1940
      Event Place [Oregon State Hospital for Insane] Ward 6, Salem, Salem Election Precinct 20, Marion, Oregon, United States
      Enumeration District Number 24-74 Salem Election Precinct 20, Salem City Ward 6, Oregon State Hospital for the Insane
      Line Number 46
      Sheet Letter B
      Sheet Number 6

      1950 Census
      Name Laura Richardson
      Sex Female
      Age 70 years
      Birth Year (Estimated) 1880
      Birthplace Oregon
      Marital Status Single
      Race W
      Relationship to Head of Household Patient
      Event Date 5 April 1950
      Event Place [Oregon State Hospital - mental hospital] Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States
      Event Place (Original) salem, Marion, Oregon
      Enumeration District 24-26
      Line Number 23
      Page Number 32