RICKARDS, Robert Young

1827 - 1904  (77 years)

• Name	RICKARDS, Robert Young
  Birth	22 May 1827	Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census	1891	Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
  	(before the Windsor fire) Single, living in the household of his brother William Walter Rickards.Occupation blacksmith
  Census	1901	Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
  	(after the Windsor fire that destroyed everything he owned.) Living in the household of William and Lalia Sharp. Coincidentally, Lalia was a daughter of James Taylor and Martha Ward, a granddaughter of my ggg grandfather, Simon Ward.
  Death	19 Nov 1904	Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
  	From The Hants Journal, Windsor, N.S. RICKARDS – Nov. 19,1904, Robert Y. Rickards, the last surviving member of a large family. He was a s/o the late Joseph Rickards, Esq. Since 1897 Mr. Rickards has resided at the home of Mr. Wm. Sharp. He was 76 years of age. The remains were interred in Maplewood cemetery.
  Person ID	I24847	Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	RICKARDS, Joseph,   b. 7 Aug 1796, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 19 May 1883, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 86 years)
  Mother	SENTELL, Hannah,   b. 13 Oct 1806, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 19 Aug 1846, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	21 Jun 1823	Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Family ID	F554	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Evening Mail Wed, Oct 20, 1897 ·Page 1 Partial excerpt from an article called "Halifax Firemen Doing Good Work. -- Old Halifax Sporting Man Loses all His Worldly Possessions. -- Risks in Halifax Companies. ------- WINDSOR, Oct. 20. The guard from the Royal Berkshire regiment did duty here all last night. ..... The Mail man (Evening Mail reporter) spent the remainder of the night under canvas. The reporter was not alone. In the tents were some three hundred homeless people. Nearly all were poorly clad, but each had a small bundle of clothing given to them by the relief committee.... The attention of The Mail reporter was called to a sad case at the Dufferin hotel at midnight. Stretched on the floor, covered by a fur rug, was a former prominent sporting man of Halifax, now penniless. The fire swept from him all his belongings, and he is now numbered among the homeless. The name of the man is Robert Rickards, who was a bosom friend of the late Michael Power, Spring Garden road. Rickards won large sums of money in betting. He wagered $5,000 on the Warren Smith and Wallace Ross Boat Race on Bedford Basin. Hundreds in Halifax who knew "Bob" Rickards will be interested in this story.