Other Events:

• Also Known As: Richard Physic
• Occupation: Farm labourer, dock porter, publican
• Baptism: 8 Sep 1826, Lathom Park Chapel

Notes:

Surname spelt Physic in baptism record.
1851 census places him at Burscough Bridge in the house of Catherine Wiliiams, 39, a widowed innkeeper with a "lodging room adjoining, for convenience of Leeds & Liverpool Canal Co horse drivers" - four of whom are listed: John Wilson, 38, Lathom; Robert Varley, 23, Skipton; John Astin(?), 29, Burnley, and James Parkinson, 40, Chorley.

Richard married Catherine Scott on 13 Oct 1851 in St John the Baptist, Burscough. Catherine died before 1859. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Hannah Cheshire on 6 Mar 1859 in St Peter, Liverpool. Hannah (daughter of Thomas Cheshire) was born in 1837 in Lathom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]