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Rolla Wrightson RICHMOND
(1869 –1935)
Nancy Frances MAGLONE
(1870 –1933)
John Melvin POWELL
(1872 –1958)
Della Alice WHITE
(1877 –1927)
Rolla Everett RICHMOND
(1898 –1983)
Alma May POWELL
(1899 –1990)
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Elden Eugene RICHMOND
(1924 – 2017)

 

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Spouses & Children

1. Betty Jean CROCKER

Elden Eugene RICHMOND 2 3
  • Born: 23 July 1924, Maupin, Wasco County, Oregon, USA
  • Marriage (1): Betty Jean CROCKER on 21 December 1968 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA 1
  • Died: 6 March 2017, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA at age 92
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bullet  General Notes

Elden served for a number of years under the China Inland Mission in Thailand, keeping their hospital equipment running. He later worked for the school district in Maupin, Oregon, but after moving to Portland he was forced to an early retirement by a heart condition.

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He worked as a missionary; then school custodian.
  • He appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 3 April 1930 in Maupin, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. 4 Maupin, Wasco County, Oregon, USA (age 5)

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  • Gallery: White family cousins Elden Richmond, Jack Glasgow, and Kirsty Haining, on 14 August 2005, in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA.

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  • Gallery: Second cousins once removed Elden Richmond and Jack Glasgow, on 14 August 2005, in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA.
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Elden married Betty Jean CROCKER, daughter of Benjamin R. CROCKER and Elsie May BEARD, on 21 December 1968 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA.1 (Betty Jean CROCKER was born on 28 July 1929 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA,1 5 died on 23 March 2006 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA and was cremated in 2006 in Juniper Flat, Wasco County, Oregon, USA.)


bullet  Marriage Notes

They met in Thailand when both were serving as missionaries.  Elden helped Betty to fix a flat tire on her bicycle.

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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Personal knowledge of Elden Eugene Richmond (1924 – 2017), family historian. Email Kirsty Haining for contact info for Elden.
  2. Kirsty M. Haining.
  3. Gertrude Brown Smith and Beulah M. Springstead, Our Colonial Lines: Powell, Eaton, Rice, Pettengill, Collver, White (c) 1992, p. 25. This is the 3rd edition of a family-published book on genealogy.
  4. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. NARA microfilm publication T626, 2,667 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC).
  5. Birth Certificate (digital or paper copy of official birth record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining).


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