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richardson Name Meaning and History

English: patronymic from the personal name Richard. This has undoubtedly also assimilated like-sounding cognates from other languages, such as Swedish Richardsson.

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richardson Family Facts

Distribution of richardson Families in the US in 1920
Number of richardson families
 1049-2096
 350-1048		 1-349
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Walmsley, Jane, George, Ellen, James, Henry, William Yould, Margaret Kirby, Edward Kirby Richardson, all from Preston, Lancashire. Laurie Rands 2
Pacific Northwest Richardsons Terry D. Richardson 4
RICHARDSON Arthur 1898 1928 t42Richland_NavarroCoTX 0
RICHARDSON Eli 1894 1976 t42Richland_NavarroCoTX 0
RICHARDSON Cordie 1896 1962 t42Richland_NavarroCoTX 0
RICHARDSON Mary Frances 1923 1923 dau of Eli and Cordie Richardson t42Richland_NavarroCoTX 0
RICHARDSON Johnnie 1918 1922 t42Richland_NavarroCoTX 0
General William Pitt Richardson Dennis Brooke 2
William Carl Richardson bobbie0114 0
RICHARDSON James R 1922-1989 t42Moore 0
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