Richard Maynard 1847 London
I am Jo Ann Maynard Lewis and I am looking for information on my GG Grandfather, Richard Maynard, he was a bricklayer (have photo).He was born abt 1847 1880 census.Richard Maynard married someone named Mary (maiden name unknown) from Australia (have photo).Theymarried in Australia.Richard and Mary traveled to Port Elizabeth, South Africa where my great grandfather was born, George Richard Maynard, abt 1868.
Richard and his family went back to England for a short time and took the ship “City of Brussels” from Liverpool to New York it arrived 15 Aug 1870 after the 1870 census the passenger list estimated his birth as 1832 place London, England, The Isle of Dogs this is a loop in the river about 1 ½ mile east of the Tower of London. I cannot explain the 15-year difference in age unless it was a census enumerator error. In 1871 Richard was in Toronto Canada where his 2nd child Florence Maynard was born and his 3rd child Louise Maynard was born in 1873.In 1880 census Richard and family were in Navarro County, Texas.I can not locate Richard and Mary Maynard after that.
George Maynard shows up again in 1895 in Hopkins County, Texas married to my great grandmother Blanch Artille Brown. George is also a bricklayer George has one son Harry Richard Maynard, Born 7 Mar 1896 in Waco, Texas he is also a bricklayer.Florence shows up in 1892 married to Lewis W. Ashcroft in Navarro County, Tx.In the 1900 census Florence and L. W. were living in Tyler, Smith County, Tx.Louise shows up in 1890 married to J. C. Krieg in Navarro County, Tx. Then again in the 1900 census not married with a 6 year old son and the last name spelled Craig in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tx.
In 1910 George R. Maynard (have photos) shows up in the census in Dallas County, Tx remarried to Monti L. unknown and 14 yr old son Harry living with them.George died abt 1936 in Arlington, Tarrant Co. Tx.Harry Richard Maynard married Gorda Lee McCord in 1920. They had a son named Harry Richard Maynard Jr. who was also a bricklayer he was my father.
Jo Ann