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Using GenealogyBank to Find My Cousin Reddick

Illustration: Seal of the United States Bureau of the Census. Credit: United States Bureau of the Census; Wikimedia Commons.

Today I am looking for more information about my cousin Andrew Reddick Richmond (1847-1905) of Mississippi and Arkansas.

According to the published family history: “It is believed that Reddick Richmond moved to Arkansas early in life and all trace of this family seems to have been lost.”

Source: Richmond, Dillie A. and Sarah P. Richmond. History of the Richmond Family. Tylertown, Mississippi: Authors, 1967. page 15.

Let’s see what we can find about him in GenealogyBank.

With a quick search I found him, along with his family, in the 1850 census.

1850 Census

Source: GenealogyBank, “United States Census, 1850,” database with images, GenealogyBank (https://genealogybank.com/#), Andrew R Richmond, Pike county, Pike, Mississippi, United States. (Original index: United States Census, 1850, FamilySearch, 2014).

This is him – along with his parents and his two brothers.

And here he is in the next two census enumerations.

1860, 1870 Census

Source: GenealogyBank

Great.
Notice that in these two census entries, only his middle name is used. No mention of his first name Andrew. A reminder to be flexible in searching.

Since his father John Richmond (1811-1850) had died when he was only two years old, I see that his mother, Martha E. (Sparkman) Richmond (1826-1913) had remarried. More clues.

1880 Census

Looking further, here he is with his family in the 1880 census.

Source: GenealogyBank

Notice that in this census his name was given as simply his initials: A. R. Richmond.

1900 Census

Then in the 1900 census it is given as Andrew R Richmond.

Source: GenealogyBank
Source: GenealogyBank, “United States Census, 1900,” database with images, GenealogyBank (https://genealogybank.com/#), Andrew R Richmond, Big Rock Township Little Rock city Ward 2, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States. (Original index: United States Census, 1900, FamilySearch, 2014).

Great.
This gives us much more additional information about him and his family:

Now look at columns 10, 11 and 12.

Source: GenealogyBank, “United States Census, 1900,” database with images, GenealogyBank (https://genealogybank.com/#), Andrew R Richmond, Big Rock Township Little Rock city Ward 2, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States. (Original index: United States Census, 1900, FamilySearch, 2014).

This tells us that they both were age 29 when they got married, and notice in columns 11 & 12 – the “3, 2” tell us that his wife Ann has had 3 children of which 2 are still living.

Notice that Andrew Reddick Richmond’s name has been given multiple ways over the decades of his life: A. R. Richmond, Andrew R. Richmond, and as Reddick Richmond.

Genealogy Tip: Be flexible in your searching. Use multiple forms of each person’s name in order to find every document about them.

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