Records of Richard Michell on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Richard Michell and the Michell Family Tree

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Michell Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Michell family tree.

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Some Famous People called Richard Michell

Richard Rooke Michell

Richard Rooke Michell (31 December 1810, in Marazion, Cornwall – 15 April 1872, in Wimpole Street, London) was an English mines proprietor. Along with Thomas Garland, George Smith, Sampson Waters, John Solomon Bickford and John Charles Lanyon he was the principal behind the formation of the English Arsenic Company. His main focus was in copper and tin mining.

In the census of June 1841 he was reported to have resided at Cliff Cottage in East Cliff Lane, Marazion. Later he built the larger 9 bedroom Chymorvah House in his native village of Marazion in the mid 19th century overlooking the sea and St Michael's Mount, accumulating much wealth from his mining adventures. He ventured into politics and had numerous disputes with Absalom Bennett who contested the position of Mayor of Marazion with Michell. He died on 15 April 1872.

Michell was married to Mary Eastwood (1813 – April 1850). The couple had four children. three girls: Elizabeth (1836–1914), Sarah (8 October 1839 – 25 March 1902), Mary (1840–?) and a son named Ambrose (1842–?) who followed in his father's footsteps in the mining profession.

Source: Richard Rooke Michell, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Michell

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