Eva Jane Richmond and William Richmond Diaries

William Richmond (also known as Willie) was born in 1845 in Bethel, Vermont. He had two brothers: Kendrick Richmond (b. 1841 in Rochester, Vermont and d. 1904 in Newport) served in the Civil War and Frank Richmond (b. 1852 in Bethel, VT and d. 1883) is discussed below. Their parents were Ebenezer Kendrick Richmond (1815-1888) and Anna Chaffee Richmond (1817-1893). William had two children: Clarence (1874-1937, married Florence E. Nye (1877-1961)) and Mary or May (b. 1883 and married Louis Bradshaw in 1907). Willie was married twice: first to Clara Trow (1847-1876) then to Emma Wright (1853-1951) in 1880. William lived outside Newport, Vermont and appears to have been a farmer. He died in Newport in 1924. Emma lived with Mary/May and her husband in Plainfield, New Jersey afterwards.

Frank Richmond married Eva Davison (sometimes given as Davidson). She was born in 1856 in Newport, VT to David and Betsy (Damon) Davison. One note in the collection indicates that she had a half-sister named Mary who is mentioned in the diary.

Eva and Frank married on November 28, 1876 and they had two children, Elizabeth or "Lizzie" (1878-1955) and Marion (1882-1956). Frank worked as a farmer and they lived in Newport. When Frank died in 1883, Eva and the girls went to live with William and Emma's family. They apparently left Newport in about 1897 since they are listed along with William's son Clarence in the home of Henry C. Tinkham (see below) in the 1987 Burlington City Directory. Clarence had been boarding there since 1896.

Elizabeth married Henry C. Tinkham, MD (1856-1925) on July 2, 1913. She was his second wife. Mabel Tinkham (1889-1912) was the only surviving child of his previous marriage to Clara E. Day (d. 1896). He graduated from the UVM School of Medicine in 1883. In 1899, Tinkham became the Dean of the UVM Medical School. Eva lived with Henry and Elizabeth on North Winooski Avenue in Burlington from 1913 until her death in 1936. Elizabeth too lived there until her death.

Marion married A. Lewis Whiting (1879-1931), a manufacturer in Burlington, VT in 1911. His father was Alfred C. Whiting of the A. C. and E. B. Whiting Co. that manufactured brushes. They had a son named Alfred L. Whiting (1912-1978). According to Eva's diary entries in about 1935, Marion was living in an apartment attached to the home in Burlington shared by her mother and sister.

One note indicates that Eva Jane Davidson Richmond was christened Jane Davidson and changed her first name to Eva Jane.

[adapted from notes in the collection]