Leigh Rickards
b. August 1889
- Father: Stephen Manley Rickards b. September 1866, d. between 1920 and 1930
- Mother: Addie Louise Frank b. September 1865, d. 25 April 1957
- Leigh Rickards was born in August 1889 in New York.
- Stephen Manley Rickards and Addie Louise Frank appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Great Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York. Other members of the household included Leigh Rickards, Esther H. Rickards and Glenn House Rickards.
- Stephen Manley Rickards and Addie Louise Frank appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Great Valley, New York. Other members of the household included Leigh Rickards, Esther H. Rickards, Glenn House Rickards and Richard Gordon Rickards.
- He was a telegraph operator with the railroad, according to the 1910 census.
- He served during World War I.
- Stephen Manley Rickards and Addie Louise Frank appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Great Valley, New York. Other members of the household included Leigh Rickards, Richard Gordon Rickards.
- He married Katherine Sommerfield, daughter of Ernest Sommerfield and Louise (?), circa 1927.
- Ernest Sommerfield and Louise (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York, at 36 College Avenue and also in the household widow sister-in-law Emma Schmidt, age 52.. Other members of the household included Leigh Rickards, Katherine Sommerfield.
- He was a telegraph operator with the steam railroad, according to the 1930 census.
- The following appeared on 1 May 1957 in The Post: Mrs. Addie Frank Rickards of 237 W. Utica street, Buffalo, a former resident of Great Valley, died April 25, 1957. She was the widow of the late Stephen M. Rickards; mother of Leigh F. and Esther H. Rickards of Buffalo; Glenn H. of Snyder, and Richard G. of Wichita Falls, Tex.
Funeral was held Monday afternoon from Austin Funeral Home at 565 Elmwood avenue, Buffalo.
- Last Edited: 3 Oct 2007