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Helen Rowena Richards

Helen was born on October 8th, 1900 in Coupeville, Washington. Helen's father was Thomas Nicholas Lovering Richards and her mother was Susan Augusta Ruby Burce. Her maternal grandparents were John Calvin Burce and Ada Hurd Andrews. She had thirteen brothers and five sisters, named Thomas, John, James, Grover, Lael, Edmond, Donald, Charles, Robert, Lawrence, Earl, Clifford, Irving, Ada, Otilda, Margaret, Elsie and Marian. She was the twelfth oldest of the nineteen children. She died at the age of 86 on August 19th, 1987 in Sedro Wooley, Washington.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Thomas Nicholas Lovering Richards
  - b.02 Jan 1848 in Ilfracombe, Devon County, England d.15 Jun 1923 in Maltby, Washington
  
  Helen Rowena Richards
  - b.08 Oct 1900 in Coupeville, Washington d.19 Aug 1987 in Sedro Wooley, Washington
  
  Silas Bearse
  - b.06 Feb 1806 in Starks, Maine d.20 Sep 1880 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
  
  John Calvin Burce
  - b.26 Jun 1834 in Starks, Maine d.04 Nov 1864 in Pennsylvania
  
  James Beale Oliver
  - b.13 Apr 1757 in Phippsburg, Maine d.02 May 1846 in Starks, Maine
  
  Rachel Oliver
  - b.17 Oct 1802 in Georgetown, Maine d.11 Jun 1854 in Industry, Maine
  
  John Spinney ^*
  - b.21 Sep 1737 in Kittery, York County, Maine d.1776 in Long Island, Maine
  
  Jane Spinney
  - b.1757 in Georgetown, Maine d.30 Aug 1846 in Starks, Maine
  
  Joanna Pettegrew ^*
  - b.09 Nov 1732 in Somersworth, New Hampshire d.18 Sep 1807 in Georgetown, Maine
  
  Susan Augusta Ruby Burce
  - b.18 Dec 1864 in Industry, Maine d.07 Feb 1919 in Granite Falls, Washington
  
  Ada Hurd Andrews
  - b.02 Jul 1839 in South Anson, Maine d.12 Jul 1923 in Seattle, Washington
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Details of Helen's family with Peter Long

Source/Citation Spinney Family Genealogy: Genealogy of Thomas Spinney and Marger Randall