Richard was baptised 10 March 1782 at Keele, Staffordshire, the son of Richard and Mary.
Marriage: "29 Feb 1808, Richard Timmis of this Parish of Liverpool, a Cordwainer and Ellen Lewis of the same parish, spinster by Banns".
Richard was a Cordwinder when he married in 1808, when Josiah was baptised in 1810 (at Salthouse Dock) and in the 1824 Liverpool Directory. Later described as a shoemaker (the same). Salthouse Dock is a prime site, next to the Albert Dock.
1810-1815, Richard and Ellen lived at Salthouse Dock. This was their address when son Josiah was baptised and buried, and when the twins Mary and Ellen were baptised in 1815.
In 1835, Richard is listed in the Poll Book as a shoemaker at Park Lane.
In 1841, Richard (58) is a shoemaker at Copperas Hill, Islington, Liverpool (the road beside the Adelphi Hotel). With him were son Richard (15) daughters Ellen (25) and Jane (20). Hugh and Ann Trelford and family with them are not related.
The 1851 census shows Richard (69) a Widower, shoemaker, born in Keel, Staffordshire and his son (also Richard, 25), a slater and plasterer born in Liverpool were at 107 Field Street, Everton.