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cars (he returned to head the company when his father retired). T. J. Richards & Sons was founded in 1916 and opened a new workshop and showroom in an adjoining building at 132 Pirie Street in 1917, but three years later sold the whole complex, which occupied substantial frontages on
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Adamson Brothers, a farm machinery manufacturer in Kapunda. He tried other trades, including cordial manufacturing in
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H. C. (Herbert Clarence) Richards (30 January 1876 – 11 April 1949) married Mary Ann Macklin (11 January 1873 – 15 November 1968) of
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Eveline (Evelyn?) Matilda Jane Richards (1 October 1892 – ) married Arthur William Temme (29 Aug 1888 – ) on 26 June 1914, home at
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C. A. (Claude Alfred Victor) Richards (11 October 1882– ) was for many years managing director of T. J. Richards & Sons.
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W. E. (William Egbert Tobias) Richards (23 June 1884 – ) married Annie Lillian Evans (15 March 1884 – ) on 6 April 1909
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A. S. (Alfred Samuel) Richards (7 April 1890 – ) married Ada Lily Cole (4 Feb 1890 – ) on 25 September 1915
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