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Walter Cooper Richardson
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Lawyer, civil servant.
Born at Boissevain on 5 May 1893, second of three sons of stonemason George Grey Richardson (1858-1941) and Mary Anne “Minnie” Cooper (1869-1950), brother of Bert Verschoyle Richardson, he grew up in Morden where he attended public and high schools. He studied law but, in 1916, interrupted his studies to enlist with the 196th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry. He served in France with the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles and the 3rd Canadian Machine Gun Corps.
Discharged from the military in March 1919, he was called to the Manitoba Bar two months later. He worked as a solicitor at Elphinstone (1921-1935). He moved to Brandon in 1948 and resided there until the mid-1960s, where he was Registrar at the Brandon Land Titles Office (1950-1960). He retired in 1966.
He was married twice, first on 6 October 1920 to Ida Jane Carter (1898-1935) at Winnipeg and they had three children: Alvin Earl “Al” Richardson (1922-2011), Doris Audrey Richardson (1925-2010, wife of William Lohr), and Norma Richardson (1928-2010, wife of John Klassen). On 2 July 1939, he married Jessie Annie Elinor Tully (1911-2012) at Strathclair. He was a close friend of Ralph Durham Bird and accompanied him on fishing and hunting trips, and on a safari to southern Africa. He was an avid photographer.
He died at Victoria, British Columbia on 2 December 1971.
Birth registration [Walter Cooper Richardson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Attestation papers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
“I saw it in the Tribune,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 May 1919, page 5.
Marriage registration [Walter Cooper Richardson, Ida Jane Carter], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Ida Jane Richardson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Ida Jane Carter Richardson], Winnipeg Tribune, 29 October 1935, page 10.
Marriage registration [Walter Cooper Richardson, Jessie Annie Elinor Tully], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Walter Cooper Richardson], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Brandon Sun, 6 December 1971, page 12.
“People-watching” by Kaye Rowe, Brandon Sun, 10 December 1971, page 12.
Obituary [Doris Audrey Lohr], Dignity Memorial.
Obituary [Alvin Earl Richardson], Winnipeg Free Press, 10 December 2011.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Milan Lukes for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Charles Bird and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 April 2026
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