1. James LEONARD b 1865 Ballarat s/o -/Margaret LEONARD [Vic 6782]
James RICHARDS d 1883 aged 18 yrs place unknown s/o James RICHARDS/Margaret LEONARD [Vic 9667] (no inquest)
James RICHARDS age 18, Miner, St Arnaud, bur 21 Sep 1883 Ballarat New Cemetery [Wes Block A 10.32, 2 Adults] Also in this grave is his father James 45, a nephew and two neices.

2. John Richard LEONARD b 1866 Ballarat s/o -/Margaret LEONARD [Vic 12538]
John RICHARDS d 1939 age 73 yrs Footscray s/o James RICHARDS/Margaret LEONARD [Vic 12313]
John RICHARDS bp Ballarat m 1892 Mary Honar McIVER bp Ballarat [Vic 7560, male index Honan]
Mary Honor McIVER b 1869 Ballarat d/o Kenneth McIVER/Elizabeth SEWELL [Vic 6499]

Children of John RICHARDS and Mary Honor McIVER

3. Thomas LEONARD b 1871 Ballarat s/o -/Margaret LEONARD [Vic 6781] (twin of William)
Thomas RICHARDS d 22 Sep 1947 aged 77 yrs Northcote s/o James RICHARDS/Margaret LEONARD [Vic 10241]
Thomas RICHARDS bp Ballarat East m 1891 Esther Rebecca STEVENS bp Sebastopol [Vic 6487]
Esther Rebecca STEVENS b 1872 Sebastopol d/o Edmund Hall STEVENS/Esther Rebecca ROSE [Vic 12140]
Esther Rebecca RICHARDS d 1936 aged 65 yrs Northcote d/o Edmund STEVENS/Esther Rebecca unknown [Vic 4871]

Ballarat East Rate Book 1911-12
RICHARDS Thomas, Bootmaker, 5 King Street, Central Ward, Owner and Occupier, Wood dwelling, NAV £14, No. of occupants 8 [VPRS 7258 P/1, Unit 40/p104/R/N 2295]

Thomas RICHARDS born Ballarat East 1871; educated Eureka-st State School; apprentice boot trade 1884, and during the ensuing 28 years worked for only two employers; appointed boot examiner Federal Defence Department 1915; became actively interested in trades union movement about 1890; president Ballarat Bootmakers' Union 1895; represented Union on Trades & Labour Council, and at various conferences for 20 years; attended first conference for federation of unions, which was not consummated till later years; one of the founders of political labor movement in Ballarat; member first committee and later vice-president of Ballarat West P.L.C.; later president Ballarat East Electoral Council; appointed Labor Organiser for Ballarat Federal Election 1913, contested Ballarat West seat 1914. [p86 M. McCallum's Ballarat District Citizens and Sports, 1916]

Children of Thomas RICHARDS and Esther Rebecca STEVENS

4. William LEONARD b 1871 Ballarat s/o -/Margaret LEONARD [Vic 6782] (twin of Thomas)
Poss William RICHARDS d 1925 aged 45 yrs (error, 54?) Melbourne East s/o James RICHARDS/Margaret unknown [Vic 10541]

5. Bernard LEONARD b 1873 Ballarat East s/o -/Margaret LEONARD [Vic 6782] (twin of Thomas)
Bernard LEONARD d 1873 aged 7 wks Ballarat s/o unk/Margaret LEONARD [Vic 8746]
Bernard LEONARD age 7 wks, Ballarat, bur 21 Nov 1873 Ballarat New Cemetery [OGNK Remit]

6. George LENNARD b 1875 Ballarat s/o Unk/Margaret LENNARD [Vic 6734]