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Richard Sandys deVeber (b. 1819, d. May 30, 1888)

Richard Sandys deVeber (son of Leverett Hubbard deVeber I and Margaret Ann Hubbard) was born 1819 in Saint John, Saint John County, N.B., Canada³³⁷, and died May 30, 1888 in Saint John, Saint John County, N.B., Canada³³⁸. He married Caroline Beer on May 1848 in Saint John, County of St. John, N.B., Canada³³⁹, daughter of Thomas A Beer and Annie Leonard.

Notes for Richard Sandys deVeber:
Dictated by G.A. deVeber to Phyllis Clermont on Jan 30/2000:
Richard Sandys deVeber was named after his father's (Leverett H. deVeber's business partner, Richard Sands). The reason for the addition of (y) to Sands is unknown.

S.S. Peruvian, Halifax-Liverpool, July 17, 1872, R.S. Deveber, Miss DeveTer (sic).
Peruvian, Liverpool - Halifax, September 20, 1872, Mr. Deveber. Source: Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Halifax, Nova Scotia Ship Arrivals and departures, 1851-1872, per the Novascotian, Acadian Recorder and Evening Reporter of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (newspapers). (P.Clermont, Aug. 2003)

Re G.A. deVeber notes: Took over his father's business with J.S. Boies deVeber.
Went bankrupt in 1882; said to be related to J.S. Boies' political activity, i.e. they spent all the money in politics?

More About Richard Sandys deVeber and Caroline Beer:
Marriage: May 1848, Saint John, County of St. John, N.B., Canada.³³⁹

Children of Richard Sandys deVeber and Caroline Beer are:

+Margaret Ann deVeber, b. 1846, d. date unknown.
+Leverett George deVeber, b. 1849, St. John, N.B., d. July 09, 1925, Queen's Park, Aylmer, P.Q. (his summer home)³⁴⁰.
+Ellen Nellie deVeber, b. Abt. 1853, d. December 25, 1899³⁴¹.
Fredericka Elizabeth deVeber, b. 1856, d. 1876, Europe (?).
LeBaron Botsford deVeber, b. 1863, d. December 25, 1930.