Arthur served in the Canadian Army in WWI. Regimental #645819.
Reported information is his surname was originally spelled with an "O" and is the way his name is listed in this record. However, when he became an adherent of Kabalarian philosophy, he changed the "O" to an "E" making it RICHARDSEN and it was recorded that way in his death registration. The revised spelling has been used for his child with Eva. While he was known to the family as "Ross", apparently his given name was originally "Herbert" and was how he was listed on his marriage registration to Eva. For the record, he was known to have been married three times. The third and last marriage was to Eva.
Sometime after divorcing her first husband, Eva embraced the Kabalarian philosophy which has a concept of "constructive living" based on "numerology". This appears to have occurred around the time of her second marriage to Ross Richardsen, (who was apparently already a Kabalarian adherent). This philosophy was most likely the reason behind her change of her given name from "Eva Alice" to "Rae". It is noted Rae's death registration, #B13350, listed her as "Rae Richardsen". Birth531.
SPECIAL NOTICE
It is not the purpose of this report to register an opinion on Kabalarian beliefs which seemly led
to the family name changes, but only to record the historical family relationship facts so as to be
able to identify and record the line of descent for this section of the family history.
While her first name was Hazel, she apparently was known by her second name of Diane. Diane first married David Lovey and there were 2 boys in this marriage. In a second marriage to Lavern Howatt, there were 2 adopted daughters.
There were two adopted daughters in this marriage; Cindi adopted 11 Feb 1964 and Carlie adopted 18 Feb 1966.
While her first name was Hazel, she apparently was known by her second name of Diane. Diane first married David Lovey and there were 2 boys in this marriage. In a second marriage to Lavern Howatt, there were 2 adopted daughters.