Dimond, Richard (1845-1925)

Family

Richard was born on 19 July 1845 at Sampford Courtenay, Devon, to parents Richard and Catherine Dimond. His father was a labourer, who died leaving four children in 1849.

Before entering the Free Methodist ministry in 1872 he was a labourer.

He married Emily Gamble (1848-1911) in the autumn of 1877 in Derby. They had four children

• Charles   (1880-1951) A United Methodist Free Churches minister
• Sydney George (1882-1968) A United Methodist Free Churches minister
• Winifred (1887-)
• Alexander (1890-1965) A United Methodist minister

Richard died on 8 March 1925 at Keighley, West Riding. His obituary may be found in the Minutes of the United Methodist Church, page 40.

Circuits

• 1872 Consett
• 1874 Consett and Leadgate
• 1875 Hexham
• 1877 Darlington (received into full connexion)
• 1880 Liverpool Central (Birkenhead)
• 1883 Farsley and Yeadon
• 1887 Bridlington Quay
• 1890 Salisbury
• 1898 Crewe
• 1901 Kingswood
• 1904 Redruth
• 1907 Leamington
• 1908 Leeds Lady Lane (supernumerary)
• 1909 Leeds South (supernumerary)
• 1915  Farsley Pudsey and Yeadon (supernumerary)
• 1922 Keighley (supernumerary)

References

Oliver A Beckerlegge, United Methodist ministers and their circuits: Being an arrangement in alphabetical order of the stations of ministers of the Methodist New … and the United Methodist Church, 1797-1932

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers