George Richardson was the son of Samuel and Mary Richardson (née Dixon).
His father Samuel was born in about 1842 at Halam and his mother Mary Dixon was born in about 1851 at Woodborough, Nottinghamshire. They were married at Kirklington St Swithin church, Nottinghamshire, in May 1882 and had four children who were all born in Halam: William born abt. 1883, John b. 1884 (birth registered 1885 J/F/M), Sarah b. 1887 and George b. abt 1889 baptised Southwell Holy Trinity 31 August 1890.
The family was living at Westgate, Southwell, when George was baptised in 1890 and recorded there o the 1891 Census: Samuel, an agricultural labourer, Mary a charwoman, and their four children William, John, Sarah and George.
By 1901 Samuel and Mary had moved to Easthorpe, Southwell. Samuel was described on the censes as 'formerly agricultural labourer, while his wife was still employed as a charwoman. Only Sarah and George, who were both school age, were in the home on the night of the census. William, a domestic gardener, was living in Norwood House Park in the same accommodation as another domestic gardener, also named William Richardson (27 b. Halam), while John was one of two farm servants living on Village Street, Halloughton near Southwell, in the household of the widowed Ann Dorothy Johnson, a farmer, and her unmarried daughter Jane.
Samuel, a retired farm labourer, and Mary were still living in Easthorpe in 1911; only George, a carter for a coal dealer, was still living at home. William, who was still working as a domestic gardener, had married Annie Sleight in 1907 and they and their son Charles Cyril (b. 1908) were living at Cowdray Lane Lodge, South Carlton, near Worksop. John, a domestic gardener, was married to Miriam Jane (née Cottam m. 1910) and they were living on Church Street, Southwell. Their daughter Miriam was born in 1915 (O/N/D) but her mother died aged 31 the same year (O/N/D). John married secondly Selina Bradbury (23) at Southwell parish church in 1918. Sarah has not yet been traced on the 1911 Census but may have married.
George's father died in 1919 (reg. J/F/M) and was buried at Southwell St Mary (Minster) on 14 January. The burial register gave his adddress as Private Road. His widow, Mary, was named in an 'In Memoriam' notice to their son George in 1917 but she has not yet been traced after this date.