Jonas August (Larsson) Ritz (1849 - 1921)

Born 3 Jun 1849 in Upplanda Ågård, Vetlanda parish, Jönköpings län, Sweden

Ancestors

Husband of Christina Sophia (Jonsdotter) Ritz Jonsdotter — married 1874 in Skede parish, Jönköpings län, Sweden

Descendants

Died 21 Feb 1921 at age 71 in Ödebillstorp, Skede parish, Jönköpings län, Sweden

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Biography

Jonas was the son of Lars Johan Ritz and his first wife. Jonas's mother died soon after his birth and Jonas lived as a foster son with his maternal uncle until 1864. That year, Jonas joined his father, who had remarried. In November 1869, Jonas moved to Mellby to work as a farm hand at Kongstorp. He returned to Skede in November the following year. In 1874, he married and moved to Brunshult Södregård in Skede parish, where he took over ownership after his father-in-law. Jonas and his wife had five children, one of whom died in infancy. In 1890, Jonas and his wife tragically lost two of their children, 14 year old Hulda and 9 year old Carl, to measles in the span of two days. In 1911, the family moved to Alsheda. In 1913, they moved back to Skede, to Ödebillstorp.

Reasearch Notes

From 1895, Jonas goes by the last name Ritz.

Sources

• Vetlanda kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VALA/00413/A I/15 (1851-1855), bildid: C0023432_00087 [1]
• Vetlanda kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VALA/00413/A I/16 (1856-1860), bildid: C0023433_00093 [2]
• Vetlanda kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VALA/00413/A I/17 (1861-1865), bildid: C0023434_00101 [3]
• Skede kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VALA/00331/A I/11 (1866-1870), bildid: C0023033_00284 [4]
• Move in 1870: Mellby kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/VALA/00246/C/5 (1868-1895), bildid: A0010028_00134 [5]
• Mellby kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VALA/00246/A I/8 (1862-1871), bildid: C0022573_00149 [6]
• Skede kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VALA/00331/A I/12 (1871-1878), bildid: C0023034_00285 [7]
• Skede kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VALA/00331/A I/12 (1871-1878), bildid: C0023034_00151 [8]
• Skede kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VALA/00331/A I/13 (1879-1888), bildid: C0023035_00160 [9]
• Skede kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VALA/00331/A I/14 (1889-1894), bildid: C0023036_00030 [10]
• Skede kyrkoarkiv, Församlingsböcker. Bunden serie, SE/VALA/00331/A II a/1 (1895-1904), bildid: 00000876_00032 [11]
• Skede kyrkoarkiv, Församlingsböcker. Bunden serie, SE/VALA/00331/A II a/2 (1904-1914), bildid: 00000877_00039 [12]
• Alseda kyrkoarkiv, Församlingsböcker. Bunden serie, SE/VALA/00009/A II a/2 (1910-1919), bildid: 00000825_00274 [13]
• Skede kyrkoarkiv, Församlingsböcker. Bunden serie, SE/VALA/00331/A II a/2 (1904-1914), bildid: 00000877_00318 [14]