Samuel
John
Ritter
Born in Salisbury Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Sarah Salome (Ritter) Osman, Catherine (Ritter) Goss, John Henry Ritter, George Ritter, Martha Magdalena (Ritter) Wagner, Elizabeth (Ritter) Price, Sarah Ann Ritter, Susannah (Ritter) Baker and Sophia (Ritter) Dunn
Husband of
Catherine (Gill) Ritter
— married
24 Apr 1847 in West Beaver Township, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 70
in West Beaver Township, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jan 2022
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Biography
The son of Johann Heinrich Ritter Sr and Magdalena (Brause) Ritter, Samuel Ritter was born in Salisbury Township, Pennsylvania[citation needed] in 1828. He married Catherine (Gill) Ritter, the daughter of Jacob Gill and Sarah Kemerling, marrying in West Beaver Township, Pennsylvania on April 24, 1847[citation needed] and having six known children children together:
- John Henry Ritter (1847-1927)
- Louisa Ritter (1850-1938)
- Martha Jane Ritter (1854-1911)
- Sarah Ritter (1857-1862)
- Joseph Ritter (1863-1949)
- Albert Manuel Ritter (1865-1934)
They made their home together in Union Township, Pennsylvania, farming,[1] and residing by 1860 in West Beaver Township, Pennsylvania.[2][3]
Samuel Ritter is believed to have passed away in West Beaver Township, Pennsylvania in 1899[citation needed] and may be buried in the family plot at Black Oak Ridge Cemetery in McClure, Pennsylvania.
Sources
- ↑ 1850, Union, Pennsylvania: "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4ZS-R1Z : Fri Mar 08 15:07:19 UTC 2024), Entry for Samuel Ritter and Catharine Ritter, 1850.
- ↑ 1860, West Beaver, Pennsylvania: "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXRD-1YL : Sat Mar 09 08:16:25 UTC 2024), Entry for Samuel Ritter and Catharine Ritter, 1860.
- ↑ 1870, West Beaver, Pennsylvania: "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ2D-BFB : Tue Mar 05 01:55:28 UTC 2024), Entry for Samuel Ritter and Catharine Ritter, 1870.
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