Katharina (Scheuchner) Ritz (1863 - 1933)

Born 14 Sep 1863 in Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russian Empire

Wife of Michael Ritz — married about 1881 in Bessarabia, Russian Empire

Descendants

Died 13 Jun 1933 at age 69 in Lodi, San Joaquin, California, United States

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Biography

Katharine Scheuchner was born 14 September 1864 in Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia to Samuel Scheuchner and Dorothea Flaig.^[1]

1885 Passenger Manifest ^[2]

Name: Catharine Rietz

Arrival Date: 28 Nov 1885

Birth Date: abt 1864

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Ethnicity/ Nationality: Russian

Place of Origin: Russia

Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany

Destination: United States of America

Port of Arrival:New York, New York

Ship Name: Elbe

Russians to America Passenger Data File ^[3]

Name: Katharina Rietz

Gender: F (Female)

Birth Date: 1864

Origin Country: Russia

Destination Place: USA

Arrival Date: 28 Nov 1885

Passenger Record: 6590961

Additional: 00038451ElbeBremenStaying in the USASteerage

Reconciled Origin Country: Russian Federation

Reconciled Destination: US

Collection Info: 35

U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index ^[4]

Name: Katharina Scheuchner Ritz

Arrival year: 1881-1912

Arrival Place: Utah

Primary Immigrant: Ritz, Michael

Family Members: Wife Katharina Scheuchner

Source Publication Code: 2093.8

Annotation: Date and place of arrival or settlement; some are dates of birth and death with place of death or settlement. Indexers assumed spouses accompanied main emigrant if wed prior to emigration. Further, in cases where maiden name was not provided in source, a ...

Source Bibliography: FODE, HORST. "Obituaries from The Dakota Freie Presse, 1903-1947." In Heritage Review (Germans from Russia Heritage Society, Bismarck, ND). Vol. 20:1 (Feb. 1990), pp. 8-12; vol. 20:3 (Sept. 1990), pp. 16-20; vol. 20:4 (Dec. 1990), pp. 24-28

Household Members: Name Relation

Michael Ritz

Katharina Scheuchner Ritz, Wife

1900 United States Federal Census ^[5]

Name: Catherine Ritz

Age: 35

Birth Date: Sep 1864

Birthplace: Russia

Home in 1900: Keystone, Dickey, North Dakota

Street: Keystone Township

Sheet Number: 8

Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 8 0

Family Number: 97

Race: White

Gender: Female

Immigration Year: 1885

Relation to Head of House: Wife

Marital status: Married

Spouse's name: Mickle Ritz

Marriage Year: 1884

Father's Birthplace:Russia

Mother's Birthplace: Russia

Mother: Number of Living Children: 8

Mother: How Many Children: 8

Years in US: 15

Can Read: Yes

Can Write: Yes

Can Speak English: Yes

Household Members: Name Age

Mickle Ritz 41

Catherine Ritz 35

Samuel Ritz 15

Mickel Ritz 13

Alfred Ritz 11

Bertha Ritz 9

William Ritz 7

Albert Ritz 5

Emma Ritz 3

Elsie Ritz 1

1906 Canada Census ^[6]

Name: Emma Ritz

Gender: Female

Marital status: Single

Age: 10

Birthplace: USA

Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Father's name: Michael Ritz

Mother's name: Catherine Ritz

Immigration Year: 1902

Province: Alberta

District: Calgary

Sub-District Description: Townships 32, 33, 34 inclusive in ranges 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 west of the 4th M

Sub-District: 19

Household Members: Name Age

Michael Ritz 47

Catherine Ritz 41

Samuel Ritz 22

Michael Ritz 20

Alfred Ritz 18

Bertha Ritz 15

William Ritz 14

Albert Ritz 12

Emma Ritz 10

Elsie Ritz 8

Salme Ritz 7

John Ritz 5

Anna M. Ritz 2

Gladdye A. Ritz 16 May

Christian Mertz 19

1911 Canada Census ^[7]

Name: Emma Ritz

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1911

Event Place: Red Deer Sub-Districts 80-128, Alberta, Canada

Gender: Female

Age (Estimated): 14

Marital Status: Single

Religion: Baptist

Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter

Birth Date: Jan 1897

Birthplace: U S A

Immigration Year: 1902

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Michael Ritz Head M 52 Russia

Catherine Ritz Wife F 47 Russia

Michael Ritz Son M 24 U S A

Alfred Ritz Son M 22 U S A

Millie Ritz Son M 18 U S A

Albert Ritz Son M 16 U S A

John Ritz Son M 8 Alberta, Canada

Emma Ritz Daughter F 14 U S A

Alice Ritz Daughter F 22 U S A

Selmy Ritz Daughter F 10 U S A

Anna Ritz Daughter F 7 Alberta

Lilly Ritz Daughter F 5 Alberta

Sarah Ritz Daughter F 3 Alberta

1920 Washington, Passenger and Crew Lists ^[8]

Name: Katrina Ritz

Gender: Female

Nationality: German

Arrival Age: 56

Birth Date: 1864

Birth Place: Tarotina, Russia

Last Residence: Canada

Departure Place: Eastport, Idaho

Arrival Date: Nov 1920

Arrival Place: Seattle, Washington

Line Number: 1

U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S. ^[9]

Name: Katrina Ritz

Gender: Female

Race/Nationality: German

Age: 56

Record Type: Cards

Birth Date: abt 1864

Birth Place: Rarotina, Russia

Arrival Date: 12 Nov 1920

1920 United States Federal Census ^[10]

Name: Katherine Ritz

Age: 55

Birth Year: abt 1865

Birthplace: Russia

Home in 1920: Elkhorn, San Joaquin, California

Street: E Oak St

House Number: 509

Residence Date: 1920

Race: White

Gender: Female

Immigration Year: 1884

Relation to Head of House: Head

Marital status: Widowed

Father's Birthplace: Russia

Mother's Birthplace: Russia

Native Tongue: German

Able to Speak English: Yes

Home Owned or Rented: Rented

Naturalization Status: Alien

Able to Read: Yes

Able to Write: Yes

Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members: Name Age

Katherine Ritz 55

Lillian Ritz 13

Sarah Ritz 11

1930 United States Federal Census ^[11]

Name: Kathrine Ritz [Katherine Ritz]

Birth Year: abt 1865

Gender: Female

Race: White

Birthplace: Romania [sic]

Marital status: Widowed

Relation to Head of House: Head

Homemaker?: Yes

Home in 1930: Lodi, San Joaquin, California, USA

Map of Home: View Map

Street address: East Oak Street

House Number: 312

Dwelling Number: 19

Family Number: 21

Home Owned or Rented: Owned

Home Value: 4, 000

Radio Set: Yes

Lives on Farm: No

Age at first Marriage: 18

Attended School: No

Able to Read and Write: Yes

Father's Birthplace: Romania

Mother's Birthplace: Romania

Language Spoken: German

Immigration Year: 1885

Naturalization: Naturalized

Able to Speak English: Yes

Household Members: Name Age

Kathrine Ritz 65

Sarah Ritz 21

Find A Grave Burial Record ^[12]

Name: Katherina Ritz

Birth Date: 1863

Death Date: 1933

Cemetery: Lodi Memorial Park and Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place: Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, United States of America

Has Bio?: N

Sources

1. ↑ Drefs, R., Bessarabian Village Birth Records, 186x published by Odessa Digital Library - 26 Oct 1997
2. ↑ Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls. NAI: 6256867. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Catharine Ritz, born 1864 in Russia, Year: 1885; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 491; Line: 42; List Number: 1466. Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
3. ↑ Russians to America Passenger Data File [database on-line]. Katharina Ritz, born 1864 in Russia, arrived in United States on 28 November 1885. Ancestry.com online database, accessed 30 June 2023.
4. ↑ Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. Katharina Scheuchner Ritz, wife of Michael Ritz, Place: Utah; Year: 1881-1912; Page Number: 25. Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
5. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census, Catherine Ritz, age 35, born in Russia, Year: 1900; Census Place: Keystone, Dickey, North Dakota; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0256; FHL microfilm: 1241228. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
6. ↑ Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2008. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: T-18353 to T-18363. Emma Ritz, age 10, born in the United States, Year: 1906; Census Place: 19, Calgary, Alberta; Page: 7; Family No: 57. Ancestry.com. 1906 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
7. ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9P-LTMG : 16 March 2018), Sarah Ritz in entry for Emma Ritz, 1911; citing Census, Red Deer Sub-Districts 80-128, Alberta, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,656.
8. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Seattle, Washington; NAI Number: 4449160; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: M1383; Roll Number: 54, Katharina Ritz, age 56, born in 1864 in Tarotina [sic], Russia. Ancestry.com. Washington, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1965 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006.
9. ↑ The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Eastport, Idaho, 1924-1956; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A3460; Roll Number: 027, Katherine Ritz, age 56, born in Russia. Ancestry.com. U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
10. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census, Ktherine Ritz, age 55, born in Russia, Year: 1920; Census Place: Elkhorn, San Joaquin, California; Roll: T625_143; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 147. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
11. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census, Katherine Ritz age 65, born in Russia, Year: 1930; Census Place: Lodi, San Joaquin, California; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 2339945. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
12. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 27 December 2019), memorial page for Katherina Ritz (1863–1933), Find A Grave: Memorial #83417052, citing Lodi Memorial Park and Cemetery, Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA ; Maintained by Tim Cook (contributor 46481904).