Bruce Ritter
Honor Code SignatorySigned 29 May 2020 | 58 contributions | 6 thank-yous | 89 connections
Bold text== Biography == My name is My name is Bruce Ritter, that was born in Lewis Delaware. My surname is German my great great grandfather was born in Heidelberg Germany around 1825 my great great grandmother was born in eastern Switzerland possibly on the Swiss German border. They immigrated to the United States at about 1855 1860 and moved to Galena, Jo Daviss Illinois. My great grandfather and great grandmother were married in Dubuque Iowa and moved to Milwaukee Wisconsin. Sometime around the 1900s they moved from Wisconsin into Delaware. My great grandfather had a brother that moved to Oklahoma somewhere near Tulsa, two other brothers deceased one in California and one in Wisconsin. My great grandfather‘s mother remained in Illinois and remarried to a gentleman by the last name of SIPPIG. It’s unknown if she had any children by that gentleman. If you think you are a descendent of mine please email me at Lthrneck8@gmail.com
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