Broken Bow, Nebraska, is the county seat of Custer County. The town was named for a broken bow and arrow found at an old Indian camping ground. It was platted in 1882 and incorporated as a city in 1888. A small city, it has a total area of […]
Anna C. Klein was born 128 years ago – July 12, 1885 – in Wisconsin. Anna was the daughter of George Klein and Caroline Jungbluth. She married Joseph Kaspar. Anna’s siblings were Louis H., Elnora L., Edith Margaret, Fred, George Arthur, Carl Henry, Clara M. and Lawrence Klein. […]
Charles Henry Ritchey and Lucinda Amanda Jewell are my Ritchey’s great-grandparents. His grandparents – Francis Sumber Ritchey and Edith Margaret Klein – are at the bottom of the list. Their daughter, Vivian Eleanora Ritchey, is his mom. My husband was given his mother’s maiden name as his christian […]
George Klein, my husband’s great-grandfather, was born in Darmstadt, Germany, December 27, 1850. George was the son of Jacob and Christina Klein. When George was 18 the family sailed across the Atlantic to America, to make their fortune in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Jacob’s brother had settled. George met […]
Charles Henry Ritchey was born 164 years ago – April 14, 1848 – in Rushville, Illinois. Charles was the son of Charles Ritchey and Amanda McKee. Charles Henry married Lucinda Amanda Jewell. They had 8 children: Charles Thomas, Mary Emma, James Eben, Elmer Cross, Edith Helen, Zillah Maude, […]
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
1929 Wedding
Revolutionary War heroes and families.
Ritchey's Paternal Grandmother
George and Caroline's Wedding Day
Klein Sod House