This is my husband’s beautiful great-grandmother, Lucinda Amanda Jewell Ritchey! Only recently did someone send us a scan of this photo – and we were thrilled to get it! Lucinda was the daughter of Thomas W. Jewell and Zillah Ward. She was born March 18, 1849, in Rushville, […]
Edith Margaret Klein and Francis Sumber Ritchey (my Ritchey’s grandparents!) were married 103 years ago – June 10, 1910 – in Fillmore County, Nebraska. Edith was the daughter of George Klein and Caroline Jungbluth. Francis was the son of Charles Henry Ritchey and Lucinda Amanda Jewell. Edith and […]
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 […]
Vivian Eleanora Ritchey Brown died 46 years ago – May 5, 1967 – in an automobile accident in Kansas. Vivian was driving to attend the funeral of her uncle. Vivian was the daughter of Francis Sumber Ritchey and Edith Margaret Klein, born June 28, 1924, in Geneva, Nebraska. […]
Lucinda Amanda Jewell Ritchey died 80 years ago – March 18, 1933 – in Fillmore County, Nebraska. Lucinda was the daughter of Thomas W. Jewell and Zillah Ward, born March 18, 1849, in Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois. On February 4, 1875, Lucinda married Charles Henry Ritchey. They had […]
Edith Margaret Klein and Francis Sumber Ritchey were married 102 years ago – June 10, 1910 – in Fillmore County, Nebraska. Edith was the daughter of George Klein and Caroline Jungbluth. Francis was the son of Charles Ritchey and Lucinda Amanda Jewell. Edith and Francis had 8 children: […]
My husband, Ritchey, in the photo above, taken in Schuyler County, Illinois, at Sugar Grove North Cemetery. He is standing between the gravestones for William McKee and Cassandra Frakes and Charles Ritchey and Amanda McKee, his 3 gr and 2 gr grandparents. My Husband’s Family After spending 25 […]
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, […]
Edith Margaret Klein was born 122 years ago – March 18, 1890 – in Stoptable, Nebraska. Edith was the daughter of George Klein and Caroline Jungbluth, who were born in Darmstadt, Germany, and Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Edith married Francis Sumber Ritchey in 1910. They had 8 children: Bernice, […]
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