| |
|
 |
|
 1842 - 1928 (85 years)
-
| Name |
Ritz, Jakob S. [1] |
| Born |
28 Nov 1842 |
Switzerland  [1] |
| Christened |
11 Dec 1842 |
Wil, Zürich, Switzerland [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
4 Jul 1928 |
Union, Davis Co., Iowa, USA [1] |
| Buried |
Union Twp., Davis Co., Iowa, USA [1] |
|
|
| Person ID |
I21710 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Father |
Ritz, Hans Ulrich, b. 2 Jun 1811, Hüntwangen, Zürich, Switzerland , d. 2 Jan 1890 (Age 78 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Landert, Elizabeth, b. 1 Jul 1803, Seglingen, Zürich, Switzerland , d. 6 Jul 1881, Davis Co., Iowa, USA (Age 78 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Married |
21 Nov 1837 |
Wil, Zürich, Switzerland [1, 3, 4] |
| Family ID |
F1371 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Phelps, Alice E., b. 15 Sep 1851, Bloomfield, Davis, Iowa, USA , d. 5 Mar 1910, Bloomfield, Davis, Iowa, USA (Age 58 years) |
| Married |
19 Nov 1871 [1] |
- Lucinda Phelp's, Davis Co., IA, USA
|
| Children |
| | 1. Ritz, Paulina [natural] |
| | 2. Ritz, Rosa Ann, b. 13 Aug 1873, Iowa, USA , d. 1947, Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, USA (Age 73 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Ritz, Amy [natural] |
| | 4. Ritz, Mary Ellen [natural] |
| | 5. Ritz, Fred, b. 1876, Davis, Iowa, USA [natural] |
| | 6. Ritz, Lucinda, b. 1879, Davis, Iowa, USA [natural] |
| | 7. Ritz, Owen, b. 1882, Davis, Iowa, USA [natural] |
| | 8. Ritz, Edith, b. 1888, Davis, Iowa, USA [natural] |
|
| Last Modified |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Family ID |
F8418 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
-
-
-
| Notes |
Additional information from "Inhabitants of Wil, Zürich, Switzerland and Surrounds":
Also Known As:<_AKA> Jacob
Additional BIRTH information: Date from letter by Mrs. Sloan
Country from "This is Davis County Iowa" p. 393
28 Sep 1842 from age at death: 85y 9m 6d.
Additional MARRIAGE information: Date and place from "Davis Co., Iowa History" p. 393 by Mose Downing
Date and place from Davis Co. Marriage Records Bk #2 p 224
Additional DEATH information: Date and place from Davis Co. Death Records Book 2.
Additional BURIAL information: Place from Davis Co. Death Records Book 2.
CENSUS: 1895 - Iowa, Davis Co., Troy and Union Twp., page 19 #132/132, a ge 62 (birthyear would be 1833), born Switzerland, farmer, Methodist, can vote. FHL film #1020196
Died of prostotetes, a retired farmer, and widower.
Family lore and an article published in "This is Davis County Iowa" (1976) has that he emigrated from Zürich, Switzerland to America in 1856 by sail ship (a 72 day trip). then across the Alleghanies, down the Mississippi and finally to Davis Co., Iowa. He resided in Union Twp., Davis Co., IA. Page 393 of "This is Davis County Iowa" has a picture with brothers Conrad (age 78), John Ulrich (age 76), Jacob (age 73) and Heinrich (age 74 AKA Henry) Ritz. The photo was taken between Jul-Nov 1916.
However, a record of entry exists for New Orleans, LA dated 14th April, 1856 and indicating a departure point of Havre France.
|
-
| Sources |
- [S193] Inhabitants of Wil, Zürich, Switzerland and Surrounds.
1953
- [S185] IGI, 8908021-50.
- [S254] Mrs. Sloan, RTMIS00006.
- [S185] IGI, 7901227-59.
|
|
|
|
