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Abraham D Ritter 1843–1906 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 Oct 1843

Birth Location: Greene Twp, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 05 Jan 1906

Death Location: Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Father: Lewis Ritter

Mother: Julia Pheasant

Spouse(s): Hannah Holder

Children(s): Frank Ritter, John Ritter, Edward Ritter, Ernest Ritter, Minerva Miller, Laura Ritter, Emma Ritter, Frank Ritter, Howard Ritter

The story of Abraham D Ritter began in 1843 in Greene Twp, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA. In 1850, Abraham D Ritter resided in Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA. Abraham D Ritter married Hannah Jane Holder, and had children including Edward Lewis Ritter, Emma Ritter, Ernest Kurtz Ritter, Frank Crawford Ritter, Frank Ritter, Howard M Ritter, John Beatty Ritter, Laura E Ritter, Minerva Ritter Miller. Abraham D Ritter passed away in 1906 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Abraham D Ritter began in 1843 in Greene Twp, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • In 1850, Abraham D Ritter resided in Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Abraham D Ritter married Hannah Jane Holder, and had children including Edward Lewis Ritter, Emma Ritter, Ernest Kurtz Ritter, Frank Crawford Ritter, Frank Ritter, Howard M Ritter, John Beatty Ritter, Laura E Ritter, Minerva Ritter Miller.
  • Abraham D Ritter passed away in 1906 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lewis Ritter
1802–1870
Birth Location: Maryland, USA
LR
Julia Pheasant
1810–1885
Birth Location: Adams Co, Pennsylvania
JP

Spouses(s)

Hannah Holder
1851–1920
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
HH

Children(s)

Frank Ritter
1880–1962
Birth Location: Fayetteville, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, USA
FR
John Ritter
1889–1958
Birth Location: Greene Twp, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
JR
Edward Ritter
1878–1931
Birth Location: Greene Twp, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
ER
Ernest Ritter
1890–1945
Birth Location: Greene Twp, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
ER
Minerva Miller
1884–1977
Birth Location: Fayetteville-Talladega Springs, Pennsylvania
MM
Laura Ritter
1872–
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
LR
Emma Ritter
1877–
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
ER
Frank Ritter
1880–
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
FR
Howard Ritter
1881–
Birth Location: –
HR

Abraham Ritter's Ancestors

Self
Abraham Ritter
1843–1906
Birth Place: Greene Twp, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Lewis Ritter
1802–1870
Maryland, USA
Julia (Ann) Pheasant
1810–1885
Adams Co, Pennsylvania
Grandparents
Tobias (Ritter,) Jr
1785–1855
Leitersburg, Washington, Maryland, USA
Polly (Mary) Cook
1792–1874
Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
Tobias RITTER
1764–1840
Juliann Ritter
1762–1831
Olive Baldwin
1769–1828
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jacobus Ritter
1726–1804
Judith Dietrich
1735–1806
Johann Williard
1714–1794
Magdalena Schlim
1722–1792
Lieut. Baldwin
1742–1788
Mary Hunt
1729–1780

Abraham Ritter's Descendants

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Abraham (D) Ritter (31 Oct 1843–05 Jan 1906) m. Hannah (Jane) Holder (06 Mar 1851–31 Oct 1920)
  1. 1. Frank (Crawford) Ritter 1880–1962 m. Nora (Blanche) Bumbaugh 1885–1964 m. Nora (Blanche) Rock 1885–1964 m. Elsie (Gertrude) Lilley 1883–1959
    1. 1. Ella (Mabel) Ritter 1915–1991 m. John (Franklin) Miller 1913–1990
      1. 1. Peggy (JoAnn) Miller 1940–2009 m. Charles (Martin McKnight) Sr 1935–2019
      2. 2. Elmer (William Franklin) Miller 1934–2004
      3. 3. Nora (May "Dolly") Miller 1938–2016
      4. 4. Lloyd (George) Miller 1943–1944
      5. 5. Donald Miller 1938–2022
      6. 6. Donald (J) Miller 1937–2022
    2. 2. Charles (Wesley) Ritter 1912–1970
    3. 3. Herbert (Charles) Ritter 1917–1990
    4. 4. Rebecca (Florence) Ritter 1922–1998
    5. 5. Nora (Hilda Geneva) Ritter 1914–1914
    6. 6. George (W) Ritter 1907–1909
    7. 7. Louise (R) Stake 1903–
  2. 2. John (Beatty) Ritter 1889–1958
  3. 3. Edward (Lewis) Ritter 1878–1931
  4. 4. Ernest (Kurtz) Ritter 1890–1945
  5. 5. Minerva (Ritter) Miller 1884–1977
  6. 6. Laura (E.) Ritter 1872–
  7. 7. Emma Ritter 1877–
  8. 8. Frank Ritter 1880–
  9. 9. Howard (M) Ritter 1881– m. Emma Wilson 1885–

Abraham Ritter's Timeline

12 Records

1843
31 Oct 1843
Birth of Abraham D Ritter in Strawsburg, Cumberland County, MD.
Strawsburg, Cumberland County, MD.
1843
31 Oct 1843
Birth of Abraham D Ritter in Greene Twp, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Greene Twp, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
1850
1850
Age 7
Abraham D Ritter resided here in Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
1861
1861-1911
Age 18
Abraham D Ritter resided here in Pennsylvania, USA
Pennsylvania, USA
1870
1870
Age 27
Abraham D Ritter resided here in Greene, Fayetteville, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Greene, Fayetteville, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
1880
1880
Age 37
Abraham D Ritter resided here in Fayetteville, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Fayetteville, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
1890
Jun 1890
Age 47
Abraham D Ritter resided here in Fayetteville and Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Fayetteville and Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
1896
31 Jul 1896
Age 53
Abraham D Ritter resided here in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA
1900
1900
Age 57
Abraham D Ritter resided here in Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
1906
05 Jan 1906
Age 63
Death of Abraham D Ritter in Greene Twp, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Greene Twp, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
1906
05 Jan 1906
Age 63
Death of Abraham D Ritter in Crawford
Crawford
1906
22 Jan 1906
Age 63
Abraham D Ritter - Probate in Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 Oct 1843
    Event Place: Strawsburg, Cumberland County, MD.
    Record Source:
    [1] 1880 United States Federal Census
    [2] Pennsylvania, U.S., CIVIL War Muster Rolls
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, People's Register; Publication Date: 12 Jan 1906; Publication Place: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA; ,0.5832931,0.20802507,0.77598464&xid=3355

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 Oct 1843
    Event Place: Greene Twp, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania; Roll: 781; Page: 176a

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861-1911
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Red, white, and blue badge: Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers: a history of the 93rd Regiment

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Greene, Fayetteville, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1345; Page: 186A

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Fayetteville, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Jun 1890
    Event Place: Fayetteville and Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1890 Veterans Schedules of the U.S. Federal Census, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Series Number: M123; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Vet

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 31 Jul 1896
    Event Place: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Newspapers.com Stories and Events Index, Public Weekly Opinion; Publication Date: 31 Jul 1896; Publication Place: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1412; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0041; FHL microfilm: 1241412

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Fayetteville
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, People's Register; Publication Date: 12 Jan 1906; Publication Place: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA; ,0.5832931,0.20802507,0.77598464&xid=3355

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Fayetteville , Franklin Co , Psl
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current, Public Weekly Opinion; Publication Date: 28 Mar 1871; Publication Place: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA;

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Franklin County, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Green Twp., Pennsylvania
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Card Files, Pennsylvania State Archives; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Civil War Veterans` Card File, 1861-1866; Series Number: 19.12

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group N

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 05 Jan 1906
    Event Place: Greene Twp, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 05 Jan 1906
    Event Place: Crawford
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, People's Register; Publication Date: 12 Jan 1906; Publication Place: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA; ,0.5832931,0.20802507,0.77598464&xid=3355

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 22 Jan 1906
    Event Place: Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, Administration Index; Author: Franklin County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Franklin, Pennsylvania
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