Person:Alice Rittgers (1)

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Alice Rittgers
m. 28 Dec 1856
  1. Alice Rittgers1858 -
  2. Albert Clarence Rittgers1861 - 1935
  3. Perry Rittgers1863 -
  4. Sarah Isabel Rittgers1866 - 1906
m. 1885
Facts and Events
Name Alice Rittgers
Gender Female
Birth[1] 18 Dec 1858 Jefferson Twp., Polk Co., IA
Census[2] 1860 Jefferson Twp., Polk Co., IA
Census? 1870
Census[3] 1880 Washington Twp., Mercer Co., MO
Marriage 1885 Mercer Co., MO.to John Smith
Census[4] 1900 Millgrove Village, Washington Twp., Mercer Co., MO
Census[5] 1910 Mill Grove, Mercer Co., Mo
Death? Mercer Co., MO.
Reference Number 121.4

She is on the 1860 Census, age 1, with parents there.[p 93, fam #747/682] On the 1880, with father and step-mother at Dist 232, Mercer Co., Mo.[ED 232, p 152A, fam #1/1] She married John SMITH 1885 in Mercer Co., Mo. He was born Sep 1857 in Mo. On the 1900 census we find John Smith in Washington Twp., Mercer Co., Mo., farming. He is 42, and a farmer on his own general farm. Wife Alice , age 41, was born Dec 1858. They have been married 14 yrs. and have had 3 children, two still living.[ED 122, p 14B, fam #296/298] In 1910, we find them still in Mill Grove. John is 53 and still farming. Alice, 52, states they have been married 24 years and that she has born 3 children, 2 alive at this time. Both sons still in the home, as is Scott's bride, Eunice.[ED 126, p 13A, fam #269/273]

References
  1. Family Group Sheet.
  2. p. 93, fam #747/682
    Rittgers, Samuel, 32, farmer, b Oh
    Christina, 30, b Wutenberg
    Emmeline, 9, b Oh
    Martha, 7, b Oh
    Alice, 1, b Ia
    Edzell, Mary E., 6, b Oh
  3. ED 232, p. 152A, fam #1/1
    Rittgers, Samuel, 56, head, farmer, b Oh to father b Pa, mother b Eng
    Merinda C., 39, wife, b MO to father b NY mother b ?
    Alice, 20, dau, teacher, b Ia to father b Oh, mother b Wutenberg
    Albert, 18, son, b Ia
    Perry G., 15, son, b Ia
    Sarah, 13, dau, b Ia
    Effie S., 9, st. dau, b Ia
    Bertie, 2, son, b Ia
    Rutcher, Sarah, 17, servant, b Mo to par b Mo.
  4. ED 122, p. 14B, fam #296/298
    Smith, John, head, b Sept 1857, m14yr, b Mo, birth of par unknown, farmer
    Alice, wife, b Dec 1858, 41, m14yr, born 3 children/2 alive, b Ia to father b Pa
    mother b Fer
    Scottie, son, b June 1886, 13, b MO
    Orville, son, b Jan 1888, 12, b MO
  5. ED 126, p. 13A, fam #269/273
    Smith, John, head, 53, m24yr, b Mo to par b Mo, farmer general farm he mortgaged
    Allice, wife, 51, m24yr, born 3children/2alive, b Ia to father b Pa, mother b Ger
    Orville, son, 22, single, b Mo
    Scott, son-head, m1yr, b Mo
    Eunice, wife, 18, m1yr, born 0children, b Mo to father b Mo, mother b Ia