Person:Carl Rittgers (1)
Carl Clinton Rittgers
b.17 Aug 1888 Valley (township), Polk, Iowa, United States
d.4 Aug 1975 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
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m. 20 Mar 1859
  1. Francis Daniel Rittgers1860 - 1862
  2. Charles Sanford Rittgers1862 - 1863
  3. Ira Wesley Rittgers1864 - 1864
  4. Timothy Denny Rittgers1866 - 1944
  5. Edmund Grant "Eddy" Rittgers1869 - 1900
  6. Kitty Klyde Rittgers1871 - 1944
  7. George Eugene "Gene" Rittgers1873 - 1928
  8. Flora May Rittgers1875 - 1897
  9. Sarah O'dessa Rittgers1877 - 1903
  10. James Albert "Jim" Rittgers1882 - 1953
  11. Cora Nina Rittgers1886 - 1970
  12. Carl Clinton Rittgers1888 - 1975
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Facts and Events
Name Carl Clinton Rittgers
Gender Male
Birth[1] 17 Aug 1888 Valley (township), Polk, Iowa, United States
Census? 1910
Census[3] 1920 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
Census[4] 1930 Webster, Polk, Iowa, United States
Death[2] 4 Aug 1975 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
Burial? Rittgers Cemetery, Johnston, Polk, Iowa, United States

He is on the 1920 census, in Des Moines, Polk Co., Ia., age 31, "farming father's farm". In the home are also his parents, "D.F." and Sarah E. Rittgers. They have a boarder, Mary Holmquist, 67, a seamstress from Germany, who immigrated in 1875.[ED 84, p 4A, fa m #97/84] He continues in Webster Twp on Johnston Station Rd on the 1930 Census. He owns his farm, and has a radio. He is 41 and single. (ED 77-129, p. 4B, fam #96/98) He was a farmer and a veteran of WW I, a member of the Grace United Methodist Church and the Johnston Lions Club. We are told he never married. He owned a large farm that is now being developed into a housing development in Johnston, Polk Co., Ia.

References
  1. ↑ Polk Co., Ia, Births
    Bk 2 - 1885-1887, 22 Jan 1977.
  2. ↑ Funeral card.
  3. ↑ ED 84, p. 4A, fam #97/84
    Rittgers, D.F., head, 82, b Oh to par b Oh, retired farmer
    Sarah, wife, 76, b Del to par b Del
    Carl C., son, 31, b Ia, farming father's farm
    Holmquist, Mary, roomer, 67, immig 1875, b Ger to par b Ger., seamstress
  4. ↑ ED 77-129, p. 4B, fam # 96/98 Johnston STation
    Rittgers, Carl, head, owns farm & has radio, 41, single, b Ia to father b Oh, mother b
    Pa, farmer general farm
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