Person:Hugh Rittgers (1)

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Hugh Rittgers
b.7 Mar 1885 Bridgeport, Saline Co., KS.
d.10 Aug 1926
Parents and Siblings
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m. 24 Apr 1870
  1. Infant Rittgers1871 - 1871
  2. Esther Bertha Rittgers1872 - 1926
  3. Salena Sarah Rittgers1873 - 1944
  4. Evelyn Rittgers1875 - 1938
  5. Etta Rittgers1877 - 1903
  6. Daisy Rittgers1879 - 1932
  7. Mabel Rittgers1881 - 1951
  8. John Andrew Rittgers1883 - 1945
  9. Hugh Rittgers1885 - 1926
  10. Bertha Rittgers1886 -
  11. Jacob Benjamin Rittgers1889 - 1954
  12. Perry Arthur Rittgers1893 - 1947
  13. William Henry Rittgers1897 - 1962
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Facts and Events
Name Hugh Rittgers
Gender Male
Birth[1] 7 Mar 1885 Bridgeport, Saline Co., KS.
Census[3] 1900 Liberty Twp, Saline Co., Ks
Marriage to Loretta (Simpson) Browning
Census[4] 1910 Salina, Saline Co., KS.
Census[5] 1920 Manning, Carroll Co., Ia
Death[2] 10 Aug 1926
Burial? Gypsum Cemetery, Salina, Saline Co., KS
Reference Number 129.9

He is on the 1900 census, age 15, with parents in Liberty Twp., Saline, Ks. (ED 118, p 195B, fam #32/32) The 1910 census shows us Hugh, 25, listed in Ward 3, Salina, Saline Co., Ks., with his mother , Myra. He is listed as farmer, "working out."(ED 135, p 2B, fam #47/47) On 1920 census, age 34, a farm laborer on the farm of Harry Freetly, in Manning, Warren Twp., Carroll Co., Ia. No indication he is married at this time. He married Loretta (Simpson) Browning. Loretta was a widow with three daughters. Hugh and Loretta never had any children.

References
  1. ↑ Family Group Sheet.
  2. ↑ Family Group Sheet.
  3. ↑ ED 118, p. 195B, fam #32/32
    Rittgers, Perry, head, b Apr 1838, 62, b Oh to father b Pa, mother b Scotland,
    farmer
    Mira, wife, b Sept 1854, 45, m29yr, born 13 children/12 alive, b Oh to
    father b NC, mother b Ind
    Mabel, dau, b Oct 1881, 18, b Ks
    John A., son, b Aug 1883, 16, b Ks, farm laborer
    Hugh A., son, b Mar 1885, 15, b Ks, farm laborer
    Bertha A,. dau, b Dex 1886, 13, b Ks
    Jacob B., son, b July 1889, 10, b Ks
    Perry A., son, b July 1893, 6, b Ks
    Koplin, Archie, son-in-law, b July 1874, 25, m3yr, b Ind to father b Wisc, mother b
    Oh, farm laborer
    Daisy E., dau, b Aug 1879, 20, m3yr, born 2 children/2alive, b Ks
    Lester E., grand-son, b Mar 1898, 2, b Ks
    Artie, grand-son, b Aug 1899, 9mo, b Ks
  4. ↑ 3rd ward, ED 135, p. 2B, fam #47/47
    Rittgers, Myra, head, 55, widow, born 13 children, 11 alive, b Oh to father b NC,
    mother b Pa
    Hugh G., son, 25, b Ks, farmer, working out
    Arthur, son, 16, b Ks, farmer, working out
    William, son, 12, b Ks,
    Morrison, May E., sister, 61, b Mss to father b NC, mother b Pa
    Whelchel, Lavera, grand-daughter, 6, b Ks to par b Ks
  5. ↑ ED 65, p. 3B,
    Rittgres Hugh, hired hand, 34, b Ks to par b Unknown, farm laborer
    (In family of Harry Freetly and his wife Hazel.)
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