Catherine Amelia Robinson Ritchie1

b. 16 January 1878
FatherJames Lafayette Ritchie2,3,4 b. 10 Jul 1841, d. 8 Jan 1907
MotherRosanna Melissa Duff3,4 b. 21 Feb 1843, d. 7 Oct 1899
Birth16 Jan 1878 Catherine Amelia Robinson Ritchie was born on 16 Jan 1878 in Virginia.3,4 
Marriage21 Jul 1902 or 22 Jul 1902 She married James Alexander Davis, son of Charles W. Davis and Rachel B. Ayres, on 21 Jul 1902 or 22 Jul 1902 in Washington County, Virginia.5,6 
  Catherine's brother David had married James' sister Mary several years earlier. 
Last Edited24 Nov 2010

Citations

  1. [S870] Carolyn Ryburn, "Ritchies and Carmack," e-mail to D. Powell, 26 Jan. 2005. Information from Sam Bratton Jr., grandson of Minnie Ritchie Carmack (by phone 26 Jan. 2005).
  2. [S830] James L. Ritchie will (recorded 1907), Washington Co., Virginia Will Book 29 (D): 231. The will was dated 7 Jan. 1905; codicil added 1 June 1905; recorded 14 Jan. 1907.
  3. [S162] James L. Ritchie household, 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Abingdon District, ED 93, page 26D (stamped), dwelling 36, family 36, viewed online at www.Ancestry.com, Jan. 2005, image 28 of 56. Enumeration includes: James L. Ritchie, 38, marr, tax collector; Rosanna, 36, wife, keeping house; James W., 14, son, farmer; Frank T. 13, son, farmer; Wm C. 11, son, farmer; Martha F.J., 10, dau; Margaret H., 9, dau; Armenia C., 8, dau; David G., 7, son; Mary __, 5, dau; Amelia C., 3, dau; Benj C., 2, son; Elizabeth, 59, mother, widowed; Madison M., 22, brother, farming; Lida L. Brooks, 22, hired/house work; all b. VA; all parents b. VA.
  4. [S1238] Mary Hope Kelly, Betsy's Descendants, p. 87.
  5. [S8] Hockett and Hunt, 1891-1902 Marriages of Washington Co. VA, p. 26. Marriage abstracted as "James A. Davis, 21, s/o C.W. & R.B. Davis, clerk AND Catherine A. Ritchie, 24, d/o Jas L. & Rosanna M. Ritchie, 21, Jul 1902."
  6. [S1238] Mary Hope Kelly, Betsy's Descendants, p. 87. This record uses July 22, 1902 for the date of marriage.