Capt. Charles Edward Ritts

1884 - 1955  (71 years)

• Name	Capt. Charles Edward Ritts
  Title	Capt.
  Born	29 Jun 1884	Knox Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Sep 1955	Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
  Buried	Allegheny County Memorial Park, Allison Park, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I1224	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	Nathan Ritts,   b. 04 Jul 1848, Beaver Township, St. Petersburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 16 Jan 1904, Paint Township, , Clarion, Pennsylvannia  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Margaret Jane Keiffer,   b. 28 Jul 1854, Lucinda, Clarion, Pennsylvania ,   d. 9 Apr 1920, 7400 Hermitage Street, Pittsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania  (Age 65 years)
  Married	30 Jun 1870
  Family ID	F153	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Gertrude Alice Barr,   b. 1 Apr 1880, Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania ,   d. 26 SEPT 1971, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania  (Age 91 years)
  Children	1. Charles Edward Ritts,   b. 17 Jun 1914, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania ,   d. 16 Oct 2002, Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania  (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F538	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  REF: Jinny Whitehouse From the Beaver Valley Times Thursday 22 Sept. 1955 Jinny has original copy Capt. Ritts Dies Five Days After Boat "Retires" Only five days after a steamboat W. P. Snyder Jr. which he had piloted went into "retirement" as a museum exhibit in Marietta, Ohio. Capt. Charles E. Ritts Sr., retired superintendent of river transportation for the Crucible Steel Co. of America, died in St. Francis Hospital, Pittsburgh. Captain Ritts, widely known in Pittsburgh district river circles, died Wednesday after a lengthy illness. He lived in Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh. His son, Charles E. Ritts Jr., a professional photographer in Pittsburgh, served as ship's photographer aboard the W P Snyder Jr., on its last cruise down the Monogahela and Ohio Rivers. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 pm in the William slater and Sons Funeral Home, Mt. Washington. REF: Charles Lawrence Ritts Charles E. had a son named Charles and this Charles had a son named Charles who had two girls REF: bbritts family tree on Ancestry.com