Nora Irene Ritts

1887 - 1954  (67 years)

• Name	Nora Irene Ritts
  Born	06 Oct 1887
  Gender	Female
  Died	23 Dec 1954	Wilkensburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I259	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	Barney Vensel Ritts,   b. 14 Mar 1854, St. Petersburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania ,   d. 13 Feb 1925, Yale, Payne, Oklahoma, Mable Dale Hospital  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Anna Elnora Martin,   b. 07 Jun 1865, Norwalk, Huron, Ohio ,   d. 25 Jan 1901, Quay, Pawnee, Oklahoma  (Age 35 years)
  Married	20 Dec 1886	Norwalk, Huron, Ohio   [1]
  Notes	Ancestry.com Ohio Marriages 1803 - 1900 REF: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Library Norwalk Daily Reflector December 30, 1886 p4 c2 Barnard Ritts, of Lima, and Miss Annie E. Martin, of this city, were married at the home of the bride's parents on Corwin street yesterday morning by Rev. J. Nelson Lewis. They left in the evening for Lima, their future home.
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	John Allen Snyder
  Children	1. Thelma Irene Snyder,   b. 02 Mar 1910, Sparta, Randolph, Illinois ,   d. 07 May 1996, Sparta, Randolph, Illinois  (Age 86 years)   2. George Julius Snyder,   b. 24 Oct 1905,   d. 24 Feb 1965, Houston, Harris, Texas  (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F149	Group Sheet

  
  

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  Nora Irene (Ritts) Snyder Irene N. Oct. 6, 1887 Dec. 23, 1954

  
  

• Notes

  REF: Marilyn Scott Married right after her seventeenth birthday. Raised her younger brothers like she was their mother. Worked in a restaurant in Oklahoma. Overweight and high strung. Lived with Thelma and Walter in Chester. Was the kitchen queen and a great cook. Wouldn't let Thelma do much in the kitchen (two's a crowd), which caused Thelma to have to learn to cook after she died. Did a lot of sewing, embriodery, and quilt making. Quote from a notebook in Irene's hand: "Oct 28 - 1904 Friday John got to Louisburg, Kansas at 2:30 on Friday. Oct 29 - Sat. Becky, Dad, John & I drove to Paola, Kansas 16 miles in buggy. Dad went in court house with John because I was only 17 yrs old but my age & John's both was given as 21 years. Oct 30 Sunday John & I went to Mr Stickles the Pres minister's house to be married. Becky & Dad went along . stayed all nite at hotel. Oct 31 Mon left in afternoon for Sparta left on a mixed train freight with passenger coach. spent half of night in depot at Sedalia depot. Nov 1 Tue arrived in Sparta acomadation train about 7 pm. came to John's home. Elenora Lohrberg & Sophie Koch of Red Bud were here . was I a Happy Blushing Bride I'll say. Oct 30 Monday 1933 Bought a Boquet of Daliahs to take out to my sweethearts grave this date being our 29th wedding date. have had the blues for past few days just thinking of how happy I was 29 yrs ago & how sad now but so glad we had lived such a happy wedded life. Thelma Louise & I drove to E. St L. to see P.O.P parade saw May a little while. " Cause of Death: Stroke Medical Information: Died of a stroke while visiting relatives in Pennsylvania, obese, had high blood pressure

  
  

• Sources

  [S163] Ohio Marriages, 1803 - 1900, Jordan Dodd, (Name: Liahona Research;), Ritts, Barney V. and Martin, Anna E. married 20 Dec 1886 in Huron Co., Ohio.