Lydia S. Ritter1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 19717, (1889 - 1932)
FatherPierce Hiram Ritter4,5,6 (Aug 1855 - 19 Jan 1931)
MotherSallie S. Funk7,6 (31 Dec 1856 - 16 Jan 1916)

Key Events:

Birth: 1 Nov 1889, Pennsylvania8,9,10
Marriage: about 1906, Charles Truman Simons (16 Apr 1888 - 1 Oct 1948)11,12,13
Death: 18 Aug 1932, Milton, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania6
Burial: 20 Aug 1932, Harmony Cemetery, Milton, Pennsylvania6
ChartsDescendants of Jacob K. and Christiana Ohl Riegel

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Lydia S. Ritter was born on 1 Nov 1889 in Pennsylvania.8,9,10 She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Milton, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, in the household of her parents, Pierce Hiram Ritter and Sallie S. Funk.4
     Lydia married Charles Truman Simons, son of John Henry Simons and Mary Catharine Riegel, about 1906.11,12,13
     Lydia and Charles appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Milton, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, at 350 Cameron Ave., enumerated 20 Apr 1910, reporting that they were renting their home. Their son Franklin was listed as living with them, They were living about two blocks away from his brother Clarence and his family, who were living at 129 Cameron Ave.14
     Lydia and Charles appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Milton, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, at 342 Cameron Ave., enumerated 9 Jan 1920, reporting that they were renting their home, apparently from her father, who had owned it in 1910. Their son Franklin was listed as living with them, as was her father, Pierce Hiram Ritter.15
     She appeared with Charles and their children, Franklin and Donald, on the 1930 Federal Census of Milton, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, in the household of her father.16
     Lydia died on 18 Aug 1932 in Milton, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, at age 42.6 She was buried on 20 Aug 1932 in Harmony Cemetery, Milton, Pennsylvania.6

Children:
     Children with Charles Truman Simons

Charles and Lydia had one other child, whose name is unknown, and who died before 1910.20
  • Franklin P. Simons17,18,19 (21 Mar 1910 - 18 Jun 1963)
  • Donald E. Simons19 (15 Sep 1922 - Nov 1978)

Citations

  1. [S5759] Pierce Reitter household, 1900 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows name as Lidia S. Reitter.
  2. [S5750] Charles T. Simons household, 1910 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows name as Lydia Simons.
  3. [S5751] Charles T. Simons household, 1920 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows name as Lydia S. Simons, and her husband's father-in-law with surname Ritter.
  4. [S5759] Pierce Reitter household, 1900 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania.
  5. [S5751] Charles T. Simons household, 1920 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows her as wife and him as father-in-law of head of household.
  6. [S5697] Lydia S. Simons, Certificate of Death.
  7. [S5759] Pierce Reitter household, 1900 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows the girl as daughter of Sallie's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S5697] Lydia S. Simons, Certificate of Death, shows date, with year as 1889, and state.
  9. [S5759] Pierce Reitter household, 1900 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows month, year, as 1890, age 9, and state.
  10. [S5750] Charles T. Simons household, 1910 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows age 21 and state.
  11. [S5750] Charles T. Simons household, 1910 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows married 4 years.
  12. [S5751] Charles T. Simons household, 1920 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows married.
  13. [S5752] Pierce H. Ritter household, 1930 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows married, with his first marriage at age 18 and hers at 17.
  14. [S5750] Charles T. Simons household, 1910 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania.
  15. [S5751] Charles T. Simons household, 1920 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania.
  16. [S5752] Pierce H. Ritter household, 1930 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania.
  17. [S5750] Charles T. Simons household, 1910 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  18. [S5751] Charles T. Simons household, 1920 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows him as the son of her husband.
  19. [S5752] Pierce H. Ritter household, 1930 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows the boy as grandson and her as daughter of head of household.
  20. [S5750] Charles T. Simons household, 1910 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows her as the mother of two, with one living.