John Ritchie

1823 - 1906  (83 years)

• Name	John Ritchie
  Birth	3 Mar 1823	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Christening	15 Jun 1823	Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Tay Valley Twp (South Sherbooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Census	2 Apr 1871	Tay Valley Twp (South Sherbooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Canada
  		1871 Census Sherbrooke South Lanark John Ritchie
  FamilySearch ID	LCM7-1S4
  _UID	282D1B5CBACE4338AEE47588C6D42913347C
  Death	10 Apr 1906	Althorpe, Tay Valley Twp (South Sherbooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Obituary Our Althorpe correspondent writes. Another native person of this district died on Tuesday, April the 10th, in the person of Mr. John Ritchie. Deceased had been sick only a few days but the attending physician pronounced it a general breaking up of the system. Deceased was of a quiet nature and was well thought of and widely known. Mr. Ritchie was a councillor and Reeve for years and was always chosen for chairman at all public meetings. It will be a hard task to fill Mr. Ritchie's place. He was always ready to assist or help people out of ?, he was a good farmer qne could extract a tooth as well as a doctor and a few years ago people would come a long distance to have a tooth taken out by him. Some years ago he relin? ? farming and spent the last 4 years with his son. He had ?? The family are Robert and James and Mrs A. Poole in the west; John and Mrs Thomas. ? at Penting?, Mrs Peter Munroe at Maberly and William on the homestead. Tuesday the service was conducted by the Baptist minister and the funeral to Bollingbrook wa largely attended.
  Burial	Bollingbroke Cemetery, Bolingbrooke, Tay Valley Twp (South Sherbooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I5857	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	John Ritchie,   b. 22 Dec 1793, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland d. 31 Oct 1864, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Mary Blair Wilson,   b. 1796, Dumfries and Galloway (Kirkcudbright Galloway and Wigtown Galloway), Scotland d. 1857, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	7 Nov 1920	Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F1133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Mentry Menzies,   b. 1823, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 14 Dec 1897, Althorpe, Tay Valley Twp (South Sherbooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1845
  Children	+ 1. John Ritchie,   b. 4 Jul 1846, Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 28 Aug 1923, Tay Valley Twp (South Sherbooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years)   2. Robert Ritchie,   b. 1849, Tay Valley Twp (South Sherbooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 6 Feb 1932, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)   3. William Ritchie,   b. 3 Apr 1850, Tay Valley Twp (South Sherbooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Apr 1932, Tay Valley Twp (South Sherbooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years) + 4. Jane "Jennie" Ritchie,   b. 1852, Lanark Highlands (North Sherbrooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 26 Feb 1939, Loreburn Cemetery, Loreburn, Saskatoon District, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 87 years)   5. Mary Ritchie,   b. 1852, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 1852 (Age 0 years)   6. Mary Jane Ritchie,   b. 4 Dec 1855, Tay Valley Twp (South Sherbooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 14 Dec 1921, Bollingbroke Cemetery, Bolingbrooke, Tay Valley Twp (South Sherbooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years)   7. James Ritchie,   b. 1861, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   8. Jessie Wilhelmina McLaren,   b. Jun 1844, Drummond-North Elmsley Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Dec 1872, Drummond-North Elmsley Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 28 years)   9. Ann Catherine Ritchie,   b. 1864, Tay Valley Twp (South Sherbooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 1946 (Age 82 years)   10. George Ritchie,   b. 1868, Tay Valley Twp (South Sherbooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1859	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Mar 1823 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Christening - 15 Jun 1823 - Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1871 - Tay Valley Twp (South Sherbooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 2 Apr 1871 - Tay Valley Twp (South Sherbooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - 10 Apr 1906 - Althorpe, Tay Valley Twp (South Sherbooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Bollingbroke Cemetery, Bolingbrooke, Tay Valley Twp (South Sherbooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  1871 Census Sherbrooke South Lanark John Ritchie

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch, Family Trees, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 27 Jan 2024), entry for John Ritchie, person ID LCM7-1S4. (Reliability: 3). [S120] Public Archives of Canada, Canada, 1871 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 8 Feb 2019), John Ritchie Household; 1871 Canada Census. MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, UT, USA: MyHeritage (USA) Inc. https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10520/1871-canada-census. (Reliability: 3).