1850 Michael Ritner (age 48, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Silver Spring, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania with Elizabeth Ritner (age 38), Catharine Ritner (age 11), Susan Ritner (age 8), Francis Ritner (age 2), and Henry Ritner (age 6). John Ritner (age 72) and Mary (age 49) were listed adjacent. [1]
1860 Michael Ritner (age 57, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Silver Spring, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, at post office New Kingston, with Elizabeth Ritner (age 47), Catharine Ritner (age 20), Francis Ritner (age 11), Ellen Ritner (age 8), and Elizabeth Ritner (age 7). [2]
1870 Michael Ritner (age 69, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Silver Spring, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, at post office New Kingston, with Elizabeth Ritner (age 59), and Francis Ritner (age 21). [3]
1880 Michael Ritner (age 79, born in Pennsylvania), widower, brother, Farmer, lived in Silver Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (father born in Pennsylvania and mother born in Pennsylvania) with Eliza Line (age 67), head, Leah Line (age 34), and grandson Carrie Bricker (age 19). [4]
The Genealogy of the Parthemore Family [5] Reports:
Mary Black married ... John Ritner, b. June 17, 1834; son of Michael Ritner (1803-1882) and Elizabeth Sweigert (1813-1873); Michael Ritner was a relative of Joseph Ritner, eighth Governor of Pennsylvania; resides in Harrisburg, Pa.; is a painter by trade; was a soldier, enlisting August 8,1862, in company B, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers; mustered out May 29, 1863; reenlisted August 22, 1864, in company B, Two Hundred and First regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers; mustered out with company, June 21, 1865.
1911 Mrs Catharine Sprenger, daughter of Michael Ritner and Elizabeth Sweigert, died on November 28, 1911, at age 72, in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Mrs Catharine Sprenger was born on April 25, 1839, in Pennsylvania. [6]
1912 Frank Ritner, son of Michael Ritner and Catharine Sweger, died on March 17, 1912, at age 62, in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Frank Ritner was born on November 28, 1849, in Pennsylvania. [7]
1923 Susanna Vogelsong, daughter of Michael Ritner and Elizabeth Swegart, died on May 25, 1923, at age 80, in Silver Spring, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Susanna Vogelsong was born on September 30, 1842, in Pennsylvania. [8]
[1] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] The Genealogy of the Parthemore Family (), 140, [HathiTrust].
[6] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[7] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[8] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].