Notes about Michael Ritner and his children, page 1 [Photocopy, page 2, Notes about other children of Michael Ritner.]
Michael Ritner had a daughter married to Jacob Brindle, of Perry County. Michael's family was described in a biosketch of his son, Joseph Ritner, who was governor of Pennsylvania. [1]
Notes about Michael Ritner and his children, page 1 [Photocopy, page 2, Notes about other children of Michael Ritner.]
Research Notes:
Hester Hall Awl, born, August 18,1814, married William Brindel, a nephew of Governor Ritner, and resides at Sunbury. [2]
1820 Jacob Brindle (age 26-44) lived in Dickinson Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in a household with 7 persons. [3]
1830 Jacob Brindle (age 50-60) and female (age 40-50) lived in Petersburg Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania with families from the next (younger) generation. [4]
1840 Jacob Brindle (age 60-70) and female (age 50-60) lived in Penn Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania. [5]
[1] Lives of David Porter and Joseph Ritner, Two Candidates for the Office of Governor of Pennsylvania, compiled from authentic sources (1838), 9, "His domestic life and habits", [GoogleBooks].
[2] Herbert Charles Bell, History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: Brown, Runk & Co, 1891), 805, [GoogleBooks].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].