Elizabeth Jane RITTENOUR "YOUNG"

"Lib / Lizzie"

     

Father

Joseph RITTENOUR

Mother

Clarissa BOUGHNEUR

Celtic Cross

Born

7/9/1856
Saginaw MI

Died

3/18/1948
Macomb St. Lawrence NY

 

Married 1/11/1888

Levi Oliver YOUNG
Brockville Ontario Canada

13 Children

George YOUNG 1876
Edna YOUNG 1878
Clara YOUNG 1880
Jonah YOUNG 1882
Elsie YOUNG 1886
James YOUNG 1888
Elon YOUNG 1890
Ransom YOUNG 1892
Nora YOUNG 1894
Vera YOUNG 1898
Ada YOUNG 1900
Claude YPUNG 1902
Nobel YOUNG 1910
     
Notes: Elizabeth was supposed to have been Dutch?
 
RITTENOUR Origin: German
Spelling variations include: Rittenhause, Rittenhausen, Ritterhausen, Ritterhause, Rittenhouse, Ritterhouse and many more.

First found in Austria, where the name became noted for its many branches in the region, each house acquiring a status and influence which was envied by the princes of the region.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Wilhelm Rittenhouse and his brothers Claus and Gerhard, who emigrated from Wuppertal to Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1688; David Rittenhouse, who came to Pennsylvania in 1777.
     
     
 

 
 

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