Claude C. Ritchey and Kathryn Ruth Kunselman

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Husband Claude C. Ritchey ¹

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           Born: 5 Oct 1873 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Nov 1951 1
         Buried:  - Emlenton Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Unknown (      -      )
         Mother: Lucretia Annetta Ritchey (1849-1938) 1

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       Marriage: 10 May 1924 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 2

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   Other Spouse: Sophie Agusta Bayer (Abt 1876-      ) 1 3 - 30 Sep 1902 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA (Divorced on 26 Sep 1917) 4

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Wife Kathryn Ruth Kunselman ¹

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           Born: 23 Jan 1897 - Red Bank, Clarion Co, PA 1
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           Died: 23 Jun 1965 1
         Buried:  - Emlenton Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: William Kunselman (      -Aft 1924)
         Mother: Cora May Minnich (      -Aft 1924)

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Children

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1 F Lois Ruth Ritchey ⁵

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           Born: 6 Apr 1925
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           Died: 14 Oct 1999 - ? Shippenville, Clarion Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Paul Leavy (1920-1965) 5

         Spouse: Herman William Fisher (1921-2005) 5 6
           Marr: 11 Mar 1972 7

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2 F Marian Irene Ritchey ⁵

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           Born: 20 Nov 1927 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 5
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           Died: 16 Feb 2007 - ? Cranberry, Venango Co, PA
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         Spouse: Clemence "Clem" Boyer, Jr. (1920-2007) 5
           Marr: 28 Jun 1947 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA

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3 M John Claude "Jack" Ritchey ⁵

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           Born: 28 Apr 1930 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 5
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Rose Marie Koch (1938-      ) 5
           Marr: 12 Sep 1959 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA

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General Notes: Husband - Claude C. Ritchey

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On his first marriage license, he listed his parents as Thomas Ritchey & Rose (his grandparents?).

He started his baseball career in Emlenton, Pennsylvania, in 1890, and from there he played with Parkers' Landing and then Franklin. He went into organized baseball with Warren Iron & Oil League, then to Cincinnati in the majors in 1897, and Louisville 1898-1899. He went to Pittsburgh with Honus Wagner, Fred Clarke and others when Barney Dreyfuss merged the two clubs. "Little All Right" he was called by his teammates because of his ability to drive in needed runs, and he was part of the Pirates great double play threesome, Honus Wagner, himself and Kitty Bransfield. Claude was second baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the halcyon days of Honus Wagner. They were a sensational group and won three National League pennants in a row 1901-1902-1903. Then in 1903 they played the Boston Red Sox in the first World Series; Boston winning five games and losing three to Pittsburgh. He left Pittsburgh in 1906 and played with the Boston Braves. [RLFT, 8]

1 Margaret S. Kahle, Ritchey-Lowrey Family Tree (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1976), Pg 7.

2 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #15673.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 537.

4 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #5725.

5 Margaret S. Kahle, Ritchey-Lowrey Family Tree (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1976), Pg 8.

6 Lois Etzel Reiter & Imogene Etzel Beichner, The Saga of the Etzels and Hanels of Clarion County (Clarion County, PA: Privately published, 1997), Pg 94.

7 Lois Etzel Reiter & Imogene Etzel Beichner, The Saga of the Etzels and Hanels of Clarion County (Clarion County, PA: Privately published, 1997), Pg 95.