Ancestry of
John Ritter

TV and Movie Actor

Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter

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• • Father of John Ritter — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • James Everett Ritter 
  • Mother:
  • Martha Elizabeth Matthews   
  • Birth Date:
  • 12 Jan 1905 
  • Birth Location:
  • Murvaul, Panola, Texas 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Jan 1974 
  • Death Location:
  • Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches, Jefferson, Texas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Dorothy Fay Southworth
  • Marriage Date:
  • 14 Jun 1941 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Jonathan Southworth "John" Ritter (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • Country Music Singer and Movie Actor

    Member of the Country Music Hall of Fame

• Sources for Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter

  • ¹ Ball Beginnings, 2000, Vol. 17, No. 2, p. 9.
  • ² Federal Census, TX, Panola County, 1910, Justice Precinct 1, E.D. 121, Sheet 21A, Image 42 of 45.
  • ³ Federal Census, TX, Panola County, 1920, Carthage, E.D. 155, Sheet 8A, Image 15 of 28.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/12/2016).
  • ⁵ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Death record for Woodward Ritter.
  • ⁶ Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, New York), 14 NOV 2003, Obituary for spouse Dorothy Fay Ritter.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Tex Ritter", (accessed 12/07/2015).