Ancestry of
John Ritter

TV and Movie Actor

Martha Elizabeth Matthews

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• • Grandmother of John Ritter — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 5 
  • Father:
  • James Pinkney H. Matthews 
  • Mother:
  • Edna A. Murray   
  • Birth Date:
  • 27 May 1877 
  • Birth Location:
  • Texas 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 Mar 1935 
  • Death Location:
  • Alvin, Brazoria, Texas 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • James Everett Ritter
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Dec 1894 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Panola County, Texas 
  • Child:

  Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 
  • Martha Elizabeth Matthews's given name is also seen as Lizzie.

• Sources for Martha Elizabeth Matthews

  • 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 Federal Census, TX, Panola County, 1900, Justice Precinct 8, E.D. 73, Sheet 1B, Image 2 of 48.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, TX, Panola County, 1880, Precinct 1, E.D. 60, p. 12, Image 12 of 55.
  • ⁶ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/27/2021).
  • ⁷ Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977, Marriage certificate for James E Ritter and Lizzie Matthews.
  • ⁸ Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Death certificate for spouse James Everett Ritter.
  • ⁹ Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Death certificate for Martha Elizabeth Ritter, gives birthdate as 21 MAY 1877.
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "Tex Ritter", (accessed 12/07/2015).