James Henry Ritchie (1898 - 1977)

Born 7 May 1898 in La Rivière, Manitoba, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Mildred Warnes — married 4 Nov 1919 in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada

Died 18 Jun 1977 at age 79 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Biography

James was born in 1898. He is the son of William Ritchie and Elizabeth Mitchell. On 27 November 1916, he signed up to serve overseas. He was assigned to the 143rd Battalion. ^[1] He married Mildred Warnes in Vernon, British Columbia. ^[2] He was a fruit grower in Summerland. ^[3] They had a child. James and Mildred were divorced and James was married again to Muriel Winifred Steen. That also appears to have ended in divorce. James died in Victoria at the age of 79. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Canada. "Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918)." Record Group 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4930 - 35. Library and Archives Canada; Ancestry
2. ↑ British Columbia, Canada, Marriage Index, 1872-1935 [database on-line] British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, citing British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency.
3. ↑ 1921 census of Canada, British Columbia, West Summerland, district 25, subdistrict 36; Ancestry, citing Library and Archives Canada, series RG31
4. ↑ "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL17-V2C : 13 April 2017), James Henry Ritchie, 1977.

• James Henry Ritchie family file, Summerland Museum