Mary Rittenhouse
ID # 8438, (1794-)
| Father | Michael Rittenhouse (1768-1852) |
| Mother | Diana Fretz (1768-1801) |
| Birth | Mary Rittenhouse was born on 1 April 1794 at Bucks County, Pennsylvania. |
| Marriage | She married Tillman Houser on 13 April 1813. See page 432 of A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Christian and Hans Meyer, by Rev. A. J. Fretz, 1896. This dates her marriage to Tilman Houser as Apr. 13, 1813. This does not show the location of her marriage, but the families were, by this time, in Upper Canada some years. |
| Note | The last specific record that we have for Mary Rittenhouse Houser is the 1861 census where she is shown as age 67 and as being born in the United States. She has yet to be found in a later census. The transcription of Campden Mennonite Cemetery does appear to show that she is buried beside Tilman, and this is probably the case. Her gravestone was evidently in poor condition. About all the transcribers could make of it were the words 'Mary' and '1882', but they also record that the stone is sunk and cemented. Since she is not found in the 1871 or 1881 censuses, that she lived to 1882 is doubtful. Barring a death notice in a periodical or a family bible reference it seems unlikely that we can ever be certain. |
| Last Edited | 15 Mar 2021 |