Basic Info

Birth Name Mary Catherine Ritchie
Married Name Mary Ritchie Caricofe, Mary Catherine Caricofe
Nickname(s) "Mama"
Birth Date 7/14/1862
Marriage Date 12/26/1889
Death Date 9/24/1491
Gender female
Age at Death 79 Years, 2 Months, 10 Days
Relation to Carrie Berta Caricofe Mother
Literate Yes
Occupation Homemaker
Location Near Dayton, VA

Postcard 1909–30 (R), 5-25-1909
Postcard 1909–30, 5-25-1909

Parents
Relation Name Birth Date Death Date
Father Ritchie, Josiah 07/26/1834 01/04/1913
Mother Meyer, Annie 11/10/1836 09/19/1902

Mary Catherine & Siblings
Relation Name Birth Date Death Date
Brother Ritchie, John W. 11/20/1857 1930
Brother Ritchie, David H. 03/1860 12/12/1934
     Ritchie, Mary Catherine 07/14/1862 09/24/1941

Marriage Info
Name Birth Date Marriage Date Death Date
Caricofe, Newton Michael 01/22/1861 12/26/1889 8/12/1933

Children
Relation Name Birth Date Death Date
Child Caricofe, Carrie Berta 11/23/1890 03/17/1959
Child Caricofe, Laura Sayford 05/20/1892 02/24/1950
Child Caricofe, Howard about 1894  
Child Caricofe, Dee Michael 07/07/1895 01/22/1986
Child Caricofe, Wilda Virginia 05/27/1897  
Child Caricofe, John Newton 10/07/1898 07/15/1979
Child Caricofe, Ward Lee 06/25/1900 12/02/1949
Child Caricofe, Starkton Fred 12/23/1902  

 

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Footnote

Citation

1aU.S. Census, 1900: Population, Heads of Families. Washington: Government Printing Office, State of Virginia, Rockingham County, Ashby District, Dayton Precinct, Supervisor's District No. 7, Enumeration District No. 56, Sheet No. 25, Rows 60–67: Caricofe, Newton "Newt" Michael; Ritchie, Mary Catherine. 6/25-26/1900. Accessed 2018.
1bU.S. Census, 1910: Population, Heads of Families. Washington: Government Printing Office, State of Virginia, Rockingham County, Ashby District, Supervisor's District No. 7, Enumeration District No. 66, Sheet No. 9A, Rows 24–33: Caricofe, Newton "Newt" Michael; Ritchie, Mary Catherine. 4/22/1910. Accessed 2018.
1cU.S. Census, 1920: Population, Heads of Families. Washington: Government Printing Office, State of Virginia, Rockingham County, Ashby Managerial District, Dayton, Supervisors District: 7, Enumeration District: 83, Sheet No. 1 A. Rows 23–29: Caricofe, Newton "Newt" Michael & Ritchie, Mary Catherine; 34–37: Miller, Lemuel David; Caricofe, Carrie Berta. 1/2/1920. Accessed 2018.
2aCaricofe, Newton Michael, “Certificate of Death,” Commonwealth of Virginia - Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, State File number: 18846, Registration District: 2822, Registered Number: 132. 8/12/1933.
3aHarrisonburg Daily News-Record. 1933. "Obituary: Newton Michael Caricofe." August 14th, 1933. Page unknown.
4aNewspaper Clipping of Unknown Origin, "Caricofe Farm Sells for $14,000," LDM-CBC Collection, c. 1933–1934. Catalogued 2019.
5Caricofe, Newton M.; Ritchie, Mary C., The Self-Pronouncing New Testament, The Southwestern Company, Nashville, Tennessee, Family Bible, Copy in Possession of Tyler Miller, 2020.