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Elizabeth Ritenour (Wilgus)

Elizabeth was born about 1831 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ Elizabeth's father was Samuel Ritenour Sr. and her mother was Caroline Wetmore (Ritenour). Her paternal grandparents were Adam Ritenour Sr. and Hannah Sleasman (Ritenour). She had eight brothers and five sisters, named George, William, Benjamin, Daniel, David, Samuel, Elias, Elijah, Mary, Catherine, Harriet, Margaret and Ellen. She died on June 5th, 1857 in Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA.¹

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- George Reitenauer
  - b.~  1750 d.<  1784 in Frederick County, Maryland, USA
  
  Adam Ritenour Sr.
  - b.14 Feb 1776 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA d.1858 in Springfield township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Jacob Schneider
  - b.01 Jun 1725 in Grunwetterspach, duchy of Wuerttemberg Germany d.27 Sep 1778 in Frederick County, Maryland, USA
  
  Maria Elizabeth Snyder (Reitenauer, Gallentine)
  - b.11 Jun 1760 d.01 Oct 1836 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Michael Bissinger
  
  Maria Magdalena Bissinger (Schneider)
  - b.15 Mar 1731 in Ensweingen Wuertemberg,  Germany d.13 Feb 1810
  
  Anna Maria Mayer (Bissinger)
  
  Samuel Ritenour Sr.
  - b.1802 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA d.05 Jan 1858
  
  Christopher Sleesman
  
  George Sleasman Sr.
  - b. in New Jersey, USA d.1812
  
  Catherine Ars (Sleesman)
  
  Hannah Sleasman (Ritenour)
  - b.1781 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
  
  Demaris Miller (Sleasman)
  
  Elizabeth Ritenour (Wilgus)
  - b.~  1831 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA d.05 Jun 1857 in Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Caroline Wetmore (Ritenour)
  - b.1803 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA d.28 May 1886 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA

Personal Timeline

Elizabeth's family

Elizabeth and Joseph were married in a religious & civil ceremony on July 31st, 1849 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ They had a son and two daughters, named George, Elizabeth and Henrietta. The family line is yet to be completed.

Children
- George W Wilgus
  George was born on December 15th, 1849 in Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He died about 1919 in Prosser, Benton, WA.¹
  
  Elizabeth Jane Wilgus (Beck)
  Elizabeth was born on December 15th, 1852 in Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ She died at the age of 79 on November 23rd, 1932 in Darrouzett, Lipscomb, Texas, USA.¹
  
  Henrietta Wilgus
  Henrietta was born on February 6th, 1856 in Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ She died about 1926 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA.¹

¹ Longstreath GedCom