Mary Isabella Walker ²

   FamilySearch ID: L61K-Z7J.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Colerain Township, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. ⁴ The 1860 census recorded John Ritt, farmer, 26, living with wife Mary, 24; Warren F., 6; Sarah Ann, 4. Also in the home is Elizabeth Walker, 18, David W. Walker, 14, and farm laborer Bradbury Barns, 20. Everyone was born in Ohio.

2. Census in 1870 in Green Township, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. ⁵ The 1870 census recorded John Ritt, hotel keeper, 38, living with wife Mary, 35; son Warren, 16, and daughter Sarah, 13. Everyone was born in Ohio.

3. Census in 1900 in Carthage, Hamilton, OH. ³ The 1900 census recorded owning the home at 129 Second Street: Edwin Bichus [sic], traveling salesman, 42, born May 1858, living with wife Sarah, 42, Apr 1858. They were married for 19 years and she birthed 5 children, all alive in 1900. Living with them were: son John, clerk hardware,18, May 1882; son Earl, 13, Feb 1887; son Roy, 8, Oct 1891; son Herbert, 6, Jan 1894; and daughter Isabel, 4, May 1896. Also in their home was mother-in-law Mary Ritt, widow, 64, Jun 1835, who was married 46 years ago and had birthed 2 children; and brother-in-law Warren Ritt, painter, 45, Oct 1854. Everyone and their parents were born in Ohio except Edwin's and Mary's fathers in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1910 in Millcreek Township, Hamilton, OH. ⁶ The 1910 census recorded at 223 W. Second St: Edwin Samuel Bicher, traveling salesman hardware, 51, living with wife Sarah Sue, 51; Earl Eugene, engineer auto factory, 23; Leroy, 18; Herbert Beins, 16; Isabel, 13; and mother-in-law Mary Ritt, widowed, 74. Edwind and Sarah were married for 28 years and she had birthed 5 children, all alive in 1910. Mary Ritt had birthed 2 children both alive in 1910. Everyone and their parents were born in Ohio, except Edwin's father was born in Pennsylvania.

5. Residence: 223 West Second St., Carthage, OH on 9 Jul 1912 in Carthage, Hamilton, OH. ⁷

6. Obituary: Cincinnati Post on 10 Jul 1912 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. ⁷ RITT - Mary Isabella (nee Walker) at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Bicher, 223 West Second st., Carthage, O., aged 77 years. Funeral from the late residence Thursday at 2 p. m. Burial private. (Columbus (O.) papers please copy.).

Mary married John Ritt, son of Nicholaus Ritt and Sarah, on 5 Sep 1855 in , Clinton, OH.¹ (John Ritt was born in 1834 in Perry Township, Brown, Ohio, United States and died in Sep 1895 in , Hamilton, OH ⁸.)