Joseph Edward Ritter
Boyce man who married Miss Irene Pine of Millwood at the Methodist parsonage in November 1921; the couple settled at Boyce.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of December 1, 1921 reports that Joseph Edward Ritter of Boyce and Miss Irene Pine, daughter of Thomas Pine of Millwood, were married the afternoon before at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. W. H. Ballengee, and would make their home at Boyce. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Jos. Edward Ritter, 22, section hand, of Boyce, son of John H. and Ida Ritter, to Irene Pyne at Berryville on November 30, 1921; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and officiant.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of December 1, 1921 reports that Joseph Edward Ritter of Boyce and Miss Irene Pine, daughter of Thomas Pine of Millwood, were married the afternoon before at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. W. H. Ballengee, and would make their home at Boyce. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Jos. Edward Ritter, 22, section hand, of Boyce, son of John H. and Ida Ritter, to Irene Pyne at Berryville on November 30, 1921; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and officiant.
What the source supports
That Joseph Edward Ritter of Boyce married Irene Pine on November 30, 1921.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The Courier spells the bride's surname "Pine"; the register abstract gives "Pyne." Both readings are kept. The register entry is cited, not merged. He is not linked to any other Ritter.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The December 1, 1921 notice of the marriage of Joseph Edward Ritter and Irene Pine.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 1, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-12-01 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, item "Joe Ritter and Miss Pine Quietly Married"
Relevant passageJOE RITTER AND MISS PINE QUIETLY MARRIED ... I Mr. Joseph Edward Ritter, of i Boyce, and Miss Irene Pine, daughter j of Mr, Thomas Pine, of Millwood. were quietly married at the Met bo | diet [Methodist] parsonage yestrday afternoon by I Rev. W. H. Ballengee. ... i they will make their home at Boyce i upon their return,
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: contextualizes. Duncan's register entry for the marriage of Jos. Edward Ritter and Irene Pyne, November 30, 1921, cited as a second record; the match is a proposal.
Patricia B. Duncan, Clarke County, Virginia Marriages 1887-1925 (Heritage Books, 2009)
Patricia B. Duncan · 2009 (publication)
Locator: Page 134, register entry for the marriage of Jos. Edward Ritter and Irene Pyne
Relevant passageRITTER. Jos. Edward, s/o John H. & Ida RITTER; 22y; sgl; section hand on r. r,; b. ClrkVA; res, Boyce: m. 30 Nov 1921 at Berryville to PYNE, Irene; d/o Thos. J. & Maude J PYNE 20y sgl' b. & res. ClrkVA:
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: duncan-clarke-marriages. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
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