Grewelthorpe

Ritson family

Details of the Ritson family who were living in Grewelthorpe.from 1881.

MARY RITSON. Born 1840. Died 9.11.1920 aged 80. Buried Grewelthorpe.
Mary was born Mary Harland daughter of George & Jane Harland. in Thornton le Moor. Grand-daughter of William & Isabella Harland of Knayton. She had an illegitimate son Thomas Harland born 1863 in Thornton le Moor.
Mary married Enoch George Morley in 1868. he was an agricultural machine maker from Borrowby. He died in 1873 aged 37years. They had a son William Morley born 1870 in Ingleby Arnecliffe.
Mary married ROBERT RITSON in 1878 he was a farmer from Cumberland. They moved to Grewelthorpe and had a son ROBERT RITSON born 1880 and died 1946 in Grewelthorpe. In 1901 Mary was a widow for the second time.


Other Ritsons in the area.
ANN RITSON Married 1767 to Michael Ray in Ripon. Died 1816. Ripon.
EVELYN RITSON Born 1924 Knaresborough. Dau of Percy & Agnes Bell. Married in 1948 to William Raymond Appleby.
JONATHAN RITSON Born 1845 Cumberland.
PERCY RITSON Born 1887 Sunderland. Died 1957 Harrogate. Son of Frank & Eveline Doxford. Married in 1914 to Agnes Bell.
ROBERT RITSON Born 1888 Durham. Died 1924. Son of Thomas & Isabel. Before marriage he was a coal miner. Served in Durham Light Infantry in WW1. Married Rose Hannah Cundall in Grewelthorpe in 1920.
RUBY VIOLET RITSON Born Sept. 1909 Knaresborough. Dau of William Donald & Frances.
WILLIAM DONALD RITSON Born 1876 Cumberland. Son of Jonathan. Married to Frances. In 1939 he owned a private hotel in Bournemouth. His daughter Ruby was Manageress.