I was just looking at NEHGS ...I couldn't find any death records on Mary Ritchie (Williamson) or remarriage hope this other helps you. Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910 Vol:479, Pg 249 City of Malden 1898 Marriage Jan 2 1898 Ritchie, Fred G. 21 yrs occ: shoemaker Born Vanceboro, ME. parents Fred W. and Mary Kirkpatrick Williamson, Mary 19 yrs born Scotland parents Thomas and Janie Peters clergy- Geo. H. Clark of Malden ///////////////////////////////// Marriages Malden, Mass Vol 470, Pg 255 Feb 28 1897 Place of marriage - Boston George F. Ritchie res. Everett 21 yrs occ Shoemaker BP Vanceboro Me parents Fred W. and Mary J. Kirkpatrick Mary Williamson res. Malden 18 yrs BP Scotland parents Thomas and Jean Robinson Sidney Lawrence, Justice of the Peace in Boston //////////////////////////////////////////////////// City of Boston Marriages Vol 471, Pg 43 Feb 28 1897 George F. Ritchie res. Everett 21 yrs occ: shoe maker BP Vanceboro Me parents Fred W. and Mary J. Mary Williamson res Malden 18 yrs occ shoe maker BP Scotland parents Thomas and Jean Sidney Laurence - Justice of the Peace Boston /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// City of Everett Marriages Vol 470, Pg 162 Feb 28 1897 Boston George F. Ritchie res. Everett 21 yrs occ: shoe maker BP Vanceboro Me parents Fred W. and Mary J. Mary Williamson res Malden 18 yrs occ shoe maker BP Scotland parents Thomas and Jean Robinson Sidney Laurence - Justice of the Peace Boston *** They must of decided to get married in the church before they had children ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Vol 476, Pg 294 Births City of Malden 1898 Oct 20 1898 Janet M. Ritchie place of birth - Richardson St Parents : George F. and Mary Williamson occ: B.A.S. Co. father BP- Me. mother BP - Scotland //////////////// Vol. 521, pg 508 birth Malden Mass Nov 8 1902 Mary Ritchie Place of birth - 6 Richardson St Parents George F. Ritchie and Mary Williamson occ: Rubber works birth place of parents - Me. and Scotland //////////////////////////////////////////// Death of Malden Mass 1902 Vol 529, Pg 600 Date of Death Nov 8, 1902 Cause of death - Still born residence and place of death - 6 Richardson St burial - Forest Dale Parents - George F Ritchie and Mary Williamson birthplace of parents Vanceborough, Me. and Scotland Vol 543, Pg 508 Births Malden May 16 1904 Frederick William Ritchie Place of birth - 2 Mt. Vernon Pk Parents George F. Ritchie and Mary Williamson occ: Bootmaker place of birth of parents - Me. and Scotland In a message dated 4/27/2010 3:00:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, eritchie@sasktel.net writes: Betty wrote: "I'd just like to mention that my gr-gr-grandmother was born Eliza RITCHIE in County Donegal, Ireland. She married William HANNAH who was also born in "Donegal." But, they married in Glasgow, Scotland, ~1855. They had 2 daughters there and then migrated to MA / US in 1857. My gr-grandmother was 3 mos. old when they arrived. William and Eliza had several more children after arriving. I have the names of Eliza's parents, but nothing else on them, so I don't know if Eliza had siblings. I'm told the HANNAH and RITCHIE couples probably migrated back and forth (together) between Ireland and Scotland looking for work ~1800-1820. Betty (near Lowell, MA)" Thanks for the story Betty but I haven't done enough research on our Ritchies to know if there is a connection to yours. Family lore has it that the Ritchies were UELs from Virginia who went to New Brunswick. But there is also some indication that they immigrated from Scotland or Northern Ireland directly to New Brunswick...that would be interesting research to sort out and it appeals to me but my primary goal at this time is to find Mary Williamson. According to an entry on an archived 2001 message board Mary Williamson dtr of Thomas and Janet Peters married Geo F. Ritchie son of William and Mary Jane Kirkpatrick in Malden in1898. They had two children: William F and Jennie. When Geo F. and the children immigrated to Canada in 1908, Mary did not accompany them, nor was she ever heard of again. Now we would like to know what became of her and also her birth date as well as place and date of death. I have had several responses to my query and have received suggestions for further research which I appreciate very much. I may have to return for further assistance! In the meantime thank you for the interest. eleanor To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello, Out of curiousity, I checked the 1880 census for Maine for RITCHIE, and see there were over 60 people with the surname that year. Included many different spellings. Narrowing it down to Kennebec County, and there was only one couple in Hallowell, and none in Vassalboro. OOPS. I just found a RITCHIE couple in .. Vanceboro .. ME; I misread. Vanceboro is in Washington County. You can find the information at www.familysearch.org The couple was Fred and Mary RITCHIE from New Brunswick. Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. I have an interest in Washington County as my KIDDER's were in Calais and Princeton, ME. I just checked a map and Vanceboro is north of Calais, and also on the shore of the St. Croix River - so just a bridge away from New Brunswick.