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Ritha Wright

Ritha Wright

Female 1882 - 1920  (~ 37 years)

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  • Name Ritha Wright  [1, 2
    Born Jun 1882  Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Census 27 Apr 1910  Alexandria Rd., Ward 1, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    1. Gravier, Felix, head, male, white, 35, first marriage, married 7 years, Arkansas, Ireland, Arkansas. engineer, can read and write, renting house
    2. _____, Ritha, wife, female, white, 28, first marriage, married 7 years, Arkansas, Georgia, Arkansas, can read and write
    3. _____, Harry, son, male, white, 6, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arkansas
    4. _____, Felix, Jr., son, male, white, 2, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arkansas
    5. Wright, Betty, mother in law, female, white, 53, widowed, 6 children 4 living, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee
    6. _____, Jewell, sister in law, female, white, 24, single, Arkansas, Georgia, Arkansas, can read and write  
    Census 5 Jan 1920  71 Shamrock Ave., Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    1. Gravier, Felix, head, renting, male, white, 43, married, can read and write, Arkansas, Ireland, Arkansas, engineer, [Hearse?] RR
    2. _____, Reetha [Retha], wife,female, white, 38, married, can read and write, Arkansas, Georgia, Arkansas
    3. _____, Harry, son, male, white, 16, single, attending school, can read and write, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arkansas, carpenter apprentice, house
    4. _____, Felix, son, male, white, 11, attending school, can read and write, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arkansas
    5. _____, Eva, daughter, female, white, 6, attending school, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arkansas
    6. _____, Bettie, daughter, female, white, 3 6/12, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arkansas 
    Died 5 May 1920  Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Obituary 16 Mar 1961  Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Obituary of husband John Felix Gravier, The Town Talk, Alexandria:
    \"John F. Gravier Succumbs at 86

    John F. Gravier, 86, of Alexandria, died at 6:07 a.m. today in an Alexandria hospital.

    He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Gravier; three daughters, Mrs. Eva LaCroix of Prineville, Mrs. Betty Bassinger of Fort Worth, Texas, and Mrs. Zudie Hammers of Me\'airie; two sons, F. M. Gravier of Atlanta, Ga., and Harry Gravier of Alexandria; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

    Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. from the chapel of John Kramer and Son Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Methodist Cemetery in Prineville.\" 
    Person ID I6255  Full
    Last Modified 13 May 2018 

    Father William Y. Wright,   b. Mar 1846, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1900-1910  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Bettie Walker Atkinson,   b. Jan 1857, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1930, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Married 6 Nov 1872  Bradley County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Family ID F2219  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Felix Gravier,   b. 16 Dec 1874, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1961  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 17 Jan 1903  Bradley County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children 
     1. Harry K. Gravier,   b. 31 Oct 1903, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1967, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     2. Felix Maudrill Gravier, Jr.,   b. Abt 1908, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1968, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years)
    +3. Eva Gravier,   b. 29 Nov 1913, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1985, Rapides General Hospital, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    +4. Bettie Gravier,   b. bt 1916, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2015 
    Family ID F2228  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S4634] 1910 U.S. census, Winn County, Louisiana, population schedule, Police Jury Ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 124, sheet 9B (penned), p. 33 (stamped, verso), dwelling 153, family 155, Felix Gravier household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 January 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 535. .

    2. [S4633] 1900 U.S. census, Bradley County, Arkansas, population schedule, Pennington township, enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 20B, p 354 (stamped, verso), dwelling 364, family 367, William Wright household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 24 January 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 51.

    3. [S4638] 1920 U.S. census, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Pineville (71 Shamrock Ave.), enumeration district (ED) 74, sheet 10A (penned), p. 223 (stamped, recto), dwelling 178, family 189, Felix Gravier household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 29 January 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 627.

    4. [S4639] Louisiana Department of State, Louisiana Secretary of State (http://www.sos.la.gov/ : accessed 29 January 2015), database, "Louisiana Death Records," entry for Ritha Gravier, died 5 Mary 1920, Rapides Parish; citing vol. 12: 5512, Louisiana State Archives, Baton Rouge.

    5. [S5348] \"John F. Gravier Succumbs at 86,\" The Town Talk (Alexandria, La.), 16 March 1961, p. 2, col. 4; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 13 May 2018).

    6. [S4614] Mary Lee (Bailey) Shelton (mlbs1@aol.com) to Janis Walker Gilmore, email, 12 January 2015, subject “Re: Walker match, FTDNA - Ritha Walker”; regarding her descent from Ritha Walker, one of at least nine Walker siblings including Elijah Walker, born 1802, Georgia.

    7. [S4622] Bradley County, Arkansas, Marriage Book B: 133, Wm Y. Wright-Bettie W. Atkinson, 6 November 1872; digital image, "Arkansas, Marriages, 1837-1957," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 16 January 2015); citing FHL film no. 981960; original records, County Clerk, Warren. [url: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11566-109591-39?cc=1417439 ].

    8. [S4635] "Arkansas, Marriages, 1837-1957," DATABASE images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 24 January 2015), Felix Gravier-Ritha Wright, 17 January 1903, Bradley County; citing FHL film no. 981,963.