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Source for: Alma Elizabeth Rittenhouse, 8 Oct 1918 - 2 Aug 1981
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Birth source: S23Page: ERL B143: Document 3.
Text: Standard certificate of the Oklahoma State Board of Health. Register No. 99. Place of birth: County, Lincoln; Township, Chandler; Village or City, Chandler. Full name, Alma Elizabeth Rittenhouse. Female, born 10-8-18. Father: Austin Rittenhouse, residence of Chandler, white, 33 years old, Born in Nebraska, lawyer. Mother: Alma Hocking, residence of Chandler, white, 32 years old. Born in Illinois, housewife. Born at 7:45. Signed by physician J. N. Adams. Filed Jan 7, 1919.
Date: 3 Jul 1967
General Source: S24Page: Thomas Hocking File
Date: 1980
General Source: S5General Source: S25Note: See source under father Frank Austin Rittenhouse.
General Source: S26Page: No. 274915
General Source: S27Page: Microfilm Roll 5867, page 58, line 22.
Text: List of U. S. Citizens on the Ship S. S. Normandie sailing from Le Havre (France) on September 9th 1936, arriving at Port of New York - U. S. A., Sep. 14th, 1936.
Line 22 : Rittenhouse, Alma Elizabeth, age 17, female, Born Oct. 8, 1918, Chandler, Okla. Passport Number 274915. Address in U. S. 416 North West 21, Oklahoma City, Okla.
General Source: S28Page: p. 20
Note: Judith LaForge later divorced and changed name to Judith Rittenhouse. Jones W. Lamb, Jr., also changed his name to John Austin Rittenhouse. Located in ERL Drawer B, File 145.
Text: Mrs. Elizabeth Rittenhouse Lamb, 62, wife of Dr. Jones Weldon Lamb, died Sunday at Greenwood Leflore Hospital. Services at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Episcopal Church of the Nativity; burial in Oklahoma City, Okla. WIlson & Knight Funeral Home. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Judith LaForge of Mesa, Ariz., and Mrs. Susan Rittenhouse Griffith of Jackson, and a son Jones W. Lamb Jr. of Memphis.
Date: 3 Aug 1981
General Source: S29Page: p. 3B
Note: Judith LaForge later divorced and changed name to Judith Rittenhouse. Jones W. Lamb, Jr., also changed his name to John Austin Rittenhouse. Located in ERL Drawer B, File 145.
Text: Elizabeth Lamb. Greenwood - Funeral services are 11 a.m. today for Mrs. Elizabeth Rittenhouse Lamb, 62, at Episcopal Church of the Nativity with burial in Oklahoma City. Survivors are a husband, Dr. Jones Weldon Lamb; two daughters, Mrs. Judith LaForge of Mesa, Ariz., Mrs. Susan Rittenhouse Griffith of Jackson; and a son, Jones W. Lamb Jr. of Memphis, Tenn.
Date: 4 Aug 1981
General Source: S30Page: Page 1
Note: Judith LaForge later divorced and changed name to Judith Rittenhouse. Jones W. Lamb, Jr., also changed his name to John Austin Rittenhouse. Located in ERL Drawer B, File 145.
Text: Mrs. Elizabeth Rittenhouse Lamb, 62, wife of Dr. Jones Weldon Lamb, 125 Riverside Dr., died Sunday in Greenwood Leflore Hospital after a long illness.
The Rev. Jones Hamilton will officiate at the 11 a.m. Tuesday services in the Episcopal Church of the Nativity. Graveside services will be held at Rose Hill Cemetery in Oklahoma City.
Born in Chandler, Okla., on Oct. 8, 1918, Mrs. Lamb attended Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans.
A genealogist, Mrs. Lamb was a member of the Governor Thomas Wells XVII Century Chapter of the Colonial Dames in Greenville and was also a member of the Descendants of Colonial Clergy chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Oklahoma City.
She was also an active member of the Leflore County Medical Society Auxiliary.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, Jones W. Lamb, Jr., Memphis; two daughters, Mrs. Judith Lamb LaForge of Mesa, Ariz., and Mrs. Susan Rittenhouse Lamb Griffith of Jackson; and five grandchildren.
Wilson and Knight Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The family requests that memorials be made to the Greenwood-Leflore Public Library or to the American Heart Society.
Date: 3 Aug 1981
General Source: S1328Note: From Susan L. Griffith in e-mail to Judy & Molly on 9 Jun 2007
I'm mailing some information to both of you that mother had submitted to "The Hereditary Register of the United States of America". She submitted information in 1975, 1976, and d 1979. I submitted my information in the 1984 edition.
Judy, this lists some of the organizations that mother belong to as she submitted it.
Molly, you are listed beginning in 1976 and both you and Loren are listed in 1979.
Notice on page 697 of the 1979 issue how mother submitted her linage back to six separate ancestors and these are our ancestors also
Gov. Thomas Dudley 1603 Dorothy Yorke
William Bunting m. Jane
Nathan Jaggers 1782 (? Margaret)
John Porter m. Mary
John Stanley
Thomas Appleton 1568 Mary Isaac
William Rittenhouse 1665 Elisabeth
Samuel Sturgeon
Love, Susan/Aunt Susan
List below from telephone conversation with Susan L. Griffith on 8 Jun 2007
Daughters of the American Revolution, Oklahoma Chapter
Colonial Dames of the 17th Century, Thomas Welles Chapter of Greenville, Mississippi
Descendants of Colonial Clergy
National Genealogical Society
Pennsylvania German Society
Edwards County, Illinois, Historical Society
Texas State Genealogical Society, Fort Worth, Texas
Greene County Historical Society, Paragould, Arkansas
Other organizations:
Graduated from Clausen High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Attended Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University for two years
Alumni Clubs of Greenwood, Mississippi, and Jackson, Mississippi
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Text: 1979: Lamb, Mrs. Jones Weldon
(Alma Elizabeth Rittenhouse)
b. Chandler, OK. dau. Frank Austin Rittenhouse (dec.) and Alma Elizabeth Hocking (dec.) m. Jones Weldon Lamb, M.D., Jan. 3, 1939, Oklahoma City, OK.
Children: (1) Judith Lamb m. 1st Lovis Howard Tucker, m. 2nd David Allen LaForge; (2) Jones Weldon Lamb, Jr. m. 1st Sallie Manning Blair, m. 2nd Johanna Lester; (3) Susan Rittenhouse Lamb m. 1st Joe Glenn Beard m. 2nd James Edward Griffith, M.D.
Grchildn (sic): (1) (by 1st marr.) Thomas Weldon Tucker; (1) (by 1st marr.) April Elizabeth Tucker; (2) (by 2nd marr.) Molly Catherine Lamb; (2) (by 2nd Marr.) Loren Tyner Lamb; (3) (by marr.) Lewis Weldon Beard. Classen High Sch., Oklahoma City; Sophie Newcomb Coll., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA. DAR (Oklahoma City Chap.); Col. Dames XVII Cent. (Thomas Welles Chap., Greenville, MS); Desc. of Col. Clergy. Natl. Geneal. Soc., Washington, DC; Pa. German Soc., Breinigsville, PA; Edwards Co. Histl. Soc., Albion, IL; Western PA Geneal. Soc.; West-Central KY Fam. Research Assn.; Tex. St. Geneal. Soc., Ft. Worth, TX; Greene Co. Histl. Soc., Paragould, AR; Alumni Club, Greenwood & Jackson, MS. Kappa Alpha Theta (Alpha Phi Chap., Newcomb Coll.).
Jones Weldon Lamb 1939 Alma Elizabeth Rittenhouse
Frank Austin Rittenhouse 1910 Alma Eliz. Hocking
Alfred Scott Hocking 1885 Sarah Bunting
Thomas Hocking 1857 Cynthia Abigail Porter
William Porter 1826 (2) Mary “Polly” Stanley
Amos Porter 1790 Sabrina Tolman
Amos Porter 1764 Anne Bradstreet
Simon Bradstreet
1740 Anna Flint
Simon Bradstreet 1711 Elizabeth Capen
John Bradstreet 1677 Sarah Perkins
Gov. Simon Bradstreet 1628 Anne Dudley
Gov. Thomas Dudley 1603 Dorothy Yorke
Jones Weldon Lamb 1939 Alma Elizabeth Rittenhouse
Frank Austin Rittenhouse 1910 Alma Eliz. Hocking
Alfred Scott Hocking 1885 Sarah Bunting
George Bunting 1856 (2) Eliza Colyer
James Bunting 1813 (1) Charlotte King
John Bunting 1787 Elizabeth Anstiss
William Bunting m. Jane
Jones Weldon Lamb 1939 Alma Elizabeth Rittenhouse
Frank Austin Rittenhouse 1910 Alma Eliz. Hocking
Alfred Scott Hocking 1885 Sarah Bunting
Thomas Hocking 1857 Cynthia Abigail Porter
John Hocking 1833 Susannah Jaggers
James Jaggers m. (1) Elizabeth Ballard
Nathan Jaggers 1782 (?Margaret)
Jones Weldon Lamb 1939 Alma Elizabeth Rittenhouse
Frank Austin Rittenhouse 1910 Alma Eliz. Hocking
Alfred Scott Hocking 1885 Sarah Bunting
Thomas Hocking 1857 Cynthia Abigail Porter
William Porter 1826 (2) Mary “Polly” Stanley
Amos Porter 1790 Sabrina Tolman
Amos Porter 1764 Anne Bradstreet
Joseph Porter 1738 Mary Dorman
Joseph Porter 1709 Mary Bayley
Joseph Porter 1665 Anne Hathorne
John Porter m. Mary
Jones Weldon Lamb 1939 Alma Elizabeth Rittenhouse
Frank Austin Rittenhouse 1910 Alma Eliz. Hocking
Alfred Scott Hocking 1885 Sarah Bunting
Thomas Hocking 1857 Cynthia Abigail Porter
William Porter 1826 (2) Mary “Polly” Stanley
Thomas Stanley 1787 (2) Mixenda Nott
Thomas Stanley 1740 Mary Francis
Thomas Stanley 1718 Esther Cowles
Thomas Stanley 1690 Anna Peck
John Stanley 1645 Sarah Scott
John Stanley
Jones Weldon Lamb 1939 Alma Elizabeth Rittenhouse
Frank Austin Rittenhouse 1910 Alma Eliz. Hocking
Alfred Scott Hocking 1885 Sarah Bunting
Thomas Hocking 1857 Cynthia Abigail Porter
William Porter 1826 (2) Mary “Polly” Stanley
Amos Porter 1790 Sabrina Tolman
Amos Porter 1764 Anne Bradstreet
Simon Bradstreet 1740 Anna Flint
Simon Bradstreet 1711 Elizabeth Capen
Rev. Joseph Capen m. Priscilla Appleton
John Appleton 1651 Priscilla Glover
Samuel Appleton 1615 Judith Everard
Thomas Appleton 1568 Mary Isaac
Jones Weldon Lamb 1939 Alma Elizabeth Rittenhouse
Frank Austin Rittenhouse 1910 Alma Eliz. Hocking
Austin James Rittenhouse 1876 Louise Jan (sic) Brown
James Rittenhouse 1831 Rebecca Bell
David Rittenhouse 1801 Mary “Polly” Wells
William Rittenhouse m. Rebecca (?Bray)
William Rittenhouse 1740 Rebecca Harned
William Rittenhouse 1719 Catherine Howell
Gerard Rittenhouse 1693 (?Anna Margaret Umstatt)
William Rittenhouse 1665 Elisabeth
Jones Weldon Lamb 1939 Alma Elizabeth Rittenhouse
Frank Austin Rittenhouse 1910 Alma Eliz. Hocking
Austin James Rittenhouse 1876 Louise Jan (sic) Brown
Ephraim Johnson Brown 1841 Maria Sturgeon
Robert Sturgeon 1821 Eliza Rogers
Robert Sturgeon 1781 Jennie Patrick
Pobert Sturgeon 1760 Margaret
Henry Sturgeon m. Letitia Rice
Samuel Sturgeon
1976: Lamb, Mrs. Jones Weldon
(Alma Elizabeth Rittenhouse)
b. Chandler, OK. dau. Frank Austin Rittenhouse (dec.) and Alma Elizabeth Hocking (dec.) m. Jones Weldon Lamb, M.D., Jan. 3, 1939, Oklahoma City, OK.
Children: (1) Judity (sic) Lamb m. 1st Lovis Howard Tucker, m. 2nd David Allen LaForge; (2) Jones Weldon Lamb, Jr. m. 1st Sallie Manning Blair, m. 2nd Johanna Lester; (3) Susan Rittenhouse Lamb m. 1st Joe Glenn Beard m. 2nd James Edward Griffith, M.D.
Grchildn (sic): (1) (by 1st marr.) Thomas Weldon Tucker; (1) (by 1st marr.) April Elizabeth Tucker; (2) Molly Catherine Lamb; (3) Lewis Weldon Beard. Classen High Sch., Oklahoma City; Sophie Newcomb Coll., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA. DAR (Oklahoma City Chap.); Col. Dames XVII Cent. (Thomas Welles Chap., Greenville, MS); Desc. of Col. Clergy. Natl. Geneal. Soc., Washington, DC; Pa. German Soc., Breinigsville, PA; Edwards Co. Histl. Soc., Albion, IL; Tex. St. Geneal. Soc., Ft. Worth, TX; Greene Co. Histl. Soc., Paragould, AR; Alumni Club, Greenwood & Jackson, MS. Kappa Alpha Theta (Alpha Phi Chap., Newcomb Coll.).
Date: 1976/1979