Dr. James Evans RITCHIE
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Name James Evans RITCHIE Prefix Dr. Birth 13 Mar 1898 Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Gender Male Death 22 Feb 1960 Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Burial Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Person ID I20510 Whitewater Region Early Families Last Modified 7 Dec 2024
Father Alexander Evans RITCHIE, b. 5 Nov 1862 d. 22 Feb 1920, Fitzroy Twp, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
(Age 57 years) Mother Annie FERGUSON, b. Abt May 1870 d. 24 Jun 1921 (Age ~ 51 years) Marriage 10 Nov 1893 [1] Family ID F9832 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Elora Belle STEELE, b. 1899, Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
d. 29 Dec 1951, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
(Age 52 years) Marriage 21 Oct 1926 Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
[2] Children 1. Living 2. Dorothy Belle RITCHIE, b. Sep 1927, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
d. 12 May 1980, Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
(Age ~ 52 years)Family ID F9831 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 19 Jun 2008
Family 2 Jessie Frances LEACH, b. 1920 d. 22 Aug 2005, Whitby, , Ontario, Canada
(Age 85 years) Marriage 19 Aug 1952 St. Paul's Anglican Church, Cobden, Renfrew Co., Ontario
Family ID F9587 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 19 Jun 2008
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Photos 
CHx-Robert home & blacksmith shop
Corner Main & John St. Cobden, Ontario
Hyacinth Robert (later Hec Robert) home
His blacksmith shop behind his house (later Herb Francis home & farm machinery business)
Dr. Ritchie's home is the 3rd building.
CHx-John St. #57, Cobden, Ontario Stewart Ross home
from the Keith Ross Collection donated to Whitewater Historical Society
CHx-John St. #57, Cobden Home occupied by Dr. Ritchie, Dr. Faught, Stewart Ross, Dr. Willoughby
from the Keith Ross Collection donated to Whitewater Historical Society
Ritchie, Dr. James Evans memorial
1960 Cobden District High School Scarlet & Gold
CDHS School Board, 1954
Scarlet & Gold Year Book, 1954
Documents 
Ritchie, Dr. James Evans obituary
from the scrapbook of Mrs. Bert Ross
CHx-CDHS commencement awards, 1953
The Cobden Sun, Mar 19, 1953 p. 1
CHx-Ritchie, Dr. James celebrates 25 years of service in Cobden
Newspaper Clipping from the 1951-52 Scrapbook of Irene McLaren,
provided to Fay Bennett by Jack McLaren

Ritchie, Dr. J. E. advertisement
The Cobden Sun, July 5, 1951
CHx-Cobden High School Board, 1947
from the Cobden High School yearbook 'Scarlet and Gold', 1947 in the collection of Gladys Francis
Ritchie, Dr. James Evans dies
The Ottawa Citizen, Feb 24, 1960 p. 41
Dr. James Evans RITCHIE death
Bennett family information from the collection of Helen Armstrong, held by Terri Saunders
Dr. James Evans RITCHIE obituary
Newspaper clipping from the Laidlaw Morrison collection of Helen Armstrong, held by Terri Saunders

Dr. James Evans RITCHIE & Jessie Leach wed
Newspaper clipping from the Scrapbook collection of John Costello
Headstones 
Gravestone-Ritchie, Dr. James E. & Elora nee Steele; Twin Daughters Dorothy Belle & Elizabeth; Elizabeth's husband Gerald Mills
Block 2 - Anglican
Cobden Union Cemetery
photographed by Fay Bennett, Sept 2016
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Sources - [S871] Church, Les & Aldine, Newspaper - Births, Deaths and Marriages Abstracts From the Renfrew Mercury 1871 - 1924.
- [S542] The Carp Review and Carleton County Adviser (Reliability: 3).
Ottawa Pub. 99-03 - "The Carp Review and Carleton County Adviser" has "At Pakenham on Thurs. Elora Steele, niece of Miss L.L. Steen, to Dr. J. E. Ritchie, son of late E. Ritchie (Oct. 21, 1926, p. 1, col. 3)
The Carp Review and Carleton County Adviser, Ottawa Pub. 99-03 - "The Carp Review and Carleton County Adviser"
- [S871] Church, Les & Aldine, Newspaper - Births, Deaths and Marriages Abstracts From the Renfrew Mercury 1871 - 1924.
