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45. Cordelia "Delia"
V. Ritchie(17) was born in Mar
1879.(34) Her father's obituary in 1942
gave her name as Stella Martin of Detroit. According to Bob Masters, in later
years she changed her name. Earl E. Ritchie of Marietta, Ohio, recalled that
an Aunt "Deed" from Detroit visited his father, Earl A. Ritchie (Delia's
brother), many years ago.
She died before 1960 in probably Detroit, Michigan. Stella Martin is listed
as a deceased sister to Floyd Ritchie in his obituary in 1960.
She was married to Manuel Wilson on Feb 16 1898 in Dunham Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.(76) John Jeffers, Jr. of Briggs made and signed the marriage application. They where married by Henry Phillips, a Justice of the Peace. They separated after a year or so. In the 1900 Census, Delia Wilson is listed in the household of her brother, T. Winford Ritchie. She went to Oklahoma along with Winford's family around 1914. Manuel Wilson was born about 1860.
She was married to Harvey Martin after 1914. According to Fred Ritchie she never had any children.