Homer Derr Ritenour ^{1 2}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1910 US Census, 26 April 1910, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ¹ 1910 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 54, Family 183, Roll 564
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland
221 West Fourth Street; Home owned, with mortgage
Married 7 years
Homer D. Redenour..Head..30..VA..Watchmaker, Jewelry Store
(Living with wife and mother-in-law.)

2. 1920 US Census, 10 January 1920, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ² 1920 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 61, Dwelling 82, Family 85, Roll 672
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland
221 Dill Avenue; Home owned, with mortgage
Homer D. Ritenour..Head..39..VA..Jeweler, Retail Store
(Living with wife, adopted son, and widowed mother-in-law.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 17 Sep 1879, then his age should have been 40 instead of 39.

Homer married Anna Mary Elizabeth Shafer, daughter of John Edward Shafer and Lauretta Virginia Frances Keller, in 1903.^{1 2} (Anna Mary Elizabeth Shafer was born on 15 March 1883 in Maryland, United States ^{1 2 3} and died on 23 November 1985 in Randallstown, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1910 US Census, 26 April 1910, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ¹ 1910 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 54, Family 183, Roll 564
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland
221 West Fourth Street; Home owned, with mortgage
Married 7 years
Homer D. Redenour..Head..30..VA..Watchmaker, Jewelry Store
Anna M. E. Redenour..Wife..27..MD..0/0
Lauretta F. Shafer..Mother-in-Law..61..MD..Widowed..9/7

2. 1920 US Census, 10 January 1920, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ² 1920 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 61, Dwelling 82, Family 85, Roll 672
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland
221 Dill Avenue; Home owned, with mortgage
Homer D. Ritenour..Head..39..VA..Jeweler, Retail Store
Anna M. Ritenour..Wife..36..MD
Albert F. Ritenour..Adopted son..20..MD
Lauretta F. Shaffer..Mother-in-law..70..MD..Widowed

  Marriage Notes:

Homer and Anna apparently had no children of their own. At sometime after 1910, they adopted a child they named Albert who was born in 1899 making him at least 11 years old when adopted.
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