Ocean County , NJ History

from the New Jersey Courier 20 Sep 1918 Victor Ritzendollar, of the Hedger House, near Chatsworth, died at his home on Thursday morning of last week after being ill for some time with cirrhosis of the liver. He was about 73 years of age. Mr. Ritzendollar was born in the Alsace- Lorraine section of France and he came to this country when about ten years of age. He soon settled in the Chatsworth section and had since lived there. His death will be mourned by a circle of friends that extended throughout Burlington county and in adjoining sections of Ocean and Atlantic Counties. He owned considerable land in the pines and was interested in cranberry growing. A widow and several children, some the issue of previous unions, survive him.

New Jersey Courier 20 Sep 1918 Victor Ritzendollar, of the Hedger House, near Chatsworth, died at his home on Thursday morning of last week after being ill for some time with cirrhosis of the liver. He was about 73 years of age. Mr. Ritzendollar was born in the Alsace- Lorraine section of France and he came to this country when about ten years of age. He soon settled in the Chatsworth section and had since lived there. His death will be mourned by a circle of friends that extended throughout Burlington county and in adjoining sections of Ocean and Atlantic Counites. He owned considerable land in the pines and was interested in cranberry growing. A widow and several children, some the issue of previous unions, survive him." In 1900, he shows up in the census in Woodland township, a widower with two children: John (an adopted son, b. May 1888) and Jennie, b. 1889. Victor was born Feb 1847 in France, and immigrated in 1860. His occupation was farmer. In 1900, he had a live-in housek...