James RITCHIE

                   Our family records state that Samuel Ritchie was the second husband of Ann
Anderson. Her third husband was Joseph McKay.  Betsey Ritchie took the name of
Joseph McKay and retained Ritchie as her second name.  Why she did this is a
mystery.  From what I have found in my research, Samuel Ritchie was 35 years
older than Ann Anderson.  It appears that he died after Ann Anderson and Betsey
joined the church and went to Ireland where Betsey met Thomas Crawley who
then presided over the mission in Ireland.  Historically, Samuel Ritchie was a
cantankerous old man.  Perhaps Ann left him.  Joseph McKay evidentally was a
good man and much appreciated by Ann and Betsey. Perhaps this is why so many
of Betsey's grandchildren took the name of McKay as a second name..such as my
was given the name of Lyman McKay Crawley.
A search of the Ancestral File 3 Oct 1995 at our FHC shows the work of ten of
Betsey's progeny who say that Betsey was the daughter of Joseph McKay. This is
not correct

I did the temple work for Samuel and his father, George, and his father James
in the Denver Temple in 1994. I now find the work had been done previously.

Samuels record shows:
B: 2 Nov 1940,  E= 10 Apr 1942, and SS: 14 Oct 1959.  The Ancestral file at
at that time showed he had not been sealed to his parents.  We did that.
on the 22 Apr. 1994..I think was the date.