Black and white studio portrait of the Ritchie Family. Charles Woods Ritchie (sometimes spelled Ritchey) lived in the Bethesda area of Innisfil and was probably the brother of Elizabeth/Eliza Ritchie, who married Robert Canning in 1852. Charles Ritchie and his family were living in the Bethesda area of Innisfil in the 1861 and 1871 censuses. They had a number of other children born in Innisfil during the 1870s. At some time before the 1881 census they moved to Palmerston in Wellington County. Based on the censuses, the date of the photo is probably about 1864. The mother in the photo, pictured on the far right, would be Elizabeth Thompson. Based on his 1922 death registration, the parents of Charles were John Ritchie and Jane Woods. Based on the children’s names in the 1871 census, the children in the photo would be, oldest to youngest, Thomas W., Charles T., and James A. Ritchie. The photo was donated by Kemp Hastewell, a great great-nephew of Charles Ritchie.
