Tritt Family History Volume VI – Tritt Family Research, Inc.

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FUTURE TRITT FAMILY HISTORY, VOLUME VI

With anticipated 2024 publication, Volume VI of Tritt Family History will be the story of Christian Tritt (1796-1871), who was born and lived in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania all his life. He was the father of 15 children and has hundreds of descendants living throughout the United States today. Christian was a younger brother of Joseph Tritt, who moved to Ohio and was the subject of Tritt Family History, Volume IV. The Christian Tritt line with 15 branches is a major part of the 1906 Tritt Family Tree. Many of the early Tritt Family researchers were in the Christian Tritt line, including Lydia Bell Duncan, Miss Jennie Tritt, John Howard McCulloch and David Coyle McCulloch. Many current members of Tritt Family Research are descendants of Christian Tritt.

The book begins with a major biography of Christian Tritt, the husband, father, farmer, land owner, and churchman. He played a major role in his community and in the lives of his 15 children. This section will also include copies of his will, inventory, obituary and tributes.

The next section of the book will be biographies of Christian’s thirteen children who lived into adulthood. Each of these children had families of their own. Christian had a total of 76 grandchildren, so it is easy to understand why his living descendants would be so numerous.

The book continues with several chapters that focus on various related topics. Some of Christian’s children and grandchildren were interested in their family background, did research, kept diaries and notebooks, and produced the 1906 Tritt Family Tree. Many of these items were helpful in compiling a history of the Christian Tritt line. One chapter focuses on the background of the family, the area where they lived, and what churches they attended.

A major part of the book will be the family data section where the Christian Tritt family up to the present will be presented. In this section I intentionally tried to bring all the family lines (male and female) up to the present. Many women are interested in the genealogy of both sides of their family, not just the side that carries the family surname.

One chapter is devoted to a driving tour of Christian Tritt Country. This chapter will be illustrated with historic and current photos of sites and places that Christian Tritt would have known in his lifetime. It will include driving directions if someone wanted to visit the area.

The final section of the book will be composed of biographies of some Christian Tritt descendants of note that were written and contributed by various authors. The final chapter of the book will be an autobiography “My Story” that was written by William Wayne Tritt before his death in 2011. This volume of Tritt Family History is dedicated to Wayne, who was a very active member and treasurer of Tritt Family Research from its founding in 1977 until 2007.