Daisy Ethel DeYoung

Daisy Ethel DeYoung

• Adoptive father: Joseph J. DeYoung b. circa 1820, d. 23 November 1871
• Adoptive mother: Hannah Heath b. circa 1827, d. 6 January 1893

• Daisy Ethel DeYoung was born circa 18 April 1871 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
• Hannah Heath appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1875 in Buffalo, New York. Other members of the household included Daisy Ethel DeYoung, Edward Sniggs and Kate DeYoung. Hannah apparently was owner of the residence. Also boarding in the household was engineer Charles J. Clark (age 32).
• Hannah Heath appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 456 Fargo Avenue. Other members of the household included Daisy Ethel DeYoung, Edward Sniggs.
• The following was published online by The Buffalo Courier: The engagement is announced of Miss Ethel D. Young of Fargo Avenue and Mr. George W. Ratcliffe.
• She married George Washington Ratcliffe circa 1890.
• George Washington Ratcliffe and Daisy Ethel DeYoung appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 273 West Ferry Street and one female domestic servant.. Other members of the household included George Lincoln Ratcliffe and Sidney John Ratcliffe.
• George Washington Ratcliffe and Daisy Ethel DeYoung appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included George Lincoln Ratcliffe and Sidney John Ratcliffe.
• George Washington Ratcliffe and Daisy Ethel DeYoung appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, at 5640 Wilkins Avenue. Other members of the household included George Lincoln Ratcliffe and Marie H. Lyons.
• Arrived in the port of New York on 2 May 1929 aboard the SS Bermuda, having departed Hamilton, Bermuda on 30 April.
  Daisy Ethel DeYoung and George Washington Ratcliffe.
• George Washington Ratcliffe and Daisy Ethel DeYoung appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, at 1415 Shady Avenue and one female domestic servant.
• Daisy E. Ratcliffe arrived on 20 March 1931 in the port of Los Angeles aboard the SS City of Los Angeles, having departed Honolulu on the 14th.
• Daisy E. Ratcliffe arrived on 4 March 1933 in the port of Los Angeles aboard the SS Virginia, having departed New York on 18 February.
• Daisy Ethel DeYoung became a widow at the 20 March 1941 death of her husband George Washington Ratcliffe.
• The following appeared on 21 March 1941 in The New York Times: (West Palm Beach, Fla., March 20) George W. Ratcliffe, retired president of the Manufacturers Light and Heat Company of Pittsburgh and a leader there for a quarter century, died here early this morning at the Lake Court Apartment Hotel. He had played golf yesterday afternoon and friends reported him apparently in good health that evening. Mr Ratcliffe retired from business in December, 1935.
       Born in Buffalo, he attended public schools there and later entered the gas business in that city. In 1903 he went to Pittsburgh as assistant treasurer of the Peoples Natural Gas Company. He held this position until 1910 when he became associated with the Manufacturers Light and Heat Company before that concern merged and became part of the Columbia Gas and Electric Company system.
       He leaves a widow, Mrs. Daisy Ratcliffe, who is ill here; two sons, George L. Ratcliffe of Los Angeles and Houston, Texas, and Sidney J. Ratcliffe of Pittsburgh, and a grandson, George W. Ratcliffe 3d.
• Daisy Ethel DeYoung died on 26 May 1943 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
• She was interred at Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
• The following appeared on 27 May 1943 in The Morning Herald: (Pittsburgh, May 26) Mrs. George W. Ratcliffe, 71, widow of the former president of the Manufacturers Light and Heat Company, burned to death today after apparently suffering a heart attack, the coroner's office reported.
       Firemen said a cigaret she was smoking apparently set fire to her clothing or the chair. She appeared to have been reading a magazine when stricken. The fire was confined to the chair and the woman's clothing.

• Last Edited: 6 Jun 2013