George Washington Ratcliffe

George Washington Ratcliffe

• George Washington Ratcliffe was born in May 1871 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
• 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.
• He married Daisy Ethel DeYoung, daughter of Joseph J. DeYoung and Hannah Heath, 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.
• He was employed as a cashier by a gas company, according to the 1900 census.
• 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.
• He was employed as an accountant by a gas company, according to the 1910 census.
• 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.
• He was treasurer of a heat & light company, according to the 1920 census.
• Arrived in the port of New York on 2 May 1929 aboard the SS Bermuda, having departed Hamilton, Bermuda on 30 April.
  George Washington Ratcliffe and Daisy Ethel DeYoung.
• 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.
• He was assistant treasurer of a gas & electric company, according to the 1930 census.
• Daisy Ethel DeYoung became a widow at his death.
• George Washington Ratcliffe died on 20 March 1941 at age 69 in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida.
• He was interred at Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
• 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.

• Last Edited: 6 Jun 2013