George Lincoln Ratcliffe

b. 7 February 1891, d. 15 October 1975
  • George Lincoln Ratcliffe was born on 7 February 1891 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
  • 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, 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, Sidney John Ratcliffe.
  • He married Marie H. Lyons, daughter of (?) Lyons and (?) Elkins, circa 1919.
  • He served during World War I, according to the 1930 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, Marie H. Lyons.
  • He was an office manager, according to the 1930 census.
  • George Lincoln Ratcliffe and Marie H. Lyons appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, at 366 North Edinburgh Avenue.
  • On 25 November 1934 George Lincoln Ratcliffe and Marie H. Lyons arrived in the port of Los Angeles aboard the SS Santa Rosa, having departed Cristobal, Canal Zone, on the 116th.
  • 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.
  • George Lincoln Ratcliffe became a widower at the 2 February 1959 death of his wife Marie H. Lyons.
  • George Lincoln Ratcliffe died on 15 October 1975 at age 84 in Riverside County, California.
  • Last Edited: 10 Mar 2013

Family: Marie H. Lyons b. 27 June 1897, d. 2 February 1959