Berch, Pearl

From the Files of Virginia Aldridge

Pearl Berch is found on the first page of the 'Register of the Inmates of the Orphans'Home Warrick County, Indiana' and remains an inmate in the Orphans' Home Warrick County, Indiana until 28 May 1887 when she is first bound out to Albert E. Barton, she is back by 11 June 1887. Pearl Berch is then bound out to Thomas Ringham on 24 April 1889. The Articles of Apprenticeship is dated with the wrong year. It lists 1888. However, the Register of the Inmates of the Orphans'Home Warrick County, Indiana lists Pearl as an inmate every quarter when the inmates are enumerated as living in the orphanage. Note, the matron was paid 25 cents per day, per child for maintainance of the children. Pearl is enumerated in December 1888 and March 1889 with a note she was bound out 24 April 1889 to Thomas Ringham.

Pearl Berch [Pearl Beatrice Burch]
daughter of Martin Burch and Anna Mary Small
Born: 16 September 1878
Died: 11 July 1962 Huntingburg, Dubois Co., IN
Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery Warrick Co., IN
Married: 26 December 1897 Warrick Co., IN
    James Daniel Ringham
    son of Thomas Ringham and Louisa Ketcham
    Born: 12 December 1877 IN
    Died: 27 May 1959 Warrick Co., IN
    Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery Warrick Co., IN

CHILDREN OF JAMES AND PEARL:

    1. Lula Ringham + Stephen Orphus Kelley
    2. Anna Marie Ringham + Leland Leslie
    3. Arvel James Ringham + Mary Alta Buffington
    4. Ottis Holms Ringham + Mary Elizabeth Barclay

SOURCES:
Year: 1880; Census Place: Anderson, Warrick, Indiana; Roll: 320; Page: 238A; Enumeration District: 059
Anna Birch 22 Self (Head)
Pearl Birch 1 Daughter
Martin Birch 1/12 Son
Rome Small 23 Brother [Jerome]
Maggie Small 20 Sister [Margaret]

Register of the Inmates of the Orphans'Home Warrick County, Indiana

Articles of Apprenticeship Perl Birch page 146 - bound out to Thomas Ringham

Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941
Name: Pearl Burch
Marriage Date: 26 Dec 1897
Marriage County: Warrick
Birth Date: abt 1877
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Father Name: Burch
Mother Name: Annie Small

Year: 1900; Census Place: Hart, Warrick, Indiana; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0151; FHL microfilm: 1240411
James D Ringham 22 Head
Pearl Ringham 21 Wife [b. Dec 1878]
Lulu Ringham 1 Daughter
Roxy Burch 17 Sister in Law (Sister-in-law)

Year: 1910; Census Place: Hart, Warrick, Indiana; Roll: T624_386; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0168; FHL microfilm: 1374399
James D Ringham 32 Head
Purl Ringham 31 Wife
Lulla Ringham 11 Daughter
Anna Ringham 8 Daughter
Orant Ringham 6 Son
Otis Ringham 3 Son
Rockay Berch 27 Sister-in-law

Year: 1920; Census Place: Boonville Ward 2, Warrick, Indiana; Roll: T625_473; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 171
J D Ringham 42 Head
Pearl Ringham 41 Wife
Anna Ringham 18 Daughter
Orvil Ringham 16 Son
Otis Ringham 13 Son

Year: 1930; Census Place: Boonville, Warrick, Indiana; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0003; FHL microfilm: 2340372
James D Ringham 52 Head
Pearl B Ringham 50 Wife

Year: 1940; Census Place: Boonville, Warrick, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01107; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 87-3
J D Ringham 62 Head
Pearl Ringham 60 Wife

Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: James D. Ringham
Gender: Male Race: White Age: 81
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 12 Dec 1877
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 27 May 1959
Death Place: Boonville, Warrick, Indiana, USA
Father: Thomas Ringham
Mother: Louise Ringham

Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: Pearl B Ringham [Pearl B Burch]
Gender: Female Race: White Age: 82
Marital status: Widowed
Birth Date: 16 Sep 1879
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 11 Jul 1962
Death Place: Huntingburg, Dubois, Indiana, USA
Father: Burch
Mother: Anna Small Burch

U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: James Daniel Ringham 63844104
Birth Date: 1877
Death Date: 1959
Cemetery: Maple Grove Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Boonville, Warrick County, Indiana, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Father: Thomas Ringham
Mother: Louisa Ringham
Spouse: Pearl Ringham
Children:
Lula Kelley
Arvel Ringham

Name: Pearl Ringham 63844115
Birth Date: 1879
Death Date: 1962
Cemetery: Maple Grove Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Boonville, Warrick County, Indiana, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Mother: Anna Mary Schumacher
Spouse: James Daniel Ringham
Children:
Lula Kelley

Obituaries:
James D. Ringham Evansville Courier, issue 28 May 1959
Pearl Ringham Evansville Press, issue 12 July 1962