Eva Catharina Ritter

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      Sex: F

AKA: Effa Ritter, Effa Catherine Ritter, Eva Catharina Ritter

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Individual Information

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     Birth Date: 16 Sep 1827 - Stammheim, , Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
    Christening: 
          Death: 17 Sep 1886 - No 71 Josephine St., New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 58
         Burial: 19 Sep 1886 - Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
 Cause of Death: Addison's Disease
Find A Grave ID: 11676441

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Heinrich Philip Walter
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Wilhemina C. Walter
                2. Henry Walter
                3. Johann Phillipp Walter
                4. Christina Josephine Walter
                5. Elisa Dorothea (Aunt Lizzie) Walter
                6. Friederick Carl Walter {FGID: 11662674}
                7. Mary Magdelena Walter

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Notes

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General:

Per 1860 US Census:
11th Ward of New Orleans, LA Series M653 Roll 420 Page 691
H P Walter is a grocer 36 years old, value of real estate 10,000 and value of personal estate 1,000. He was born in Hesse. Married to 30 year old Catherine, born in Wurtenburg. They have three Louisiana born children - Maria is 7, Henry is 6 and John is 4. Maria and Henry attend school.
Living with the family is 36 year old Agatha Ritter, born in Wurtenburg. The census report indicates she has married within the year. No relationships were listed in the 1860 census, but she is of an age to possibly be a sister to Catherine.

Per 1870 US Census: 6/24/1870
10th ward New Orleans page 157 - head of household is Henry Walter, age 50, born in Prussia of foreign born parents. His trade is speculator, and he owns personal effects valued at $3,000. Keeping house is Catherine, age 40, also of Prussia. Children are Mena (17, at home), Walter (14, at school), Chas (3), Christina (7), Louisa (1). Walter attends school. All the children were born in Louisiana.
They have a 25 year old Irish domestic servant named Mary Gibbons.

Per 1880 US Census: 6/1/1880
10th ward, 71 Josephine St, New Orleans, LA Series T9 Roll 463 Page 520
Head of household is 59 year old Henry Walter, a laborer born in Wales as were his parents. His wife Catherine is 53, keeps house, and was born in Baden as were her parents. Living with them are their children, all born in Louisiana - Mina 25, John 23, Christina 18, Eliza 15, Charles 13, and Mary 10. Eliza, Charles and Mary are in school. The census indicates that Henry and Mary can't read and write.

Per Orleans death index:
Ritter, Eva Catherine 59 yrs F W 09/17/1886 Volume 89 Page 1110

Per Obituary in the Times-Picayune 9/18/1886
WALTER -- On Friday, Sept. 17, 1886, at 8:10 A.M., EVA CATHARINA RITTER, wife of H. P. WALTER, aged 59 years and 1 day.

Friends and acquaintances of the family are resppectfully invited to attend the funeral, which will take place from her late residence, No. 71 Josephine street, This (Saturday) Afternoon, at 4 o'clock.

Per Findagrave.com Eva Catharina Ritter Walter
Birth: Sep. 16, 1827 Karlsruhe, Karlsruher Stadtkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death: Sep. 17, 1886 New Orleans,Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA

Inscription:
EVA CATHARINA RITTER
Wife of H.P. Walter
Born in Siammheim, Wurttemberg
Sept 16, 1827 Died Sept. 17, 1886
Aged 59 years & 1 day

Burial: Lafayette Cemetery Number #01 New Orleans, Orleans Parish,Louisiana, USA, Plot: Sq 3: p33-34
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Alberta Daniels Withrow
Record added: Sep 04, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 11676441

Research:

9/4/1827 was birth date I initally entered, but I changed it to 9/16/1827 per tombstone - see picture. The tombstone specifically says "aged 59 years & 1 day."

Birthplace Stammheim, Muerttemberg per tombstone
Stammheim is German for master home.
Muerttemberg does not exist on current German map, but close match to württemberger hof

Medical:

WHAT IS ADDISON'S DISEASE?

Addison's disease is a severe or total deficiency of the hormones made in the adrenal cortex, caused by a destruction of the adrenal cortex. There are normally two adrenal glands, located above each kidney. The adrenal glands are really two endocrine ( ductless or hormone producing ) glands in one. The inner part of the adrenal ( called the medulla ) produces epinephrine ( also called adrenaline ) which is produced at times of stress and helps the body respond to "fight or flight" situations by raising the pulse rate, adjusting blood flow, and raising blood sugar. However, the absence of the adrenal medulla and epinephrine does not cause disease.

In contrast, the outer portion of the adrenal, the cortex, is more critical. The adrenal cortex makes two important steroid hormones, cortisol and aldosterone. Cortisol mobilizes nutrients, modifies the body's response to inflammation, stimulates the liver to raise the blood sugar, and also helps to control the amount of water in the body. Aldosterone regulates salt and water levels which affects blood volume and blood pressure. Cortisol production is regulated by another hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH), made in the pituitary gland which is located just below the brain. Classical Addison's disease results from a loss of both cortisol and aldosterone secretion due to the near total or total destruction of both adrenal glands. This condition is also called primary adrenal insufficiency. If ACTH is deficient, there will not be enough cortisol produced, although aldosterone may remain adequate. This is secondary adrenal insufficiency, which is distinctly different, but similar to Addison's disease, since both include a loss of cortisol secretion.
WHAT CAUSES ADDISON'S DISEASE?

When Dr. Thomas Addison's' first described this disease in London in 1855, the most common cause was tuberculosis. This remained the leading cause until the middle of the twentieth century when antibiotics progressively reduced TB's incidence. Since then, the major cause of Addison's disease results from an auto-immune reaction in which the body's immune system erroneously makes antibodies against the cells of the adrenal cortex and slowly destroys them. That process takes months to years. There are also several less common causes of Addison's disease: other chronic infections besides tuberculosis, especially certain fungal infections, invasion of the adrenal by cancer cells that have spread from another part of the body, especially the breast; CMV virus in association with AIDS; rarely, hemorrhage into the adrenals during shock; and the surgical removal of both adrenals.