NameElizabeth “Betsey” Jane RYAN 65,590
Birth Dateca 1842
Birth PlaceJefferson County, Tennessee
Death Dateca 1864 Age: 22
Death PlaceVernon County, Missouri
Notes for Elizabeth “Betsey” Jane RYAN
RYAN: Irish: simplified form of Mulryan. Irish: reduced form of O’Ryan, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Riagháin (modern Irish Ó Riain) ‘descendant of Rian’; Ó Maoilriain ‘descendant of Maoilriaghain’, or Ó Ruaidhín ‘descendant of the little red one’. Ryan is one of the commonest surnames in Ireland; there has been considerable confusion with Regan. KaM Americanized spelling of German Rein. EG Source: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press
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