Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameJohn RYAN 53
Birth Date1829
Birth PlaceMonroe, Overton County, Tennessee
OccupationMexican War Soldier, Laborer
FatherHenry Fuller RYAN , 88 (1795-1856)
MotherNancy BRAKEBILL , 89 (1800-1860)
Spouses
1Elizabeth J. DINER
Birth Date1834
Family ID1055
Marr Date10 May 1849
Marr PlaceKnox County, Tennessee
Marr MemoTennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Notes for John 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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