Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameMelissa Jane CLELLAND 65,454
Birth Date1851
Birth PlaceVirginia
Death Date13 Dec 1931 Age: 80
Burial PlaceAlamosa County, Colorado, Speiser Cemetery
Spouses
1Richard A. RYAN 65,454
Birth Date1850
Birth PlaceJefferson County, Tennessee
Death Date1933 Age: 83
Burial PlaceAlamosa County, Colorado, Speiser Cemetery
OccupationFarmer
FatherWilliam Wellington RYAN III (1803-1871)
MotherElizabeth CLINE (1806-1902)
Family ID2579
Marr Datec 1869
ChildrenSamantha Ann (1870-)
 Edward A. (1880-1963)
 Vertie Elona (Died as Child) (1886-1897)
 Jessie Maude (1889-1976)
Notes for Melissa Jane CLELLAND
shown on census65
Notes for Richard A. (Spouse 1)
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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