Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NamePeter RYAN 47,101,452,453
Birth DateDec 1821
Birth PlaceBlount County, Tennessee
Death Date1908 Age: 86
Death PlaceKnoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
OccupationUnion Soldier, KY Co. G 17th & Co. B 25th Infantry,
FatherHenry Fuller RYAN , 88 (1795-1856)
MotherNancy BRAKEBILL , 89 (1800-1860)
Spouses
1Sarah F. RHINA 47,101,452,453
Birth Date1 Jan 1829
Birth PlaceTennessee
Death Date10 Aug 1917 Age: 88
Death PlaceKnoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
Family ID6378
Marr Date25 May 184447
Marr PlaceRhea County, Tennessee
ChildrenHenry F. (1845-1919)
 Nancy Jane (1848-1921)
 Elizabeth (1850-1880)
 John W. (1853-)
 Peter (1857-)
 Charles (1860-)
 Pleasant McClung (1862-1948)
 James M. (1868-1935)
Notes for Peter 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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