Nancy Ann Ryan
We learned that Ann Ryan's first name was actually "Nancy" when we received the baptismal records from Tipperary County, and with this information were able to find additional information about her in Allamakee County. When we searched looking for an "Ann Ryan", the only thing we could find were census records. At that time, we could not find her obituary or reference to her funeral - since then we now have proof of her death and site of her burial:
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In the Waukon Republican dated Wed. Oct 15, 1902 page 5 The mother of James, Dennis and Dan Ryan died at the home of the latter son at Stoud, Oklahoma, the first of last week at the age of ninety years and the remains arrived here last Saturday morning and interred in Mt. Olivet cemetery
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The historical society had a note attached to her file which stated "that Nancy Ryan died at Oklahoma on or about the 1st of Oct 1902." We believe that she is buried next to her husband, James; however, there is no listing of either an "Ann" or "Nancy" Ryan being interred in this cemetery. This recording had been misplaced or lost over the years.
The most interesting thing about this announcement was that Ann, in her 90s, was hundreds of miles from Allamakee County when she died. We don't know if she was living with Daniel or just merely a visitor, but its clear that she was still active in her later years. We know that she was living with the Dennis Ryan family in 1900, but we had little knowledge of her life from that time to her death. We can only wonder what she thought of "Stroud", as it was like the western towns you see only in the movies:
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The next time we see Nancy Ann Ryan in the newspaper was a legal advertisement announcing her will & last testament. These are a few comments provided to us from the historical society regarding her will. We expect to receive these documents over the next few weeks, and at that time we will record them onto this website.
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...have the Proof of will which was published in the newspaper and it says the first publication was the 10th of December 1902 so she had to died sometime before that date. Just wanted a more exact date and I will look in the burial book now under Nancy. By the way, Ann's will states that she has daughters Catharine, Maggie, Mary, Nancy, Daniel J. |
Our plans are to explore Daniel Ryan's time in Oklahoma. It appears that he homesteaded north of Stroud, but was relatively close to Cushing, Oklahoma. We know that Daniel Ryan was living in the Cushing area around this time, and that James Ryan arrived in 1912.
Click on the following to see Ann Ryan documents:
