MARY RITA JACOBSEN, 85  of Belvidere, died Friday, Feb. 29, 2008, after a brief illness. Born March 1922, in Kimball, South Dakota, (see Mary Rita)

MARY RITA'S

SCRAPBOOK

Frank and Jim Ryan, Homesteading in South Dakota, 1912-1913

Older Contributions to Web:

Margaret McDonald Hill with Grand daughter

Adelaide and Frank Ryan

Frank McGonigle

Frank Ryan 70 yrs old

Ruthie Ryan circa 1940

Post Cards:

Click on photo to see family post cards

Old Photographs (Click on link)

1982 Spearfish Reunion

Bat & Liza Ryan, Mary Ryan Boney, Andrew Boney

James & Lulu Boney Christmas Card (Front)

James & Lulu Boney Christmas Card (Inside)

4 Generations of Hill Women

Frank & Jim Ryan Homesteading 1912 (front)

      Homesteading (back note)

Postcard to Mrs. Dennis Ryan, New Albin

     James Ryan photo attached

Batty Ryan in Rockford

Little Kate Kennedy, circa 1900

   Little Kate Kennedy photo layout

Little Mary Rita in Kimball

Little Mary Rita portrait

Frank Ryan family. 1931.  See letters.

Combined photo (Leo, John, cousin)

       Leo and cousin

       John Ryan

Frank Ryan, John Ryan, Ethel Ryan, unk, and Jack Verschoor

Mary Rita as a Baby

Mary Rita at 5 months old

1898 School Dist No. 1, Rural Kimball

  1898 Souvenir School Card

50th Kimball Class Reunion

Spring 1950 in Kimball

Patrick Murrin funeral photo

     Patrick Murrin

Young John Ryan, Kimball SD

Eva Meis, young wife of John Ryan

1923 Batt Family photo (outing)

Young Frank Ryan, circa 1900.  Click on photo to view Adelaide McGonigle Scrapbook.

Letters and Old Documents:

John O'Brien Letter to Jack & Ethel

Jack's note regarding Bat Ryan's death 1941

Ed Ryan 7th Year Class Certificate 1898

Edward Hill Warranty Deed 1871

Margaret Hill Warranty Deed 1902

Father O'Flaherty, Kimball pastor (click on O'Flaherty for more)

Napkin with signatures 1931 or 1951 (p1),   (p2)

Smith Telephone Company, Kimball SD

Multiple Warranty Deeds and Abstracts

Note to Ethel from Eva Meis Ryan

1878 James Ryan to Batt Ryan deed

1879 Jams Ryan to Ed Fitzgerald deed

1879 Michael Ryan to Edward Welch deed

2004 St. Margaret's Church  (page 1)  (page 2)

Ryan Cemetery plots (click on photo to view additional photos)

Obituaries & funeral items:

Mrs. James Ryan (Cushing, Oklahoma)

Alice Fitzgerald funeral card

Caroline McGonigle funeral card

 

Will Ryan WW1 Correspondence

Letters sent to his mother 1918

Additional Letters to family 1918

More Letters

Final set of letters Will sent home 1918

Red Cross Response to Eva Meis

Notice of death and burial site

St. Nazairre Hospital, France

McGonigle & Murrin Scrapbook (Click to View)

Bits and Pieces:

Grandma Adelaide's Doughnuts

Frank Houda Train Accident

MY HERITAGE by Mary Rita Jacobsen

Adieu, Adieu

Article on Mary Rita Jacobsen

The Jig Contest

King and Queen Carnival Contest 1938

J.J. Hill Funeral, RR Mangate (cousin to Edward Hill, our ancestor)

Ryan and McPhillips article (mouse story

Batt Ryan, Andrew Boney, Margaret Ryan Boney, Liza Ryan

Will Ryan Photos

Photo of young Will Ryan, ca 1915

Two photo shots of Will

        Large photo

        Small photo

1920 Kimball Extension Club

Ethel Ryan Verschoor, daughter of Bat & Liza Ryan

1940 Virginia Verschoor graduation

1965 J J Verschoor 50th anniversary

1965 Verschoor news article (large) (small)

1965 family portrait

Anniversary card  (large) (small)

Congratulatory note from Fr. Jerry Ryan

Ethel Ryan and Children - buggy

Ethel Ryan and Children - Chamberlain

Ethel Ryan children (original) (fixed)

Ethel Ryan young adult portrait

Picture Ethel Ryan     (front)  (back)

Leo Ryan farm, Kimball SD

Leo Ryan Family (Continued)

1920 Extension Club refurbished

   Back of Photo (Ext Club)

Leo Ryan Great Grand daughter 1

Leo Ryan Great Grand daughter 2

The Cooks on the trail

Leo Ryan Additional Farm Photos 

      Large         Small

LeRoy Ryan, son of Leo Ryan (Kimball)

Veronica Ryan, daughter of LerRoy

Thumbnail View of Old Photos

Unknown & Leo Ryan group

Multiple family groups

Mary Rita, Hills, Will Ryan & Documents

Jacobsens & Ethel Ryan Vershoor group

(Left) Ethel Ryan children

Hill Family

Birth certificate for Anna Hill Murrin's daugher

     Smaller version of birth certificate

James Hill Newspaper article (RR Magnate).  He was a cousin to Edward Hill, our ancestor.

      News article page 1

      News article page 2

       News article page 3

Margaret McDonnell Hill tomb (photo)   (caption)

Leo Ryan Family, son of Bat & Liza Ryan

1913 Post Card to Leo Ryan  (front)   (back)

Extension Club 1920s

1940 Virgin1a Verschoor graduation

1920 Kimball Booster Club

First cousins Verschoor

First cousins Verschoor with Mary Rita

LeRoy Ryan, son of Leo Ryan

Leo Ryan on the Farm

     Photo 1

     Photo 2

Leo Ryan family   (Large)     (Close-up)

Leo Ryan at the Farm    (Large)    (Small)

LeRoy Ryan News Clipping

Lynus Ryan helps with chores

Lynus Ryan, son of LeRoy

Unknown Photos (Any Ideas...?)

Back of Post Card   (Small)    (Large)

Group Photo     (Small)    (Large)

Two Gentlemen     (Small)   (Large)

Jacobsens including Mary Rita

1949 Christmas with the Jacobsens

Mary Rita 5 months old

1973 Wedding, Leo and Jo Ryan

Bjarne Jacobsen     (Large)     (Small)

Mary Rita with Vershcoor cousin

Mary Rita with Neil Ryan (Kimball)

      Large

      Small

 

Frank Ryan & Liza Ryan circa 1940

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