Carrie Elizabeth Ryan1

b. 5 January 1879, d. 17 July 1940
FatherJohn Thomas Ryan2 b. 18 Jan 1854, d. 30 Apr 1924
MotherMalissa Martha McConnell Scott3,4 b. 24 Jun 1852, d. 18 Jun 1922
Birth5 Jan 1879 Carrie Elizabeth Ryan was born on 5 Jan 1879 in Virginia.5,6 
Name Other  Carrie appears in many records as Bettie, an abbreviated form of her middle name. 
Cens-19006 Jun 1900  Bettie and her brother Robert lived with their Aunt Mary (Ryan) Ryburn and Uncle Whitely Fullen Ryburn in Washington County in 1900. Their mother was living with their older sister Mary and Mary's family in Montgomery County.7 
Cens-19101910 Sometime between 1900 and 1910 Bettie and Robert rejoined their mother and moved to Portsmouth, Ohio where they lived when the 1910 census was recorded. Bettie was thirty years old, single, and worked as a salesperson in a dry goods store.8 
Cens-19201920 Ten years later she was again recorded with her mother and brother in Portsmouth, although they had moved to 1822 11th Street. She was forty years old, single, and did not list an occupation.9 
Death17 Jul 1940 Carrie Elizabeth died on 17 Jul 1940 at age 61.6 
Burial She was buried at Bethel Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.6 

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The home of Whitley and Mollie Ryburn where Bettie lived in 190010
Carrie's headstone
Other interments in Bethel Cemetery
Last Edited2 May 2011

Citations

  1. [S870] Carolyn Ryburn, "Robert W. Ryan," e-mail to D. Powell, 10 Aug. 2008. Carolyn cites the July 18, 1940 edition of the Portsmouth (OH) Times which published an obituary for Carrie Elizabeth Ryan.
  2. [S162] John T. Ryan household, 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Abingdon District, ED 93, page 11 (30C stamped), dwelling 96, family 96, viewed online at www.Ancestry.com, April 2003, image 11 of 32. John T. Ryan, farmer, 26; Malissa M., 27, wife; Mary M., 6, dau; Carrie E., 1, dau; all b. VA; all parents b. VA.
  3. [S235] Malissa Ryan household, 1910 U.S. cens., Scioto Co., OH, pop. sched., Portsmouth, ED 156, sheet 28A, dwelling 261, family 265, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Spring 2002. Daughter's name is recorded as Bettie.
  4. [S236] Melissa Ryan household, 1920 U.S. cens., Scioto Co., OH, pop. sched., Portsmouth, ED 155, sheet 1A, dwelling 6, family 6, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Spring 2002. Daughter is listed as Betty.
  5. [S236] Melissa Ryan household, 1920 U.S. cens., Scioto Co., OH, pop. sched., Portsmouth, ED 155, sheet 1A, dwelling 6, family 6, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Spring 2002. Source for state of birth.
  6. [S365] Photographed May 2002 by Carolyn Ryburn. Stone reads: Bettie C. Ryan Jan 5, 1879 - July 17, 1940 (stone is near Malissa M. Ryan whose stone says "Mother") tombstone, Bethel Cemetery, Washington County, Virginia.
  7. [S574] Fullen Ryburn household, 1900 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Glade Spring District, ED 108, sheet 6A, dwelling 93, family 98, viewed online at Genealogy.com, April 2003, image 11 of 70. Fullen Ryburn, 49, married 30 yrs, b. Sept. 1850, farmer; Mary W., 48, b. Jan or Jun 1852, marr 30 yrs, mother of 3 children, all living; Edward, son, 25, b. May 1875, electrician; Mary G., daughter-in-law, 22, b. March 1878 Alabama; Charles, son, 22, b. Feb. 1878; Bettie Ryan, niece, 21, Jan or Jun 1879; Robert Ryan, 19, b. Jan or Jun 1881; all others born in Virginia.
  8. [S235] Malissa Ryan household, 1910 U.S. cens., Scioto Co., OH, pop. sched., Portsmouth, ED 156, sheet 28A, dwelling 261, family 265, viewed online at Ancestry.com.
  9. [S236] Melissa Ryan household, 1920 U.S. cens., Scioto Co., OH, pop. sched., Portsmouth, ED 155, sheet 1A, dwelling 6, family 6, viewed online at Ancestry.com.
  10. [S1376] Photo courtesy of Carolyn Ryburn.