Brief Life History of Emmett Gerald
When Emmett Gerald Ryan was born on 19 May 1919, in Globe, Gila, Arizona, United States, his father, William Albert Ryan, was 32 and his mother, Edith Emma Watkins, was 26. He married Norma Frances Owens on 19 December 1941, in Taylor, Texas, United States. He lived in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States for about 10 years and Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1940. He died on 12 April 1999, in Apache Junction, Pinal, Arizona, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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Sources (22)
- Emmett Ryan, "United States 1950 Census"
- Emmit Ryan, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
- Emmett G Ryan, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
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World Events (8)
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1921 · Groundbreaking for Mesa Arizona Latter-day Saint Temple
Groundbreaking for the Latter-day Saint Mesa Arizona Temple took place on April 25, 1922, by Heber J. Grant.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, John Patrick, Dermot, Liam, Paddy, Donovan, Eamon, Eamonn, Kieran, Parnell, Aileen, Brennan.
Irish: shortened form of O'Ryan , an Anglicized form of Ó Riaghain (modern Irish Ó Riain) ‘descendant of Riaghan’, a personal name probably based on the word rí ‘king’. Ryan is one of the commonest surnames in Ireland, though there has been considerable confusion with Regan .
Irish: shortened from Mulryan (Ó Maoilriaghain).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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