Ernest Leroy Ryan

Brief Life History of Ernest Leroy

When Ernest Leroy Ryan was born on 4 April 1934, in Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, United States, his father, Charles Clyde Ryan, was 18 and his mother, Agnes Lucille Derr, was 19. He married Ronda Ruth Harper on 8 February 1953, in Raton, Colfax, New Mexico, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 26 September 1996, in Fort Lupton, Weld, Colorado, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ernest Leroy Ryan
1934–1996
Ronda Ruth Harper
1936–2004
Marriage: 8 February 1953
Zechariah Eli Ryan
1954–2012
Edward Ray Ryan
1956–2024

Sources (6)

  • Ernest Le Roy Ryan in household of Stephen Sabo, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Ernest L Ryan, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Ernest Leroy Ryan, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

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World Events (8)

1935 · The FBI is Established

The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

1936 · Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

Built on property donated by the Broadmoor Art Academy, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center was built in April of 1936. This was in the middle of the ""Gret Deperession"" and Alice Bemis Tylor funded the project to help employ laborers who were unemployed.

1951 · The Twenty-Second Amendment

Before the Twenty-second Amendment, the Presidency didn’t have a set number limit on how many times they could be elected or re-elected to the office of President of the United States. The Amendment sets that limit to two times, consecutively or not, and sets additional conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors.

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 ‘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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