Charles J. Bryan

5 May 1842–16 September 1918 (Age 76)
Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland

The Life Summary of Charles J.

When Charles J. Bryan was born on 5 May 1842, in Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland, his father, James Bryan, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Shannon, was 36. He married Anna E. Willis on 21 June 1881. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Burnside Township, Goodhue, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years. He died on 16 September 1918, in Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 76.

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Family Time Line

Charles J. Bryan
1842–1918
Anna E. Willis
1860–1932
Marriage: 21 June 1881
Hester C. Bryan
1882–1885
Arthur W. Bryan
1886–1928
Ethel Annette Bryan
1890–1964
William Jay Bryan
1884–1952
Harold E. Bryan
1888–1948
Elizabeth ( Betty ) Hester Bryan
1893–1932
Charles Stuart Bryan
1894–1978

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 June 1881
    • Children

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1845
    Age 3
    The Irish Potato Famine. Many Irish emigrate to America. Irish population drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration.
    1846
    Age 4
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1862 · The Dakota Conflict/War
    Age 20
    The Dakota War was an armed conflict between the United States and several bands of Dakota Native Americans. It began along the Minnesota River four years after Minnesota was admitted as a state. The Dakota made attacks on hundreds of settlers, which resulted in their deaths. A military tribunal sentenced 303 Dakota men to death for their crimes but 264 of them were exonerated. The remaining 38 were apart of a mass hanging on December 26 that same year. It was the largest mass execution in United States history.

    Name Meaning

    English and Irish: variant of Bryant .Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Briain, see O'Brien .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Bryant
    Brine

    Sources (8)

    • Chas J Bryan, "United States Census, 1900"
    • Charles James Bryan in entry for Charles Stuart Bryan and Janet Knatvold Quillen, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
    • Charles J Bryan, "United States Census, 1910"

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