Margaret Christina Ryan

Brief Life History of Margaret Christina

When Margaret Christina Ryan was born on 15 October 1910, in Dundrum, County Dublin, Ireland, her father, Thomas Floyd Ryan, was 9 and her mother, Margaret Mahon, was 26. She died in 1986, at the age of 76.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Floyd Ryan
1901–1917
Margaret Mahon
1884–1932
Bridget Ryan
1859–1897
Elizabeth Ryan
1902–
Patrick Ryan
1904–1980
Margaret Christina Ryan
1910–1986
John Ryan
1912–
Albert Ryan
1914–1938
Kevin Ryan
1916–1996
Joseph Ryan
1918–1919

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    World Events (7)

    1919

    Irish War of Independence against Britain ending in the Anglo Irish Treaty.

    1920

    In the Government of Ireland Act 1920, Ireland was partitioned, with the unionist-dominated north east becoming Northern Ireland.

    1937

    New elections. The voters return de Valera and also approve a new constitution which abolishes the Irish Free State and proclaims Eire (Gaelic for Ireland) as a sovereign, independent, democratic state.

    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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