James Patrick Ryan
Zella Harvey, must be high school graduation photo 1895.
From
Bangor Historical Society, Bangor, Michigan.
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full size.
James Patrick Ryan,
born 27 Feb 1873, Ireland.
Family went to America 1880.
He
grew up
Muskegon, Michigan.
He
worked for Rosen's Department Store, Muskegon.
He was a
great admirer of
Richard Rahilly (died 1896).
He
served in Michigan
National Guard.
Saw service in Cuba
in
Spanish-American War
1898.
Sergeant Major.
Later commissioned as officer.
2nd Lieutenant.
Contracted malaria in Cuba
and eventually received service pension.
Returned to Muskegon.
Remained prominent in National Guard circles in Muskegon.
In
c.1903 he bought a department store in
Bangor,
Michigan, ran it until 1919.
Returned to Ireland on vacation in 1907. [On honeymoon?]
He
met the "Rahilly girls" (Anno and
widowed
Nell,
then living Quinsborough)
and the
Barretts.
He mar 14 Aug 1907 to
Zella Harvey
[Zella May Harvey, born 29 Nov 1877, Bangor, Michigan].
She was
dau of Thomas Miller Harvey, Recorder of Deeds for
Van Buren County,
by his wife Caroline Matilda Hurlbut.
She became a member of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
(for women who can prove descent
from ancestor who aided in achieving US independence).
She was bapt in
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ),
Bangor.
Later she may have joined
another Protestant church in Bangor.
On mar she became a Catholic.
She was educ Paw Paw High School
(
Paw Paw, near Bangor, Michigan).
She was educ Bangor High School, graduated 1895.
She was
educ
NWU, Illinois, in the
School of Speech under Robert McLean Cumnock.
She was speech and P.E. teacher at third level.
She
taught at
Moores Hill College,
Moores Hill,
Indiana
(now University of Evansville).
She acted as Deputy to her father as Recorder of Deeds for Van Buren County.
She managed the County Recorder's Office.
She worked for Michigan Department of Public Instruction
(now Michigan Department of Education),
Lansing.
Worked on publications of the Department.
James and Zella mar at Bangor, Michigan.
They lived Bangor, Michigan.
He was Vice-President and a Director of the
West Michigan Savings Bank
in Bangor.
Mayor of Bangor:
He was active in politics.
Served as Mayor of Bangor c.1917.
He served in
WWI.
He was
stationed at Camp Kearny,
near San Diego, CA (est 1917,
now Marine Corps Air Station Miramar),
as was his brother.
In 1919 he moved his family to Long Beach, CA.
He ran his own property management business in Long Beach, very successful.
Invested in the Rubidoux Theatre,
Rubidoux, CA.
Invested in the Lanier Hotel,
San Diego, c.1935-1938 (on 3rd Ave and Ash St, built 1907, now gone).
Lived 3040 E 2nd St, Long Beach, CA.
He was active in Catholic church.
Zella worked in the Catholic Welfare Society.
James dies, 1950:
He died 14 Aug 1950, age 77 yrs,
St.Mary's Hospital,
10th and Linden Ave, Long Beach.
He was bur Calvary Mausoleum, Long Beach.
Zella died 24 Sept 1958, Long Beach, age 80 yrs.
She was bur Calvary Mausoleum, Long Beach.
James and Zella
had issue:
- James Harvey Ryan,
born 1908, Bangor, Michigan.
He died 1908, age c.2 weeks.
They said "he was a blue baby".
- Richard Emmet Ryan,
Richard, Richard Emmet Patrick Ryan,
born 30 Aug 1909, Bangor, Michigan.
Named after Richard Rahilly.
He researched family tree.
- Eileen Ryan,
Eileen Caroline Ryan,
born 8 Jan 1912, Bangor.
She was a social worker.
Hearing Officer with
California Department of Social Services.
She mar 4 Nov 1972 to John Vosper Cooper
[born 13 Apr 1913, Chicago,
son of Sherman Tecumseh Cooper and --- Vosper].
He was an attorney.
It was his 2nd mar. (He mar 1stly, 25 Sept 1948, to Elisabeth Parmley.)
They both fl 1992, living Long Beach.
He died 1992-2006. He is apparently bur Westminster Memorial Park,
Westminster, CA.
She fl 2006, in nursing home in Long Beach.
- Patricia Ryan,
Patricia Marie Ryan, Pat,
born 19 Feb 1917, Bangor.
Social worker.
She mar 15 Dec 1945, Long Beach, to Gelino Repucci
[Gelino George Repucci, Gelino Guiseppe Repucci, born 30 Aug 1909].
He served in WW2. He was a contractor.
They lived Mansfield, MA,
from at least 1947.
They both fl 2005, living Mansfield.
She fl 2006.
They had issue:
- James Repucci.
- Joseph Francis Repucci.
- Angela Marie Repucci, mar Robert Caldwell.
- Peter John Repucci, mar Linda ----.
- Paul Thomas Repucci.
- Eileen Joan Repucci.
Lanier Hotel, San Diego, 1937.
From
San Diego Historical Society.
