Corvan Bryan Sr (1879 - 1950)

Born 26 Nov 1879 in Danboro, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Margaret Ann (Neely) Bryan — married 28 Nov 1901 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 3 Feb 1950 at age 70 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Corvan was born in 1879. He was the son of Agnes and Lewis K Bryan.

He registered for the WWI Draft 1917-1918.

Corvan was employed as an Engineer in Philadelphia with a Textile Company owned by John M Schwel & Sons .

He married Margaret Neely an immigrant from Ireland in 1901. Margaret and Corvan settled at Bringhurst Street in Philadelphia and had one known son in their marriage Corvan S Bryan Jr born 1904.^[1]

In the 1930's Corvan was employed as a Custodian at a J S Jenks Public School, Philadelphia.

Corvan Jr married in 1931 to Ida Ruth Whiteman at Gettysburg, Adams, PA. ^[2]

In the 1940 Census Margaret and son Corvan Jr are living at Franklin, Adams, Pennsylvania and have a boarder Merle Miller. Corvan gave the name George C Bryan as person most likely to know his whereabouts in the WWII Draft.

Corvan Bryan died a Widower at the Home for Indigent in 1950 aged 75.

[Corvan Bryan] Cowan Bryan - Gender Male, Race White, Age 76, Birth Date [26 Nov 1879] 26/11/1874 - Birth Place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Death Date 03/02/1950, Death Place Philadelphia Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA - Father Bryan

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSL9-G4W US SOC SEC INDEX
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFW8-XFY MARRIAGE 1931

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWXC-DSR CENSUS 1880

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG7Q-Y6Q CENSUS 1910
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6YL-M1F CENSUS 1920
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH7G-Q84 CENSUS 1930

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6KQ-C1Y WWI DRAFT
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V262-D16 MARRIAGE

• Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1967; Certificate Number Range: 013651-016200 - Source Information - Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.