Mortimer W Ryan (1831 - 1903)

Born 2 Jan 1831 in Orleans, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Henrietta (Downs) Ryan — married 1858 in New York, United States

Died 10 Dec 1903 at age 72 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States

Biography

The son of John Ryan and Hannah (Oberdorf) Ryan, Mortimer was born in Orleans County in 1831. In 1850, his family lived in Ridgeway, New York, where his father worked as a public works contractor and Mortimer, at the age of 19, worked as a mason.^[1] In 1855, living at home, Mortimer worked as a contractor.^[2] He married Henrietta Downs (1832-1913), the daughter of Simeon Downs, Jr. and Sophronia Bailey. Their children included:

1. Anna V. Ryan (1858-1949)
2. Henrietta Ryan (1862-)
3. William G. Ryan (1864-)
4. Minnie S. Ryan (1865-1888)
5. Florence Ryan (1876-1956)

The family made their home in Ridgeway where, 1860, Mortimer was a grocer. Their household included a domestic servant, 25-year-old Bridget Murray from Ireland.^[3] In 1865, his household included two servants, 26-year-old Honora Goold and 17-year-old Mary Mulligan, also immigrants from Ireland.^[4] In 1870, Mortimer worked as a U.S. assessor; his household servant was 24-year-old Nora Rice, also an Irish immigrant.^[5] In 1875, he worked as a quarry foreman.^[6] In 1880, residing in Medina, New York, Mortimer as a rural route mail service; his widowed mother-in-law lived with the family then.^[7][8]

By 1900, Mortimer had retired and was living with his wife and youngest daughter in a triplex at 57 Chestnut Street in Rochester, New York.^[9] He passed away in Rochester at the age of 72^[10] and is buried at Boxwood Cemetery in Medina, New York.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC1S-QDT : 23 December 2020), Mortimer Ryon in household of John Ryon, Ridgeway, Orleans, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K63J-4X7 : 3 March 2021), M W Ryan in household of John Ryan, E.D. 2, Ridgeway, Orleans, New York, United States; citing p. , line #16, family #487, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 592,746.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC4R-DV9 : 18 February 2021), Mortimer Ryan, 1860.
4. ↑ "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNN-6S57 : 8 March 2021), Martin W Ryan, District 02, Ridgeway, Orleans, New York, United States; citing Census, p. 19, citing multiple county Clerks; Warren and Lewis County Board of Supervisors; multiple counties in New York; Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8VK-T73 : 29 May 2021), M Ryon, 1870.
6. ↑ "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNVG-WD1 : 18 February 2021), M W Ryan, Ridgeway, Orleans, New York, United States; citing p. 10, line 27, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 592,749.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZXB-XQ2 : 19 February 2021), Mortimer W Ryan, Medina, Orleans, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 151, sheet 238A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,912.
8. ↑ "New York State Census, 1892," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ99-YY2 : 23 February 2021), Mortimer W Ryan, 1892; citing Ridgeway, E.D. 03, county offices, New York; FHL microfilm 592,751.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSJ3-4L8 : accessed 6 July 2021), Mortimer W Ryan, Election District 2 Rochester City Ward 4, Monroe, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41, sheet 3A, family 51, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,073.
10. ↑ "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKK-BPB7 : 20 October 2019), Mortimer W Ryan, 1903.
11. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CKSR-DGZM : 7 August 2020), Mortimer W Ryan, ; Burial, Medina, Orleans, New York, United States of America, Boxwood Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #207112934