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Margaret A. Ryan[1, 2]

Female 1878 - 1937  (58 years)


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  • Name Margaret A. Ryan 
    • Margaret M. Ryan b. 1857, d. 1928, married William A. Sorg
    Born 10 Jun 1878  Richmond, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    Died 29 Jan 1937  Richmond, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Mount Calvary Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I547451898  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 23 Aug 2021 

    Father Patrick Paul Ryan,   b. 20 Apr 1832, Kilkenny, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1918, Richmond, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Minerva Anne Edwards,   b. 28 Feb 1836, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1905, Richmond, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 17 Jul 1855  Richmond, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F518495841  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Death Certificate-Margaret Sorg (nee Ryan)
    Death Certificate-Margaret Sorg (nee Ryan)
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    Margaret Ryan Sorg-Obit
    Margaret Ryan Sorg-Obit
    Richmond Times Dispatch
    Jan 30, 1937

    Headstones
    Margaret Ryan Sorg-Headstone
    Margaret Ryan Sorg-Headstone
    SorgMargaretRyan.jpg

    Histories
    Memoir by Unknown Author of William Edwards of Halifax, Co., Virginia
    Memoir by Unknown Author of William Edwards of Halifax, Co., Virginia
    Desc Of William Edwards Sr.pdf

  • Sources 
    1. [S211] State Select Marriages.
      Minerva A. Ryan in entry for William A. Sorg and Margaret M. Ryan, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
      Name: William A. Sorg
      Birth Date: 1869
      Birthplace:
      Age: 40
      Spouse's Name: Margaret M. Ryan
      Spouse's Birth Date: 1881
      Spouse's Birthplace:
      Spouse's Age: 28
      Event Date: 14 Sep 1909
      Event Place: Richmond, Virginia
      Father's Name: Peter Sorg
      Mother's Name: Walburg Sorg
      Spouse's Father's Name: Patrick P. Ryan
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Minerva A. Ryan
      Race:
      Marital Status:
      Previous Wife's Name:
      Spouse's Race:
      Spouse's Marital Status:
      Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
      Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I07894-5
      System Origin: Virginia-EASy
      GS Film number: 2048499
      Reference ID: it1,p45


    2. [S37] Death Certificate.

    3. [S10] R.W. Ryan.
      E-Mail to Mary Frances Eggleston:

      Minerva Edwards is my Grandmother's Aunt; her Father's Sister. She married Patrick Paul Ryan 17 Jul 1855 in Halifax Co., VA, s/o Phillip Ryan and Mary Butler. My Grandmother Madaline Frances Edwrds 'Mattie', named a daughter Adelaide Ryan Carter, a nod, perhaps to her Aunt's Family. Information of this line was contributed by Raymond W. Ryan, Jr. P. O. Box 508, Powhatan VA 23139-0508 in 1998.
      Children of Minerva Edwards and Patrick Ryan are: 1. Phillip James Ryan, born 1856 in Virginia; died 1908 in Virginia,
      2. William Thomas Ryan b 1850 in Halifax; died 1944 in Richmond, VA
      3. Patrick Beauregard Ryan, born 1866 in Virginia; died 1950.
      4. Margaret Ryan, born 1867; died 1937. Married William A. Sorg..
      5. Annie Ryan, b. 1858 in Va. Married Floyd Tyler
      6. Louise Ryan b 1870 Married Ed. Duffy.
      7. Joseph Ryan, b 1875 died 1912
      8. Virginia Ryan b 1876 in Va died 1948 married Luther Bostian.
      9. Elizabeth Ryan b abt 1877 also Married Ed Duffy and
      10. Mary Ryan, born abt 1878 died 1939.
      Margaret M. Ryan b. 1857, d. 1928, married William A. Sorg.

    4. [S10] R.W. Ryan.

    5. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=sorg&GSiman=1&GScid=51245&GRid=124263317&.

    6. [S10] R.W. Ryan.
      1. Minerva Anne Edwards was married at Sacred Heart Cathedral Roman Catholic Church, Richmond, Va. by Father Fehling 17 Jul 1855 to Patrick Paul Ryan s/o Phillip Ryan and Mary Loughlan (recent finding of mother's surname on Patrick Ryan's death certificate; information provided by son, William Thomas Ryan.)
      Madaline Frances Edwards 'Mattie', named a daughter Adelaide Ryan Carter, a sign of her love and affection for sisters of Adelaide Blanche Liggan and William Thomas Ryan (son of Patrick Paul and Minerva Anne Ryan).
      http://reynoldspatova.org/getperson.php?personID=I547451905&tree=reynolds1
      Mattie's Brother Monty, named his daughter Adelaide; and her sister, Minerva, married Patrick Paul Ryan.
      http://reynoldspatova.org/getperson.php?personID=I547450633&tree=reynolds1
      Mattie Edwards Carter, my grandmother, named her daughter for two of her siblings. A custom of the time.