Lucy Viola Wood

Person/Family

Spouse 1

George Harry Ryan (son of Henry Rogers Ryan and Abigail ‘Abbey’ Gazlay)

+1.	Harry Roger Ryan

2.	Lewis David Ryan

3.	Edith E. Ryan

+4.	Charles Alexander Ryan, Sr.

+5.	Warren Wood Ryan

Sources

1. Find a Grave (website). Woodlawn Abbey, Sumner, Pierce County, Washington, Ryan / Lucy V. Ryan / 1849-1925 / George H. Ryan / 1848-1934 (from headstone).
2. Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960 (transcriptions or certificates). Ryan, Lucy V.; died 29 October 1925 in Sumner, Pierce County, Washington; age 76; record gives the names of her parents.
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Washington, Pierce County, Puyallup Valley, Page No. 6B, family of Geo. H. Ryan (31, New Hampshire, farmer); wife Malissa Ryan (30, Wisconsin; health: miscarriage); son Henry Ryan (3, Washington Ty [Territory]); son Lewis Ryan (2, Washington Ty). [His wife’s name is Lucy; the enumerator may have misheard the name as Malissa.]
4. Washington State Census, 1883, Pierce County, Sumner, Page No. 11, family of George Ryan (34, NY, farmer); wife Lucy B. Ryan (33, Wis); Harry Ryan (6, WT [Washington Territory]); Lewis Ryan (5, WT); Sarah Ryan (24, NH, farmer); A. Robitson (51, England, farmer); Geo Ruggles (37, Michigan, laborer).
5. Washington State Census, 1887, Pierce County, family of Geo. H. Ryan (38, Wis., millman); Lucy V. Ryan (37, Wis.); Lewis Ryan (9, Wash. Ter.); Henry Ryan (10, Wash. Ter.); Edith Ryan (3, Wash. Ter.); Charles Ryan (2, Wash. Ter.); Warren Ryan (1, Wash. Ter.).
6. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Washington, Pierce County, Sumner Precinct, Enumeration District 150, Sheet No. 7A, family of Lucy Ryan (50, Wisconsin, farmer, Oct 1849, 4 children, 4 married [undoubtedly refers only to the children living with her], widow [erroneous, her husband remarried and lived until 1934]; son Lewis D. Ryan (22, Washington, Aug 1877, student); daughter Edith E. Ryan (16, Washington, July 1884, student); son Charles A. Ryan (14, Washington, July 1885); son Warren W. Ryan (13, Washington, Dec. 1886, student).
7. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Washington, Pierce County, Sumner Village, Enumeration District 188, Sheet No. 3B, family of Lucy B. Ryan (60, Wisconsin, widow [erroneous; her husband remarried and lived until 1934], 5 children, 5 living); son Charles A. Ryan (25, Washington, farmer); son Warren W. Ryan (23, Washington).
8. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Washington, Pierce County, Sumner City, Enumeration District 235, Sheet No. 9B, Lucy V. Ryan (70, Wisconsin, widow [erroneous; her husband remarried and lived until 1934]).
9. Several family trees at Ancestry (website), including the Kathleen Mary Ryan family tree and the CWRyan family tree, provide the full names, birth dates and places, and death dates and places for George Harry Ryan and his wife Lucy Viola Wood. Although none of the trees indicate the sources of these details, they are mostly consistent with the partial dates and places found in census records, marriage and death indexes, and are therefore considered correct, with few exceptions.
10. Divorce Filing, The Tacoma Times, Tacoma, Washington; 5 February 1904, Lucy V. Ryan of Sumner brought suit for divorce against George H. Ryan. The article provides their marriage date and place, the name of one son Harry R. Ryan, and other family details.
11. Daffodil Valley Times (website), A-Z History of Sumner, Washington; Quotes from Lucy Ryan’s letters to her mother; the entry mentions Lucy’s marriage to George Ryan in 1875 in San Francisco, having traveled from her home in Baraboo, Wisconsin.