Question:
Did you know...that we claim lineage to the first white
woman living in the New World, north of Mexico City?
Answer:
We trace or lineage to Marie Rollet who came with her
husband, Louis Hebert, to New Quebec in 1618?
Question:
Did you know... that the first white child born in Brule
County was a son of Batt and Liza Ryan?
Answer:
James Ryan 1881
Question:
Do you know ...what year Irish John Smith was born?
Answer:
1842 (March 2ns). Thomas & Ann Greenan were his
sponsors.
Question:
How many of Batt's brothers and sisters lived in
Cushing, Oklahoma during their lifetimes?
Answer:
Four. Dennis Ryan, Nancy (Burke) Ryan, James Ryan and
Daniel Ryan.
Question:
How did Adelaide McGonigle Ryan know where to find her
recently departed father's money?
Answer:
He came to her in a dream.
Question:
What "technology" did Irish John Smith possess that gave
him an edge over neighboring farmers?
Answer:
Horses. Three horses to be specific. He was the envy of
his neighbors who only had oxen.
Question:
What street, in Brooklyn, did Irish John Smith live? How
Long?
Answer:
Walworth Street. They may have lived here 7-8 years.
Question:
If we're related to Madonna, Celine Dion and Robert
Goulet...why can't we carry a tune?
Answer:
We inherited our singing ability from the Irish side of
our family.
Question:
Where and What Year did Margaret Hill apply for
citizenship?
Answer:
In Kimball, South Dakota, Brule County,
January 2, 1894.
Question:
On the Genealogy.com web site, how many family members
are listed in our site? <100? >500? or >1100?
Answer:
Over 1,100
Question:
Where in County Tipperary was Batt Ryan born?
Answer:
Gortnaskehy, Newport Parish, County Tipperary.
Question:
Where was the '06 Ryan family Reunion held?
Answer:
Custer State Park, Black Hills, South Dakota
Question:
Did you know that the Turgeons were nobility in New
France (Quebec)? Bonus: What was the name of their
lands?
Answer:
Beauport. Our ancestor was the 4th Lord of Beauport.
Question:
How did "Bat Ryan" sign his name on the Church Marriage
Registers?
Answer:
Maurice.
Question:
What was James Ryan's Sr.s wife's "real name"?
Bonus:
Where did she live in her final days?
Answer:
Nancy. She died in Lincoln County, Oklahoma at her son,
Daniel Ryan's home.
Question:
What was the Turgeon brothers' occupation during the
1870s?
BONUS:
How old was Phileas when he left quebec?
Answer:
Long haul freight drivers between the Missouri River &
Black Hills. Age 16.
Question:
What townland did our Smith ancestors originate from in
Ireland?
Answer:
Russnalogh, County Monaghan.
Question:
Where did Batt Ryan win first place for an Irish Jig
Contest?.
Answer:
Most likely Newport, which since medieval times held
"county fairs" twice a year..
Question:
What team "cheated" to win the '05 Smith Reunion golf
tournament?
Answer:
That would be V.J.'s team.
Question:
What was the name of Anne Campbell Ryan's brother who
lived in Allamakee County?
Answer:
Bartholomew Campbell. His descendents still live around
Waukon.
Question:
Where did the James Ryan family first reach North
America? Quebec, Boston or New York City?
Answer:
Quebec. The family spent several months waiting for a
daughter to emigrate.
Question:
in what Irish County did Michael McPhillips claim he was
born? Cavan, Fermanagh, or Monaghan?
Answer:
Fermanagh, and later moved to Monaghan where he married
Mary Smyth.
Question:
What was the name of the Ship that carried John, Owen
and Bridget Smith to Brooklyn, USA, in 1850?
Answer:
The Centurion.
Question:
What was Margaret Hill's maiden name? McDonald,
McDonough or McDonnell?
Answer:
McDonnell. Her family lived in Longstone townland,
Killoscully, Newport Parish.
Question:
How old was Irish John Smith when he enlisted in the
army?.
Question:
Around 20 years old. He claimed that he was 16 when he
enlisted, but he really didn't know how old he was.
Question:
Was the Ryan's Irish homeland "School Hill"?.
Question:
Sort of. The area was called "Culley" after Cully
Castle, and in old Gaelic sounds like "school hill.".
Question:
What was Susan Smith's "payback" to her husband for his
"sudden trip" to Scotland?.
Answer:
She added a new addition to the house.?
