Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyLucy Viola Wood

Parents

FatherDavid Lewis Wood ( - )
MotherLucy V. Church ( - )

Personal Information

Record Created: 12 February 2012; Last Edited: 28 July 2013 
Person ID3471
NameLucy Viola Wood
GenderFemale
Born 11 October 1849 in Wilworth, Wisconsin1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Married 18 May 1875 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California to George Harry Ryan10, 11
Divorced ca. 1904 in Washington from George Harry Ryan10
Died 29 October 1925 in Sumner, Pierce County, Washington1, 2
Buried in Woodlawn Abbey, Sumner, Pierce County, Washington1

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyGeorge Harry Ryan (son of Henry Rogers Ryan and Abigail ‘Abbey’ Gazlay)
Born 31 July 1848 in New York
Married 18 May 1875 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California to Lucy Viola Wood
Married ca. 1908 to Dora Moore
Married 24 November 1928 in Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado to Anna G. Pearson
Died 23 November 1934 in Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado
  
Children of Lucy Viola Wood and George Harry Ryan:
  
+1.FamilyHarry Roger Ryan
Born 17 June 1876 in Washington
Married ca. 1902 to Amy M. _____
Died 23 August 1941 in Sumner, Pierce County, Washington
  
2.FamilyLewis David Ryan
Born 26 August 1877 in Washington
Married ca. 1908 to Mildred Boyd
Died 28 March 1937 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
  
3.FamilyEdith E. Ryan
Born July 1884 in Washington
  
+4.FamilyCharles Alexander Ryan, Sr.
Born 19 July 1885 in Washington
Married to Emma Pennington
Married 22 March 1919 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington to Constance Petra Boe
Died 2 July 1960 in Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington
  
+5.FamilyWarren Wood Ryan
Born 20 December 1886 in Sumner, Pierce County, Washington
Married ca. 1911 to Muriel Coryell
Died 4 March 1949 in Sumner, Pierce County, Washington
  

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.