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Family HistoryFamily History - Doris May Armstrong


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Doris May Armstrong and five of her descendants down to the third generation.


First Generation
1. Doris May Armstrong,1 born 3 December 1929 in Cody, Park County, Wyoming, the daughter of Oliver Waldo Armstrong and Bernice Leona Jones.1 Doris married, first, 29 August 1948 in Parker Heights, Yakima County, Washington, Robert D. Ryan1, 4 (born July 1927 in Washington, the son of Warren Wood Ryan and Muriel Coryell2, 3). Doris married, second, 23 December 1993 in Alberta, Canada, Arthur Wigglesworth1 (born ____, parents not determined).

Children of Doris May Armstrong and Robert D. Ryan:

+2i. Dale Eugene Ryan, born 17 May 1951 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. Married Ruth I. Van Newkirk.
+3ii. Peggy Arlene Ryan, born 22 December 1952. Married Richard E. Niebuhr.

  1. Armstrong family, Yakima Roots; available at Rootsweb Archives; Post by Robert E. Armstrong, 23 June 1999; provides details of his Armstrong family that includes Doris May Armstrong, her spouses, parents, children and their spouses.
  2. Find a Grave (website). Sumner Cemetery, Sumner, Pierce County, Washington, Ryan / father / Warren Wood / 1886-1949 / mother / Muriel C. / 1893-1967 (from gravestone); record gives death date as 25 February 1949 but Washington Death index gives the date as 4 March 1949; record provides full names of wife and three children, and a copy of his obituary (newspaper unidentified) that gives names of all children, a brother and a sister.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Washington, Pierce County, Sumner Town, Enumeration District 27-91, Sheet No. 5B, family of Warren W. Ryan (43, Washington, farmer, first married age 25); wife Murial C. Ryan (37, Nebraska, first married age 19); daughter Edith M. Ryan (15, Washington); son Warren W. Ryan, Jr. (13, Washington); daughter Gladys L. Ryan (12, Washington); son Lewis H. Ryan (10, Washington); daughter Lucy B. Ryan (5, Washington); son Robert D. Ryan (2 9/12, Washington).
  4. Email from Dan Gassoway to Lee Gazlay, April 2013, providing details of his Gassoway, Ryan, and Coryell relatives.
Second and Third Generations
2. Dale Eugene Ryan2 (Doris1), born 17 May 1951 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington.1, 2 Dale married, 17 August 1974 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, Ruth I. Van Newkirk1, 3 (born 11 June 1952, parents not determined2).

Children of Dale Eugene Ryan and Ruth I. Van Newkirk:

 4i. Patience S. Ryan, born ca. 1980.2
 5ii. David E. Ryan, born 9 July 1985.2

3. Peggy Arlene Ryan2 (Doris1), born 22 December 1952.2 Peggy married Richard E. Niebuhr (born 16 June 1946, parents not determined2).

Child of Peggy Arlene Ryan and Richard E. Niebuhr:

 6i. Richard E. Niebuhr, born 7 December 1977.2

  1. Armstrong family, Yakima Roots; available at Rootsweb Archives; Post by Robert E. Armstrong, 23 June 1999; provides details of his Armstrong family that includes Doris May Armstrong, her spouses, parents, children and their spouses.
  2. This is publicly viewable information found in various public information repositories, people finding websites, and/or social media.
  3. Email from Dan Gassoway to Lee Gazlay, April 2013, providing details of his Gassoway, Ryan, and Coryell relatives.