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Martin James RYAN

Male 1888 - 1960  (71 years)


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  • Name Martin James RYAN 
    Birth 13 Mar 1888  Newton, Jasper County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • according to his 1942 World War II draft registration
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Furnace worker, implement industry 
    Social Security Number 708-12-5673 (Railroad) 
    Death 1960 
    • according to Mollie’s obit
    Notes 
    • On his draft card (June 5, 1917, in Moline), he claimed to be a millwright at the Deere factory in Moline. He was married and lived at what looks to be 302L 5th Avenue in Moline. He was described as of medium height, slender build, with blue eyes and dark brown hair.

      In the Moline, Illinois, city directories:

      1919: Martin J and Mollie lived at 408 15th Avenue.

      1920: Same address. Martin was a fireman.

      1921: Same address. Martin was a millwright.

      1922: Same address.

      1923: Same address. Wife is Mollie B.

      1924: Same address. Martin was a brick layer.

      1925: Same address.

      1926: Same address. Martin was a brick layer.

      1927: Same.

      1928: They live at 2806½ 10th Avenue. Martin was a millwright.

      1929: They live at 1016 28th. Martin was a millwright.

      1930: Same address. Martin was a laborer.

      1934: They live at 1823½ 3rd Ave. Martin was a laborer.

      1935: Same address. Martin was a factory worker.

      1936: Same address. Martin was a laborer. Orville is now listed at the same address.

      1937: Same address.

      1938: Same address. Martin was a brick layer.

      1940: Same address. Martin was a millwright.

      In the 1940 census, the four person family lives in Moline at 1823½ 3rd Avenue, the same house in which they all had lived in 1935. Martin (indexed as Martia), 52, is employed as a furnace repairer in a plow factory. He made $1100 in 1939. Martin had had three years of high school. Mollie, 46, had an eighth-grade education.

      1942: They live at 201 19th. Martin was a furnace man. Orville and Jack are listed at the same address.

      For his draft registration card in 1942, his employed was the John Deere Plow Works.

      1949: They still live at 201 19th. Martin was a repair man for the John Deere Plow Works.

      1953: Martin and Mollie live at 941 40th Ct as do both of their sons.

      1954: Martin and Mollie still live at 941 40th Ct as does Orville. Jack is not listed.

      1955: Martin and Mollie still live at 941 40th Ct.

      1956 Rock Island: Martin and Mollie still are at 941 40th Ct.

      1957 Rock Island: Same.

      1959 Rock Island: Same.
    Person ID I1519  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 30 Aug 2018 

    Family Mollie Bertha THOMPSON,   b. Mar 1893, Clarissa, Todd County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1962, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 21 Sep 1915  Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Orville Martin RYAN,   b. 19 May 1918, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 2009, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     2. Jack D RYAN,   b. 2 Jan 1925, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 2014, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F740  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 May 2010