Catherine Ferns Ryan, emigrated 1929 to Quebec, then on to New York .. cant find

[TreeSpirit]

Thank you Sandra ...  .
After a number of dead ends with other Catherines, this one suddenly jumped out at me. I know that the age is a few years off, but it seems too much of a coincidence with that name. At least it will give Kathy something to play with.

cheers Sylvia

[*Sandra*]

Yes, to many coincidences for it not to be - and we all know how ages can vary 

Sandra

[TreeSpirit]

It seems that that the 1952 death for Catherine might be correct.

From an old post (2010?) : Catherine Ryan was my father's first wife (he was Wallace Angus McMillan.) I don't know her dates of birth or marriage or locations of either, but she and my father lived in Beacon/Fishkill, NY in various locations during the 1930s and 1940s. Sometime in the late 40s or early 50s they bought a house in Pelham, NY. That is where she died on 7 Aug 1952 (a date I was able to find on an old tax return!)
more: http://www.freegenealogytools.com/2010/01/fgt-challenge.html

photo: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=allgs&gss=sfs28_ms_r_f-2_s&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=wallace%20angus&gsfn_x=0&gsln=Mcmillan&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1907&gskw=catherine&cp=0&catbucket=p&MSAV=1&uidh=000
(Note: Wallace is also a few years older than on the 1940 census!)

[*Sandra*]

Kathy was online yesterday and never made comment 

Great to have a photograph of her as well Sylvia.  Hope Kathy can make contact with relatives now. Obviously someone was looking for Catherine.
Sad ending for Catherine though. Son - James Wallace McMillan - (5 October 1935 - 13 November 2007) his wife still living in Rialto. California - perhaps https://www.whitepages.com/ would help.
Looks like lots of relatives for the other son as well.

Sandra

[TreeSpirit]

I was thinking that Catherine's death certificate would be the first step to confirming that she is the correct person.

[*Sandra*]

The person looking in 2010 said "her father might have been "Daniel" - that info would not be correct.

The birth cert for Catherine Ferns Ryan (22 December 1906) gives the father as James Ryan (coal-miner) and mother Mary Bonar - married 1898 - Newton - Cambuslang. When Catherine was born they lived at 21 Laidlaw Street Bothwell. Lanarkshire.

Mary Bonar - Ryan James - 1898 - 627/128 Cambuslang.

Ryan Catherine Ferns - RYAN - 1907 - 625/1 17 - Bothwell


Sandra

[*Sandra*]

This may have been the parents of Catherine in 1901 5 Laidlaw St Bothwell.

Bothwell ED 9 Page 24 Line 18

James Ryan 28 born 1873. Greenock, Renfrew. Coal-Miner Hewer.
Mary Ryan   21 born 1880. Rutherglen, Lanark.
Eleanor Ryan 1 born 1900. Cumbernauld, Dumbarton.
John Ryan   5 Months. born 1901. Uddingston, Lanark

Sandra

[TreeSpirit]

Yes I'd assumed that son James had been named after his GF (Ryan)

[TreeSpirit]

And Son Daniel would have been named after GF Mcmillan