Biography: Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: Michael Ryan

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Michael Ryan, farmer, Secs. 35, 15 and 17; P.O. Fond du Lac; is a native of
County Tipperary, Ireland, born in 1828, and was the son of a farmer in
that county; immigrated to America in 1849; settled in Canada West for one
year, thence to the state of New York, where he resided about four years;
in 1854, he removed to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he has since resided;
in 1864, he removed to his present home, having bought the farm (120 acres)
three years previously. At Rochester, N.Y., in 1854, he was married to Miss
Ellen McGuiness, daughter of Sylvester McGuiness, of County Meath, Ireland;
they have had eleven children- Edmund, Sylvester, John, Peter (of Kansas),
Francis (now pursuing his theological studies for the priesthood, under
Archbishop Hennie, of Milwaukee), Patrick, Mary A., Ellen and James
(deceased), Margaret and George (deceased).  The family are members of St.
Joseph's Catholic Church.

Transcribed from The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Chicago :
Western Historical Company, 1880 pg. 856