Thread: William Ryan adopted ? Military service ?

slarn02 · 01-08-2008, 11:57 AM

Granddad was born 1/4/1893 in Bradford and shortly after abandoned and left in a Catholic orphanage. He appears in the 1901 census as "Willie Ryan" adopted, in Hemsworth. He served at some point in the AVC but was a coal miner in April 1916 when he married my Grandma Ruth Mallison. That's all I have for his first 23 years, I've been to Kew and I've written to everybody I can think of. If any body can find anything else to fill in the gaps I would be very grateful (and surprised). Thanks, Alan.

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slarn02 New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rotherham Posts: 1	William Ryan adopted ? Military service ? Granddad was born 1/4/1893 in Bradford and shortly after abandoned and left in a Catholic orphanage. He appears in the 1901 census as "Willie Ryan" adopted, in Hemsworth. He served at some point in the AVC but was a coal miner in April 1916 when he married my Grandma Ruth Mallison. That's all I have for his first 23 years, I've been to Kew and I've written to everybody I can think of. If any body can find anything else to fill in the gaps I would be very grateful (and surprised). Thanks, Alan.