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Interesting people I am related to.

Issac Ryan (My GGGGreat Uncle) died at the Alamo with David Bowie.
Look for his name when you visit the Alamo. He was the brother of my GGGGrand Mother Eliza Ryan and son of the next interesting person I am a direct descendant of John Jacob RYAN Jr.
Jacob RYAN Jr. (My GGGGrand Father) The founder of Lake Charles.
The main thoroughfare through Lake Charles is named Ryan Street, after Jacob Ryan Jr., who opened a sawmill on the lakefront, claimed the land around it, then sold it by the 100-foot rope length through what is now the city's downtown. (The story goes that, if you wanted to buy land from him, you'd find him rocking on his front porch, with a coil of rope alongside his chair. "I want to buy some land," you'd say. Measure it off," he'd say, and throw you the rope.)
Thomas Rigmaiden (My GGGGrand Father) Kept a daily diary for 30 Years from 1836 to 1865.
Read His Diary Here
Paul Prudhomme The grandson of my GGrandmother's sister.
Here is a newspaper clipping I found on the internet of my Great Grandmother at school in 1911. My Aunt Zennie is also in the photo, can you find her?
Here name is Ida Bell Keith (Bailey Maiden). No. 14 in the photo.

JULY 2010