The Western-Upper Placentia Bay Series strives to fill the gaps in the families in the area that have been lost to time due to the loss of parish records in the Roman Catholic church of St. Kyran’s (circa 1850-) & Church of England parish in Harbour Buffett (circa 1847-). The loss of these records have been a huge gap in Newfoundland genealogy. The Ryan family of Presque and Paradise in Western Placentia Bay is one of the largest in the bay but yet genealogists have been unable to piece them together into a cohesive tree. If you have any additional information about the below individuals or any other early Ryan people please contact us to add the information. This page will be continually updated with new information.

Burin & Placentia Vital Statistics Death Records:

1. William Ryan died 1892 Woodstock, born 1825 Paradise.
   [Woodstock is near Branch, did the Ryan’s originally come from there or is there 2 different Ryan families in the area?]
2. Bridget Ryan died 1895 Great Bona, born 1820 Presque.
3. Dennis Ryan died 1899 Red Island, born about 1820 Toslow. Married Catherine McCarthy. Noted as son of Denis SR.
4. Patrick Ryan died 1903 Presque, born 1850 Presque.
5. James Ryan died 1904 Paradise, born 1842 Deep Cove.
6. Michael Ryan died 1904 Great Paradise, born 1840 Deep Cove.
7. Martha Ryan born about 1845 Presque, married Anselm Connors (1842).
8. Catherine Ryan born 1820 Portugal Cove, died 1904 Presque. [There is a Daniel Ryan & Catherine Power in 1835 but doubtful to be her].
9. Thomas Ryan died 1906 Toslow, born 1820 Beckford. [Seems to be the one who married Anne Hillard/Sheppard/Thepherd].
10. Anastasia Ryan died 1880 Merasheen, born 1836. Husband Patrick Ryan.
11. Dennis Ryan died 1886 Red Island, born 1812.
12. Elizabeth Ryan died 1879 Placentia Bay, born 1854. Youngest daughter of Daniel & Catherine. [May be the daughter of Daniel Ryan & Catherine Power who had Michael (1857)]
13. John Ryan died 1889 Great Placentia, born 1850.
14. Patrick Ryan died 1890 Presque, born 1863. Youngest son of John & Mary Ryan.
15. Agnes Ryan died 1907 St. Kyran’s, born 1830 Sound Island.
16. Mary Ryan died 1908 Presque, born 1820 UNK.
17. William Ryan died 1909 Paradise, born 1844 Toslow.
18. Dennis Ryan died 1910 Toslow, born 1843 Toslow.
19. Johanna Ryan died 1910 Paradise, born 1844 Paradise.
20. Annie Ryan, died 1910 Presque, born 1823 Placentia. [Could this be Anne Hilliard/Sheppard/Thepherd, wife of Thomas Ryan Toslow/Sandy Harbour?]
21. John Ryan died 1913 Toslow, born 1841 Toslow.
22. Elizabeth Ryan died 1913 Little Bona, born 1842 Little Bona.
23. Thomas Ryan died 1914 North Harbour, born 1837 North Harbour.
24. Denis Ryan died 1914 Presque, born 1851 Presque.
25. Mary Ryan died 1916 Paradise, born 1848 Paradise.
26. Daniel Ryan died 1864 Paradise (Unknown date of birth, but married to Mary Ann Ryan who was first cousin to a Mary Ryan in 1889).
27. Anne Ryan living in 1921 census Presque, born 1853 Toslow.
28. Ellen Ryan living in 1921 census Merasheen, born 1847 Merasheen.
29. Michael Ryan living in 1921 census Presque, born 1847 Presque.

Marriages (Argentia & Burin RC Parishes + St. Kyran’s recovered Placentia Bay Records):

1. Walter Murphy & Bridget Ryan about 1834. Lived Oderin & Possibly St. Joseph’s. Had Elizabeth, Bridget, Ellen, James, John, Martha, Agnes, William, Anastasia, Susan & Walter.
2. Daniel Ryan & Catherine Power about 1835. Had Michael (1857), Ellen, [Had child baptized same day as Francis Mitchell? & Margaret Ryan], Elizabeth (1838) [Same time as John Foote & Ellen Hickey],
3. Denis Ryan & Anne Hickey before 1834. Had Patrick, Eleanor, Denis.
4. Denis Ryan & Catherine McCarthy 1837 Red Island.
5. Ellen Ryan & James LeFrain 1836.
6. Michael Ledwell & Ellen Ryan 1866 (possibly Argentia).
7. Martin Ryan & Mary Casey 1836. Had Mary (1849 – Deep Cove, Presque).
8. Thomas Power & Mary Ryan 1836
9. Francis Mitchell? & Margaret Ryan 1834.
10. Garrett Ryan & Catherine Power 1834 [Note 1: Married same day as Francis Mitchell & Margaret Ryan]. [Note 2: Dennis Ryan & Catherine McCarthy had a son Garrett]
11. Edward Macdonald & Mary Ryan 1835 [Note 1: Bunch of Bay d’Espoir families recorded around them]
12. John Power & Margaret Ryan 1835 [Note 1: Married same day as Stephen Martin & Fanny Leonard]. Had John (1845) Paradise.
13. Garrett Ryan & Mary Dray 1836.
14. John Pittman & Johanna Ryan 1838.
15. Thomas Ryan & Mary/Margaret Hollett 1840. Had Martha (1843), Joseph (1847), Elizabeth (1852), Johanna (1854), Philip (1862).
16. John Murphy & Catherine Ryan 1840. Had Judy (1841).
17. James Fowler & Margaret Ryan 1841.
18. Patrick Farrell & Johanna Ryan 1844.
19. John Butler & Margaret Ryan 1875.
20. Thomas Ryan & Mary Ryan bef.1833
21. Martin Ryan & Harriet? Collins? bef. 1833.
22. Thomas G?? & Eleanor Ryan bef. 1834.
23. Daniel Ryan & Elizabeth S?? bef. 1834.
24. John Ryan & Frances – bef. 1834 [Bunch of Bay d’Espoir families same time].
25. Edward Ryan & Martha Fitzpatrick bef.1835.
26. Denis Ryan & Anastasia (Anty) Hickey. bef 1838 [Looks to be Merasheen people around them] had Denis (1838).
27. Thomas Ryan & Margaret Mullett. Had William (1845).
28. John Ryan & Mary Walsh bef. 1846. Had Daniel (1846) [Baptized with a child of Walter Murphy & Bridget Ryan].
29. William Walsh & Bridget Ryan bef. 1846. Had Jeremiah (1846).
30. William Moore & Johanna Ryan 1865 (Oderin).
31. William Brown & Mary Ryan about 1867 of Paradise [Daughter of Daniel & Mary Ann]
32. Daniel Ryan & Mary Ann –. Only 1 child Mary (Ryan) Brown born about 1845. Paradise.
33. Patrick Healey & Ellen Ryan bef. 1865. Paradise. Had Johanna (1865)
34. Thomas Ryan & Anne Sheppard/Thephard/Hilliard Had Ellen (1860 – Sandy Harbour), Thomas (1868 – Toslow).See a picture of Thomas Ryan JR. here.
35. Peter Murphy & Mary Ryan (of Martin & Mary) 1870. Peter b. 1843 of Martin & Bridget Sound Island.
36. Thomas Walsh & Mary Ryan bef. 1848. Had Mary Ann (1848 – Murphy’s Cove), John (1858 – Murphy’s Cove).

Marriages in Halifax, Nova Scotia:
1. Catherine Ryan of Richard Ryan & Mary Ryan of Placentia Bay, Newfoundland married Patt Sutton of John Sutton & Catherine Bulger of County Wexford, Ireland on September 1, 1814 in Halifax, NS.

Marriages in St. Pierre et Miquelon:

1. Margaret Ryan born at Presque, Placentia Bay in 1815 to Michael Ryan & Helen Reilly married François Michel Béchet on 16 Nov 1834 in Presque, Newfoundland and re-married in 1 Oct 1840 at St-Pierre, St-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France.