Walter Ryan, Montgomery Co KS 1920
I am searching for the ancestors of Walter J. Ryan.In 1920 he is married to Oscee SPANN and living in Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, KS, with his wife and young son Roy.
By 1930, sons Frankie E. and Charles V. Ryan are living with their Spann grandparents, William W. and Keren Spann.
There was a fire, in which one or both paretns may have died.
Walter J. Ryan, per the 1920 census, was born about 1878 in Iowa.Also born in Iowa and living in Montgomery Co KS at that time are a John Ryan, born about 1884 in Iowa and married to a Maude, and a widowed Charley Ryan b about 1874 in Iowa.It is not known if these other Ryans are related. Walter J. says only that his parents are born in the United States, and the census does not reveal which state.John Ryan's children are born in KS and OK with evidence of them crossing the state line several times. Nowata Co OK lies on the southern boundary of Montgomery Co, KS, so OK is a close distance from where they were.
Somewhere, before or after 1920, Walter had another family that lived near Wichita, Segwick Co, KS.
Any help with this family would be geatly appreciated.
Evelyn