John Croil RYAN, b.c. 1848 Montreal, d. Boston 1901, printer in RI, MA
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from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907"
prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution
printed in 1907
"The Journeymen"
p. LXXV.
"JOHN CROIL RYAN - Died Boston, May 7, 1901, aged 53 years. He was born in Montreal, where he learned printing. He came to Providence, worked on the Journal, and was a member of No. 33 previous to 1877; later he worked on the Star and Press and for a time at Gorham's Silver Works; he had worked some years in Boston just previous to his death."