John Garrison Ryer

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• Census: 9 Jul 1870, Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA
• Occupation: 9 Jul 1870; hat shop worker

Notes:

OBITUARY.

JOHN GARRISON RYER.

John Garrison Ryer, father of Police Sergeant John Ryer, and who had been substantially a resident of Yonkers all his life, died at Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla, yesterday. He was taken there nine days ago. For the past five years he has been an invalid, having suffered an apoplectic stroke. He made his home with his son John, at 93 Maple street. Heart failure is given as the cause of death.

Mr. Ryer was 71 years of age. He was born in Mosholu when it was a part of the town of Yonkers. He was a son of the late Abram and Elizabeth Ryer. His grandfather, Dennis Majory, for many years was the keeper of a toll-bridge at Kingsbridge. When his father died, Mr. Ryer, who was then a boy, came to Yonkers proper with his mother and his grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Majory. For sixty years Mr. Ryer lived at 247 New Main street. He was a graduate of School No. 2. He was a hat-cutter by trade, and worked in the different local factories. For thirty years he was employed by the Waring Company, and for a long time was foreman of one of the departments in the plant.

His wife, who was Miss Emma Van Orden, died about twenty-five years ago. Of the eight children only three survive – Sergeant Ryer, Cornelius Ryer of Buffalo, N. Y., and Mrs. Hugh M. Stevenson, of Lincoln, Neb. There are also two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Parry of this city, and Mrs. Sarah Baguley of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

The funeral services will be held at his late residence, 93 Maple street, tomorrow afternoon; interment, Oakland Cemetery.

source: Obituary of John Garrison Ryer. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 30 Aug 1921, p. 6.

Family/Spouse: Emma Josephine Van Orden. Emma (daughter of Alfred Van Orden and Sarah Esther Young) was born on 13 Dec 1851 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 7 Feb 1893 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA; was buried on 9 Feb 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: 29 Aug 1921; police sergeant
• Residence: 29 Aug 1921, Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA; 93 Maple Street
• Occupation: 6 Apr 1929; captain of the Yonkers Police Department

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• Also Known As: Sadie
• Residence: 29 Aug 1921, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA

Family/Spouse: Hugh M. Stevenson. Hugh was born in Abt. 1862 in Canada; died on 18 Jan 1944 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 29 Aug 1921, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA

Notes:

CORNELIUS RYER IS MISSING FROM HOME.

Cornelius Ryer, the youngest son of Mr. John G. Ryer, of 252 Nepperhan avenue, has been missing from his home, since September 3, 1903. When his father and sister, left him in the morning for their work, he was in his usual frame of mind and showed no signs of a desire to go away. When they returned at noon he was not home, and as he sometimes went out into the woods with his companions, it was thought he was there then. He has not been seen since. The last place, he was known to go to, after leaving his own house was to Mrs. Miller’s at 63 Garfield street, with whom he used to live. He went on some errands for her and then left.

Any information leading to the discovery of his whereabouts will be thankfully received by his father.

Cornelius is 12 years of age. He is of fair complexion, very straight, light hair and brown eyes. When last seen, he had on a white straw hat, red waist with white dots, brown knickerbockers and black shoes and stockings. He is a pupil of No. 7 school.

source: “Cornelius Ryer is Missing from Home.” Yonkers, NY: The Herald Statesman, 9 Sep 1903, p. 2.

Family/Spouse: Lillian B. Maul. Lillian (daughter of Conrad John Maul and Ida Augusta Baker) was born on 26 Feb 1898 in Orchard Park, Erie, New York, USA; died on 2 Oct 1995. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]