Memorable Manitobans: Edwin Colburn Ryan (1871-1958)

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Edwin Colburn Ryan
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Insurance broker.

Born at Chicago, Illinois on 29 March 1871, son of Edmund Ezra Ryan and Elizabeth Williams, he was educated at Chicago public and high schools and Cornell University. His working career in the insurance industry began in 1893 with the Royal Insurance Company at Chicago, then with London and Lancashire Insurance Company (1894), London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company (1898), and Fire Association of Philadelphia (1901). In 1903, he came to Winnipeg and established the Ryan Agency Limited.

On 11 June 1897, he married Ida Lally (1873-1961) and they subsequently had three children: Edwin Colburn Ryan (1900-1962), Catherine Elizabeth Ryan (1902-1983), and Ralph Belcher Ryan (1910-?). He was a member of the Manitoba Club, Carleton Club, St. Charles Country Club, and Motor Country Club. His recreations included golf, motoring, and shooting. He lived at 524 Stradbrooke (1911-1916), 85 Yale Avenue (1920-1925), and 80 Yale Avenue (1927-1958).

He died at Winnipeg in 1958 and was buried in the St. Mary's Cemetery.

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ryan House (80 Yale Avenue, Winnipeg)

Sources:

1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Who's Who and Why, Volumes 6 and 7, 1915-1916, page 727.

Obituary [Ida L. Ryan], Winnipeg Free Press, 31 August 1961, page 26.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 22 October 2021

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