Thursday, March 8, 2012

Photo: Three RYAN Sisters of Oklahoma and their spouses, SPARLIN, RICE AND TAYLOR, c.1910s

Adults L-R; Oscar Clarence and Bertha May RYAN-SPARLIN, Cornelius and Dacie Belmore RYAN-RICE, William M. and Lula Edith RYAN-TAYLOR.

Children L-R; Estal Earnest SPARLIN, Ezekial RICE and Lena Viola TAYLOR

The youngest child on the left, Estal, was born in 1907, dating this photo to about 1910.  The place was Ralston or Fairfax, Oklahoma.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for posting this I now get to see what my Grandfather Robert "Ezekiel" Rice looked like as a child and also what his Parents looked like. My late Uncle Robert Jr looked JUST like his Grandfather Cornelius, while my father Vernon resembled Daisy Ryan Rice and his Mom, Lillian. I have pictures of Albert Rice and Lola and Caroline/ Carolyn Rice if you would like me to share them email me at rumsley3@aol.com. I also have a picture of Robert "Ezekiel" holding his son Robert Jr

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  2. I believe that the photo maybe miss labeled. Robert and Nancy Ryan had six girls. There was Estella (Nora), Dacie (Daisy), Bertha and Lulie (Lou/Lula). Maggie die as an infant and Cora about 20. Nora, Daisy, Lula and Bertha all lived in Ralston, Oklahoma in the early 1900's. In the picture, I think Lula and her husband should be Nora and her second husband John Pettit and not William (Bill) and Lulie (Lula) Taylor. The children are Estel Sparlin, Ezekial Rice and Caroline Rice. From my understanding Nora and John didn’t have any children. Bertha only had a son that lived to maturity. Nora and John were married in 1909 which would also be correct for the date of the picture at 1910. She married her first husband Price before 1900 and had three children. Most likely die as infants. I have serval other pictures of my great aunts and Uncles that collaborate of who is who. This just can’t be Uncle Bill and Aunt Lula. The man in the photo is much taller that she and has his knee bent. The height difference is only correct for Uncle John and Aunt Nora.

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