John Ryan (railway magnate)
John Ryan | |
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Portrait commissioned in 1877 | |
| Born | 25 December 1834 |
| Died | 21 March 1902 |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Occupation | Railway magnate |
| Organization | H. & J. Ryan |
| Spouse | Margaret Isabella McSween |
| Children | Helen Margaret "Nellie" Ryan (daughter) Isabelle Teresa "Rita" Ryan (daughter) Maj. John Raymond Ryan (son) Patrick Hugh Ryan (son) Roderick McSween Ryan (son) Charles Alexander Ryan (son) Hugh Alexander Ryan (son) |
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| Relatives | Hugh Ryan (railway magnate) (brother) Alice Ryan (Canadian heiress) (sister) Margaret Isabelle McHenry (Canadian heiress) (niece) |
John Ryan Esq. (25 December 1834 – 21 March 1902) was an Irish-Canadian railway magnate and the younger brother of Toronto-based industrialist Hugh Ryan and socialite Alice Ryan. The son of John Patrick Ryan and Margaret Conway, Ryan immigrated from Limerick, Ireland, to Montreal, Canada, in 1841 at the age of seven —after his father sold Gortkelly Castle and their ancestral lands to a distant branch of Ryan family.