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From: "Lynn Grice" <>
Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Libby WREN
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:29:49 -0400
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This may sound like a long shot but there is a possibility that Elizabeth
(Libby) Wren was enumerated as Elizabeth Ryan in the 1870 census. Names
were given to the census taker verbally... depending on the accent of the
speaker and the hearing of the census taker, WREN could be interpreted as
RYAN. As you might imagine, there are lots of women named Elizabeth Ryan
in the 1870 census but the closest match I could find is this one:

Elizabeth Ryan, age 19 (born abt 1851), a domestic servant in the household
of "Weary" (? - it could be Henry) REARDON in Albany - Ward 2, Albany Co.,
NY.

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