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George Ryan (Irish-Danish businessman)

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On 22 December 1838, partly as an endowment (by will of A. Ducouder) and partly as payment on a loan, Ryan became the owner of the sugar plantation Mary's Fancy on Saint Croix. On 25 June 1859, with the assistance of James Finlay as attorney to Ryan, it was sold to Thomas Dardis for $ 40,000 (the
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On 20 September 1836, still unmarried, Charles Frederik Ryan had a son out of wedlock with Dorothea Rønnov. Born at Fødselsstiftelsen, he was given the name Eduoard Charles, The spelling of the first name was later changed to Edward. Charles Frederik Ryan was later married to Johanna Henrika
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At the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1814–1815, Ryan was one of the first general traders in Copenhagen to revive the transatlantic trade with sugar from the Danish West Indies. He owned a fleet of four merchant ships.
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Witthusen (1820–1899) with whom he had daughters Catharina (Kate) Ryan (1849–1914) and Georgina Ryan (c. 1851–). Charles Frederik Ryan died just 44 years old in 1859.
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At the age of 14 or 15, Ryan moved to Copenhagen to work in his brother's firm. On his brother's death, be became the owner of the firm.
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Ryan never married. In 1815, he had a son out of wedlock with Sophie Cecilie Puckendahl (1788–). The boy was born on 8 March 1815 at
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Ryan had ten brothers and two sisters. One of the brothers, Phillip Ryan (1766–1809), moved to Copenhagen in 1780 to work for
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1735–1790) and Catherine (Kitty) née O’Reilly (–1828). His maternal grandfather was Philip O'Reilly, Esq., of Coolamber and
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to Edward Chaarles Rønnov as well as the annual interests of another 100,000 rigsdaler administrated by
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Ryan died on 6 December 1861. In his will of 22 December 1859, Ryan left an inheritance of 100,000
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in 1800, but sold it again later that year to John Christmas. From 1801 to 1804, he owned the
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on several expeditions to the Danish West Indies. After being licensed as a merchant (
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Philip Ryan was married to Bolette Fix (1780–1809), daughter of governor of
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Ryan was elected as a member of the board of representatives of the
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for two four-year terms. In 1857, he was a co-founder of
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in Copenhagen and the sugar plantation Mary's Fancy on
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Index


Saint Croix
Danish West Indies
Copenhagen
Sankt Annæ Plads 7
Saint Croix
Danish West Indies
Ballinakill
Kilcock
Kildare
Ballymorris
Duntzfelt, Meyer & Co.
supercargo
Serampore
Johan Leonhard Fix
John Christmas
Barchmann Mansion
Stanley House
Christianshavn

Bank of Denmark
Privatbanken

Sankt Annæ Plads 7

Fødselsstiftelsen
Tokkerup

Danish rigsdaler
Frydendal Manor

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