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The Nourses    The O'Bryans

Photos of Descendants of Christopher Kindallis O'Bryan, Hiram Langdon Nourse and Related Families

* with links to photos and narratives Read about the individual.
Ruth O'Bryan (1895-1970), daughter of O.H. O'Bryan and Ruth Abigail Nourse
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  • All images were scanned from privately-owned originals, except the portrait of Christopher O'Bryan II, which appeared in Seven Pines: Its Occupants and Letters by Camilla Davis Trammell (Dallas: SMU Press) along with many other valuable O'Bryan photos.

    Narratives (linked with a heart) are taken from Pathway: A Family History, ® 2001, Michael McGinnis, and may be freely distributed for non-commercial purposes. To find out how these people are related, go to my expanded family tree. Many are included in my four-generation family tree.


    Christopher O'Bryan II ( October 3, 1779 - April 6, 1853)
    Daniel O'Bryan heart (October 24, 1815 - March 5, 1871
    Robert Perry (1787-1852)
    Mary Alzenith Perry (March 26, 1825 - October 22, 1882
    Oliver Henry O'Bryan heart(February 20, 1862 - December 10, 1905)
    Ruth Abigail Nourse heart(December 9, 1865 - May 30, 1912)
    Ruth Abigail Nourse (younger photo)

    Their Children

    John Winfred (October 9, 1887 - December 10, 1943)
    Edwin Paul (January 12, 1890 - November 10, 1954)
    Oliver Daniel (February 9, 1892 - January 7, 1932)
    Ruth heart (January 1, 1895 - July 23, 1970)
    Robert Henry (February 15, 1903 - June 5, 1934)

    The Nourses

    Hiram Langdon Nourse, Sr. heart (August 18, 1795 - August 12, 1850)
    Abigail Hancock Merritt (February 20, 1808 - April 17, 1854)
    Hiram Langdon Nourse, Jr. heart (August 17, 1837 - April 10, 1871)
    Catherine Ann Haner heart (January 12, 1842 - November 6, 1915)
    John T. Hamblett Catherine Haner's second husband
    Jennie Irene Nourse (b. January 14, 1864)
    Robert Henry Putnam (1860 - 1906)
    Laura Frances Nourse (b. August 20, 1870)
    John Francis Nourse (March 6, 1846 - April 1898)
    Ella Ramsey (May 21, 1879 - September 25, 1901)

    Links

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