"RYAN, Daniel of the town of Buchanan was born at Castle Connel, Limerick County, Ireland, December 24, 1820. He came to this country May 29, 1850. On the 6th day of April 1856, at Chicopee, Massachusets, he was married to Winnifred Powers, who was born at Killaloe, Clare County, Ireland, May 31, 1831 and came to America January 27, 1850. By way of the Great Lakes, Mr. and Mrs. Ryan reached Green Bay, October 7, 1857. >From Green Bay they came to Kaukauna and purchased a tract of land in sections 24 and 25, of the town of Buchanan, then a part of the town of Kaukauna. Since coming to this state Mr. Ryan has resided in the town of Buchanan and is a successful farmer and stock raiser. Children, Mrs. Ellen Cripps, Duluth, MN; Mary, teacher, died April 24, 1884; D.J., farmer, town of Buchanan; Malachi, farmer, town of Buchanan; Mrs. Annie Harney, Duluth; Thomas H., lawyer, Appleton; Winnifred, and Dr. M.C., South Kaukauna." Record of the pioneers of Outagamie County, Wisconsin/also an appendix containing the minutes and records of the Pioneer Association since our annual meeting of 1895, Post Publishing Company of Appleton, Wisconsin, 1898, compiled by Elihu Spencer. http://outagamiebios.tripod.com/surnamesR.htm