This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ryan, Bertrand, Scallon/Scallan, White Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YCB.2ACI/150.402.1.1 Message Board Post: White is my madien name. I am doing research on them too. Ok John Jacob Ryan's son George Washington Ryan was my great great grandfather. George Washington Ryan's Daughter Mabel Isbell Ryan married LeoTodd Bertrand. They had 13 children. Their last child born before LeoTodd died in 1924 my grandmother was born 1923. Gwendolyn Bertrand Scallon. Ok Gwendolyn Bertrand Scallon had 7 children. Her second to youngest child is my mother. Gwenda Lynn Scallon White married my father David Bryan White but everyone calls him Bryan. They only had two children. Me and my brother David Bryan White Jr. Where are your White's from??? Mine are from the Vernon Parish area. I have been researching both sides of the family for about 5 years. Ever since high school. its very interesting.