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Photograph of sisters Hazel Didawick (left) and Nina Didawick (right).

Portrait photograph of Thomas Ryman wearing a suit and tie.

John C. Ryman, pictured as a young man and wearing a suit and tie.

John was a lifelong Woodstock area farmer and member of Valley Pike Church of the Brethren. His parents were Edward Andrew (1891-1978) and Sudie Frances (Hoffman) (1891-1965)…

Photograph of the Bly family.

Pictured are:

Parents Pearl Bly and Anna "Annie" Bell Ryman (seated).
Vallie Bly (back, right)
Mabel "Bessie" Bly (back left)
Joseph Annanias Bly (seated, left front)
Gertrude Bly (standing, middle…

Photograph of Nevin and Minnie (Ryman) Rosenberger from rural Strasburg.

The couple owned and operated a store on the Back Road called the Nevin Rosenberger Store.

They are buried together in St. Stephens Cemetery, Strasburg Junction.

Photograph of four Wisman siblings when they were young children.

Pictured are Everett Wisman (left), Mary A. "Snookie" Wisman (on chair, right), Lois Wisman, and Mary Wisman.

It is uncertain which of the latter two sisters are which in the…

Photograph of Joseph Franklin Ryman as a barefoot young child standing on a wicker chair.

Joseph was born in Strasburg, the son of John Hobart and Jessie Irene (Miller) Ryman.

He graduated from Toms Brook High School, and retired from the…

Photograph of Eva (Ryman) Cline as a toddler posed in studio.

She was the daughter of Edward and Susan (Huffman) Ryman.

Photograph of four members of the Bly family.

They are:

Pearl Bly (adult male sitting), Anna Ryman Bly (adult female sitting), Mabel Bly (on Anna's lap) and Vallie Bly (on Pearl's lap).

Based on the age of the children, the photograph was…

John Ryman, a successful trapper, photographed in the studio with his prize, a bobcat.

His sweater, long coat and warm fur hat indicate winter trapping. Notice the trap on the animal's rear leg.

Photo of a photograph of the Fravel family taken in the studio.

Pictured are: (l to r) Benjamin Edward Fravel, his daughter, Elda, and his wife, Mary E. (Ryman) Fravel.

Photograph of Joycie (Grandstaff) Wilkins, with her arms folded, beside Mary Anna (Webster) Ryman.

Joycie was the daughter of James Booten and Mildred (Cook) Grandstaff. She grew up with at least four siblings.

She first married Roy Lee Peer…

Portrait of Elizabeth (Showman) Ryman as a young woman. Her husband was Lewis F. Ryman. She had two daughters and a son.

Photograph of Elizabeth (Showman) Ryman and her two oldest daughters, Sylvia (standing) and Barbara.

Her husband was Lewis F. Ryman and his name was written of the glass plate of this image.

Everett Lee "Chick" Wisman in his U.S. Army uniform, pictured with his three sisters: Ruth Virginia (Wisman) Dysart (top right), Mary "Snookie" (Wisman) Hoover, and Lois (Wisman) Ryman.

Photograph of George Cline in a polka-dotted tie standing beside his wife, Eva (Ryman) Cline.

The couple married on June 20, 1934. The bride was 20 years old and this is their wedding photograph.

Eva had a sister named Ethel Bowers.

Portrait photograph of Edward "Eddie" A. Ryman and his wife, Susan F. "Sudie" (Huffman) Ryan.

Sudie's parents were Charles S. and Eva (Foltz) Huffman.

Eddie was born in Saumsville to Rev. John and Mary (Hess) Ryman.

Eddie and Sudie …

The name, "Carson Ryman" is written on the glass plate of this image of a toddler in wintry clothing seated on a chair.

Photograph of Ethel Irene (Ryman) Bowers as a young woman, standing.

Ethel was the daughter of Edward Andrew "Eddie" Ryman and Susan Frances "Sudie" (Huffman) Ryman.

Her husband was Alfred Lender Bowers (1921-2017), whom she married in 1946.

Photograph of three friends.

Left to right: Lizzie Funkhouser (later, Miller), Robbie Fletcher (later, Mumaw), and Fanny Ryman (later, Delawder).

These three women were from the Conicville area of Shenandoah County.

A cabinet card photograph of Jacob Ryman. The photograph was produced by Leedham of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania.

Jacob Ryman was born September 10, 1877 in the St. Luke Community of Shenandoah County. On December 23, 1903 he married Rose Riffey…
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