Alfred Edwin "Alf" "Alfie" Ryan^[1]

1900 - 1990  (89 years)

• Name	Alfred Edwin "Alf" "Alfie" Ryan
  Born	1 Jun 1900	Clerkenwell, London, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	bicycle repair
  Business	11 Adam St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	bicycle shop
  		Alfred Ryan's bicycle business Hespeler, Ontario.
  Home Child	1914
  	Dr. Barnardo
  Occupation	1923	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	knitter
  Occupation	1925	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Jeweler
  Residence	1926	Adam St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Occupation	1931	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	dyer's helper
  Residence	1973	11 Adam St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  		bicycle shop at 11 Adam Street about 1915 Adam's bicycle shop must have been that before he bought it.
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-473895
  Died	15 Mar 1990	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I473895	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family	Daisy Wright,   b. 26 Sep 1903, London, England ,   d. 1989  (Age 85 years)
  Married	10 Jun 1925	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Daisy Jeanette "Jeanette" Ryan,   b. Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Mar 1983, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   2. Ryan,   b. 12 Jun 1926, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Jan 1926, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   3. Robert Michael Ryan   4. Margaret Elizabeth Ryan   5. Donald Ryan
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F294157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Skating topped the list of winter sports. If you looked you'd see the evidence everywhere: large, snow-cleared patches of ice on the river, kids of all ages walking around with skates hung over their shoulders, hockey sticks piled high against the sides of houses (when not being carried to and fro), music emanating from that wooden-fence-enclosed, man-made rectangle of ice up on Kribs Street. All one had to do was to follow the skates, the hockey sticks and the music to find Hespeler's population in the wintertime. Everyone skated. It came as natural as breathing. And at the first sign of winter a line of would-be hockey and figure skating stars formed up outside Alfie Ryan's shop on Adam Street to get their skates sharpened so they'd be all ready to go when the river froze over and the skating rink was flooded. My Town, When I Grow Old, I'll Remember, The anecdotal ramblings of a once-upon-a-time Hespelerite. by E. Joyce Thomson Byrnes 2013, Guelph, Ontario __________ RYAN, Alfred At St. Mary's Hospital, on Thursday, March 15, 1990, Alfred Edwin Ryan, age 89 years, of Eventide Home, Kitchener. Mr. Ryan operated a jewelry store for many years. A funeral and committal service will be held at A.R. Goudie Eventide Home, 369 Frederick St., Kitchener, on Friday at 2 p.m., Major A.E. Hiscock officiating. Interment Kitchener Mount Hope cemetery. Funeral arrangements entrusted to the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, 745-9495. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Thu, Mar 15, 1990 Page 9 ____________ I knew Alfie Ryan who had the bike shop on Adam Street in Hespeler…my Dad bought my first 2-wheel bike from Alfie…my Dad used to give him cigarettes when he owned Rick's Smoke shop on the corner of Adam and Queen…Alfie used to sit on a stump or chair in front of his shop and play a squeezebox/accordion..a lot of kids were afraid of him but he was harmless and I always chatted with him! I do not remember him owning a Jewelry store…there was Gunther's Jewellers and Stewart Jewellers that I remember… Judy Rickert Norman - Facebook 2024 ______________ Alfie Ryan used to work at the old Artex in Hespeler with my Grandpa Sam. Dad and my brother used to take him bags of groceries to thank him for being such a good friend to my Grandpa. When we were kids and were riding our bikes around town, if we got a flat or if something wrong with our bikes, we'd go to Alfie and he'd fix us up with no charge. When we'd tell Dad about this, he'd go back and pay Alfie for helping us. Alfie was a kind and gentle part of good 'Old Hespeler'. Dave Allen - Facebook 2024 ____________ Alf was a fellow with a metallurgical back ground. He would re-tin copper pans and make parts out of precious metals for artifacts and clock mechanisms. Alf sure was handy. Wayne Conrad Serbu ____________ When I was growing up Alfie lived in the back of his bicycle shop. I always heard that he came from Galt where he had a taxi business when he was younger Bill Purdy Facebook 2024 ________ Alfie was a kind soul. He had some great stories. Most kids were afraid of him but I bought a small figurine from him and we became friends. I always popped in and we chatted. Marge Borland - Facebook 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020751-25. Alfred Ryan, 25, occ. Jeweler, b. London England, res. Hespeler, son of Alfred Ryan (B. London England) and Elizabeth Dobrisky married Daisy Wright, 21, b. London England, res. Hespeler, daughter of Frederick Wright (B. London England) and Daisy Topham, Witn: Frederick Wright and Frederick Wright Jr. both of Hespeler, 10 June 1925 in Hespeler. [S2891] Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924. Name:Alfred Ryan Gender:Male Estimated Birth Year:abt 1900 Birth Place:London, England Age:23 Date of Arrival:1923 Occ: knitter Port of Departure:Ipswich, England Ship Name:Empress of France [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Name: Ryan Sex: Male Stillborn Birth Date: 1926 12 Jun 1926 Father's Name: Alfred Ryan b. London England, - Adam Street., Hespeler Father's Sex: Male Mother's Name: Daisy Wright b. London, England Mother's Sex: Female Event Type: Death Event Date: 1926 (1926) Event Place: Ontario, Ontario, Canada Source Details: 034072

  
  

• Event Map

  Business - bicycle repair - - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - knitter - 1923 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Jeweler - 1925 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 10 Jun 1925 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1926 - Adam St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - dyer's helper - 1931 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 15 Mar 1990 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth