James Ryan, Bonavista Greenspond Ledger Book Index, 1898
James Ryan (1841-1917) established a fishery supply business in Bonavista in 1869. By 1902 the firm expanded to King’s Cove and Trinity. The King’s Cove branch was run by Ryan’s brother, Daniel, and Trinity branch was run by their other brother, Edmund Ryan. The Ryan Brothers eventually expanded to other communities with premises in Elliston, Catalina, and Greenspond. Ryan Brothers imported a variety of goods and exported cod, cod oil, salmon, herring and lobster to foreign markets. The business records of the Ryan Brothers are held in the Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland. There are many ledgers, diaries and account books in this collection. The following is a list of some the names in the Greenspond Ledger Index for 1898.
- Allen, Eli
- Arnold, George
- Arnold, John
- Arnold, James
- Abbott, William
- Abbott, Adam
- Aylward, John
- Abbott, Stephen
- Thomas of Ackerman, John
- Association Orange Loyal
- Attwood, Jacob
- Aylward, William
- Aeggeu, Galiot
- Ansty, James
- Allen & Humphries
- “Isld Newells” Burry, John
- Stephen of Burry, Robert
- Burton, George
- Barbour, Edward
- Brown, James
- Bragg, Daniel
- Blandford, Darius
- Bragg, Robert Captain
- Peckford with Butt, Edward
- Peckford with Butt, Joseph
- Burgess, Albert
- Blackwood, Edward
- Brown, Samuel
- Bridle, George
- Butt, Joshua
- Blackwood, Ebenezer
- Butler, Samuel
- Gibbons & Burry
- Bishop & Saunders
- Burry, Aaron, & Co.
- Bragg, William Jacob
- Burry, Edward, Newells Island
- Burry, Thomas, Pond Head
- Burry, Thomas, Newell’s Island
- Burry, William, Newells Island
- Burton, Frederick
- Bemister, William
- Button, Thomas & Sons
- Burgess, William
- Burry, Mark
- Burry, Elijah
- Bishop, Darius
- Bragg, Charles
- Button, Charles & Sons
- Blackwood, William
- Blake, Peter
- Blandford, James
- Brefitt, Hypolite
- Byrne, Bryan
- Bragg, Abram
- Bragg, Samuel
- Burry, James
- Buckler, Nathaniel
- Burry, Sandy
- Burry, Jesse
- Barfoot, George
- Barfoot, Robert
- Barfoot, Ezra
- Brauders, Philip
- Burry, Benjamin
- Barrow, Job
- Bourne, Mark
- Burry, Stephen, Pond Head
- Joseph of Burry, Joseph
- Robert of Burry, Louis
- Stephen of Burry, Abram
- Burry, Robert, Newells Island
- Bemister, Darius
- Batterton, Philip
- Burry, Aaron
- Butler, Joseph
- Burry, Oliver
- Butler, Alfred
- Burton, Jesse
- Burry, Sydney
- Collins, Alexander
- Crocker, Joseph
- Carter, John S.
- Collins, William
- Cheater, Charles
- Crocker, George
- Cross, Henry
- Cheater, John
- Carter, Sandy
- Cooze, Edgar
- Collins, Joseph
- Collins, Benjamin
- Crocker, John
- Connors, John
- Cross, Frederick
- Carter, Saul
- Critchley, John
- Carter, Job
- Collins, Samuel
- Coward, William
- Joseph of Crocker, Joseph
- Carter, Stanley
- Carter, Garland
- Cooze, John
- Crocker, Gilbert
- Crocker, George
- Connors, Patrick
- Kenneth of Carter, Thomas
- Button with Collins, William
- Cowan, John
- Carter, Stanley & John
- Stanley of Carter, Samuel
- Carter, Ethelred
- Church, St. Stephens
- Crocker, William
- Daw, Samuel
- Dyke, Charles
- Dewey, Frank
- Dominy, Edgar
- Dyke, William
- Dewey, Joseph
- D.M.W. Schooner
- Dowden, Mark
- Downer, Charles
- Dominy, John C.
- Davis, William
- Dawn boat
- Dyke, Edward
- Daw, Philip,
- Dyke, George
- Dyke, Samuel
- Dyke, Samuel, Pool’s Island
- Dowden, Walter
- Dyke, Edgar