Ancestry of
Irene Ryan

TV and Movie Actress

James Merritt Noblitt

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• • Father of Irene Ryan — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Alfred W. Noblitt 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Thompson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1856 
  • Birth Location:
  • Rutherford County, North Carolina 
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Mar 1913 
  • Death Location:
  • San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Catherine J. McSherry
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  • Child:

  Jessie Irene Noblitt (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • Spanish-American War veteran

• Sources for James Merritt Noblitt

  • ¹ Federal Census, NC, McDowell County, 1860, Broad River, p. 72, Image 72 of 140.
  • ² Federal Census, NC, Rutherford County, 1870, Morgan, p. 17, Image 17 of 19.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/10/2022).
  • ⁴ San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California), 16 JAN 1931, p. 8, Obituary for spouse Catherine Noblitt.
  • ⁵ The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, California), 08 MAR 1913, p. 18, Obituary for James M Noblitt.
  • ⁶ U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962, Cemetery record for spouse Catherine Noblitt.
  • ⁷ Gripshover, Peggy and Chris Groves, "Between a Rock and a Radio Place: The Case of the Irene Ryan Signature Mystery in Mammoth Cave.
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "Irene Ryan", (accessed 08/10/2022).