Mr. and Mrs. Ed Redwing
1871-1954 1885-1988
By Erika Briese
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Honora Matilda (Ryan) Redwing Born | Died | Early Life | Accomplishments | How They Met | Married | Life Together
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Born: Honora Matilda (Ryan) Redwing was born to John
(Jack) Joseph Ryan
and Delia Ann (Joyce) Ryan on July 12, 1885 in Duluth Minnesota.
She lived there until the age of 3. Died: Hilda died on March 13, 1988 at the age of 94. Early Life: Jack and Delia Ryan were Irish immigrants who lived in Wisconsin until moving to Havre in 1893. Hilda was the oldest of five children. She had a sister who eventually died of scarlet fever and a brother who died of pneumonia. In March, 1893 Delia, Hilda, John, and Bernard arrived in Havre. During that year Jack herded sheep for the T.L. Christian, and is 1894 was night wrangler for the Y.T. In 1895 he stayed at home clearing brush, farming , and getting out logs for other people. In April the Ryan family moved to Yantic (now Lohman). They lived in a big two story house which used to be a hotel, store, and post office. In February 1989, the family moved to a house in Havre. Hilda helped her father milk cows while her brothers delivered it before they went to school. Mrs. Ryan filed on a desert claim about four miles southwest of Havre where a house was built and to which the family moved in the fall of 1899. Mr. Ryan then filed on a desert claim (later known as the Duke place) built a log house and moved there in 1901. Accomplishments: Hilda was inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame in July of 1965
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How they met: Ed and Hilda became neighbors when the Ryans moved to the A.B. Duke place, 4 miles south of the Rovang place. Married: Ed and Hilda married on June 27, 1904 and moved to a new home in the Bear Paw Mountains. Life Together: Ed was adopted into the Blackfoot Tribe by Chief Two Guns White Calf. This is how there name changed from Rovang to Redwing On September 17, 1904 their first child, Delia Merle, was born. On February 2, 1907 their second child, Edna Rose, was born On October 31, 1915 their third child, Margaret May, was born In the Spring of 1916 Ed told Hilda that he was going to get a new car and she told him if he got a new car then she should get a new house. Ed bought a n Oakland Touring car and Hilda got a new house. In 1945 Ed bought land in town. In 1948 Ed and Hilda moved into town and turned their land over to their daughter Delia and her husband Chester Solomon.
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