A Genealogy History of The Ryckman Family of Kalkaska County:Information about Philip Ryckman
Philip Ryckman (b. February 23, 1823, d. February 09, 1898)
Notes for Philip Ryckman:
Contributed by Mrs Ben S. Case:September 1968
Farm Lot 29 North East Boundary Usborne Township
In 1884 Philip Ryckman came from Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario and bought a farm from Canada Company.He married Sarah McTaggart in 1849.They returned to Picton for the winter and came up in the spring with team and wagon and got to Rodgerville the last day of May
They lived in a log cabin for 20 years and had 12 children.In 1870 the present house was built.Phillip Ryckman died 1898, age 75 years.His wife Sarah, died in 1916 at the age of 85.
Grant Ryckman has lived on this farm since his birth in 1874.He married Edith Workman and they had four children.Myrtle, who married T. J. Sherritt, Elizabeth, Mrs Ben S. Case, who lived in Exeter.Mrs Case died at the age of 91 in April, 1991.Roy, was a druggist in Flint, MI. and he died in 1956 from a heart attack.Mervyn is also a druggist in Flint, MI..
Grant Ryckman at the age of 94 resided with his daughters, Mrs Ben S. Case and Mrs T. J. Sherritt.His grandson, Donald S. Case works the land.
From:James Edward Ryckman, Orange Township And TheRyckmans, 1971, p. 14.
The History of the Ryckman clan of Kalkaska County began in Hensall, Canada with the marriage of Philip Ryckman (1823-1898) to Sarah McTaggart (1832-1917).As with so many families of this era, theirs was no small family.Their children numbered eleven.Seven were boys, to help their father with the farming and four were girls, to help their mother in the kitchen.These children were named William Albert Ryckman (1850-1931), James Allen Ryckman (1856-1945), Alymer E Ryckman (1861-1948), Sarah Elizabeth Ryckman (1863-1865), Alice V Ryckman (1865-1932),E Grant Ryckman (1874-1969), Frank Ryckman (1871- 1966), George A Ryckman (1858 -1932), Susan Eliza Ryckman (Dick), (1853- 1954), Hattie D Ryckman (1867-1883), Philip Stanley Ryckman (1869-1871),
Some time prior to 1875, Philip Ryckman journeyed to Kalkaska County and purchased land for three of his sons, James and Albert in Orange Township and George in the neighboring South Boardman Township.
Reference:Reflections of Our Ryckman Past Vol. 2 p. 241
In 1848 Philip left Picton, Prince Edward County and bought Lot 29 N.E.B. from
the Canada Company and then returned to Prince Edward County in the winter of 1849. When spring came they came back with a team and wagon, arriving in Rodgerville the last day of May. They lived in a log cabin for twenty years and raised a family of twelve.
The 1861 Census for Usborne Township, Huron County, lists him at Lot 29, NEB. The farm consisted of 91 acres of land. 66 under cultivation, with 60 in crops. 5 acres were in pasture, 1 acre in garden and 25 acres in a wood lot. The farm was valued at $1800, and the implements at $100. Philip grew 60 acres of spring wheat, producing 950 bushels, 1 acre of oats getting 30 bushel, 1/2 acre of potatoes getting 100 bushels, 3 acres of turnips for 1000 bushels, 20 pounds of wool, 260 pounds of maple sugar, 30 flannel yards, 2 bulls/oxen, 3 steers, 4 milk cows, 2 horses valued at $150. 1 colt, 4 sheep, 4 pigs and they made 300 pounds of butter.
They lived in a one story one family log house.
More About Philip Ryckman:
Burial: Unknown, McTaggart Cemetery, Usborne Township.
Occupation: Farmer.
More About Philip Ryckman and Sarah McTaggart:
Marriage: 1849, Prince Edward County.
Children of Philip Ryckman and Sarah McTaggart are:
- +William Albert Ryckman, b. August 24, 1850, Usborne Township, Huron County, Ontario, d. June 12, 1932, Exeter, Hays Twp., Huron County Ontario.
- +Susan Eliza Ryckman, b. August 16, 1853, Hensall , Huron County, Ontario, d. December 24, 1954, South Boardman Township, Kalkaska County, MI..
- +James Allen Ryckman, b. May 13, 1856, Hensall, Huron County, Ontario, d. October 24, 1945, Orange Township, Kalkaska County, MI..
- +George Ansel Ryckman, b. September 27, 1858, Hensall, Huron County, Ontario, d. 1932, Kalkaska County, Kalkaska, Mich744.
- Almer Edgar Ryckman, b. July 27, 1861, Usborne Township, Huron County, Ontario, d. January 30, 1948.
- Sarah Elizabeth Ryckman, b. October 22, 1863, Usborne Township, Huron County, Ontario, d. May 15, 1865, Usborne Township, Huron County, Ontario.
- +Alice Victoria Ryckman, b. October 14, 1865, Usborne Township, Huron County, Ontario, d. April 24, 1899.
- Hattie Dell Ryckman, b. September 22, 1867, Usborne Township, Huron County, Ontario, d. September 05, 1883, Usborne Township, Huron County, Ontario.
- Philip Stanley Ryckman, b. 1869, d. February 14, 1871.
- Frank Ryckman, b. December 01, 1871, Huron County, Ontario, d. 1966, Usborne Township, Huron County, Ontario.
- +Edward Grant Ryckman, b. April 09, 1874, Huron County, Ontario, d. March 13, 1969, Hensall, Huron County,Ontario.