Ninth Generation

1501. Lena Maude Bryan^{16,424,651,653,654,657,658,659,669,873,889,890,891}. Birth: 27 October 1923, Jefferson County, Tennessee.^{424,654,669,873,889}

Birth Certificate:
1. Child's Full Name: Lena Maude Bryan
2. Date of Birth: Oct. 27 - 1923
3. Sex - Female
4. Time of Birth: ---
5. Place of Birth: Jefferson
6. Facility or Hospital: ---
7. Mother's Full Maiden Name: Ruby Priscilla Cox
8. Mother's Age or Date of Birth: ---
9. Mother's State of Birth: Tennessee
10. Mother's Occupation: ---
11. Father's Full Name: Emmert Oral Bryan
12. Father's Age or Date of Birth: ---
13. Father's State of Birth: Tennessee
14. Father's Occupation: ---
15. Mailing Address at Birth: ---
16. Attendant at Birth: ---
17. Attendant's Address: ---
18. Date Certificate Filed: 5-1-67
Other Information: Information is missing because this is a Delayed Birth Cert. Father sent affidavit to establish the birth certificate:
Verified by: Deborah Rucker
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Date Verified: 6-28-11

Census: 1930, Knox County, Tennessee.⁶⁶⁶ Lena M. 6 daughter, female, single, white, born TN, father born TN, mother born VA, enumerated Household of her father Emmert Oral Bryan. Her mother was born in Tennessee rather than in Virginia. The error occurred because the enumerator incorrectly attributed the birthplace of her stepmother to her mother.

Census: 1940, Knox County, Tennessee.⁶⁵⁴ Lena M. 16 daughter, female, single, white, 8 years school, born TN, lived 1935 Knox County, enumerated Household of her father Emmert Oral Bryan.

Death: 13 October 1994, age 70, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^273,873,889

Obituary: Knoxville News-Sentinel, 13 October 1994, page D11.
Truan, Lena Bryan - age 70, of Knoxville, passed away her home October 13, 1994. Member of St. Paul United Methodist Church. Preceded in death by her husband, Louis Charles Truan. Survivors: daughter Martha Barnes; daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Gordon Ridenour; son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Donna Truan; five grandchildren, Melanie Joy, David Truan, Greta Chapman, Erica Ridenour, Kelly Barnes; great-grandson, Tyler Joy; brothers, William Jackson Bryan, Robert E. Bryan; sister, Bonnie Johnson, all of Knoxville. Services 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Mynatt's Chapel. Rev. Carl Oakes officiating. Family and friends will meet 1 p.m. Monday at Greenwood Cemetery for interment. Contributions be made to the church of your choice. The family will receive friends following the service until 7:30 p.m. at Mynatt's.

Burial: 17 October 1994, Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^873,889 Grave marker: Lena B. Truan, 1923 -1994, same marker as Louis C. Truan. GPS: 36.030870, -83.915990.

The following is from The Nichols Book by Wyatt Nichols.

Lena Maud, second child of Emmert and Ruby Cox Bryan, is typical in stature of the Nichols women folk, small and petite and eyes which are so typical of the Nichols women folk. She married L. C. Truan, Jr. They have three children, namely, Nancy, Charles and Martha.

Lena Maude Bryan and Louis Charles (Louie) Truan Jr. Marriage: 23 April 1941, Campbell County, Tennessee.^{424,657,873,890,891}

page 150, Marriage License Record, Campbell County, Tenn. April 23, 1941. L. C. Truan, Jr. to Lena Maude Bryan. I solemnized the Rites of Matrimony between the above-named parties on the 23 day of April, 1941, Rev. Robert M. Hicks.

Louis Charles (Louie) Truan Jr.^{16,424,659,873,890,891,892,893}, son of Louis Charles Truan and Martha Ellen Harris,. Birth: 17 October 1919, [Knox County], Tennessee.^{424,891,892,893} He was also known sometimes as Junior.

Census: 1920, Knox County, Tennessee. L. C. Jr. 3/12 son, male, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN, enumerated Household of his father Louis Charles Truan Sr.

Census: 1930, Knox County, Tennessee. Louis C. Jr. 10 son, male, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN, enumerated Household of his father Louis Charles Truan Sr.

Census: 1940, Knox County, Tennessee.⁸⁹³ Louis C. Jr. 20 son, male, single, white, farmer, 1 year high school, born TN, lived 1935 same house, enumerated Household of his father Louis Charles Truan Sr.

Death: 1 November 1984, age 65, at St. Mary's Hospital Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^424,891,892

Obituary: Knoxville News-Sentinel, 2 Nov 1984, page B2.
Truan, Louis C. Jr. - age 65 years of Fountain City, passed away at St. Mary's Hospital 6:45 p.m. Thursday. Member of Corinth United Methodist Church. An employee of Southern Railway. Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Lena Bryan Truan; children, Nancy Ridenour, Signal Mountain, Tn., Charles D. Truan, Martha Barnes of Knoxville; 5 grandchildren, mother, Mrs. Mattie Truan. Graveside services 11 a.m. Saturday, Greenwood Cemetery, Rev. Henry Dawson officiating. The family ill receive friends 7-9 p.m. Friday at Mynatt's.

Burial: 3 November 1984, at Greenwood Cemetery Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^891,892 Grave marker: Louis C. Truan, 1991 - 1984, same marker as Lena B. Truan. GPS: 36.030870, -83.915990.

Lena Maude Bryan-23 and Louis Charles (Louie) Truan Jr.-39 had the following children: