John Edward (Brien) Bryan (1877 - 1910)

Born 20 Sep 1877 in Carlow, Hastings, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Andrews — married 25 Dec 1906 in Pakenham, Mississippi Mills, Lanark, Ontario, Canada

Died 10 Jun 1910 at age 32 in Ontario, Canada

Biography

John was born in 1877, the son of James O'Brien and Ellen Marshall.^[1] Their family lived in Trent Hills, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.^[2]

William T. Bryan in the Wolseley history book stated : My mother and father (James C.) four half brothers and a half sister: Levi, Johnnie, Jim and Annie; two brother Fred and Lloyd and myself came west to Indian Head in the spring of 1891. Since there wer no homesteads left, my father rented a farm north of Indian Head in the valley. My mother was not well when we left Ontario and she passed away two months after we arrived in Indian Head. I wasn't quite three years old at the time, but I vividly remember both her illness and death. In the spring of 1892, father managed to get a homestead four miles north of Summerberry NE 36-17-8-2. The move from Indian Head wasn't easy. We children stayed at a halfway house for a day and night with the furnishings while father and the older boys went back to Indian Head for the animals. This halfway house, west of Wolseley, was vacant and owned by Joe Conn. There was an old frame building 24x30 on our homestead which we lived in for two years before we were able to make any improvements.

Because we had no mother, I was elected to cook. I churned butter and made all the bread by the time I was ten years old. I also missed a lot of school because of so many household chores. My father donated land for the first Rose Lane school which was in the very centre of section 36. This school was a small shack. It was hauled away and I believe it is still on the Stuart Crawford farm. Father made a blackboard and all the desks for this school. I remember that the teachers's desk was quite rough. The present Rose Lane school was built in 1897.

When I was 10 years old my father remarried and I was a very happy boy because that meant that I could now go outside with the men.

Census Records

Canada Census, 1881

Almonte, Lanark, Ontario

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

James OBryan Male 31 Ontario

Hellen OBryan Female 30 Ireland

Jane OBryan Female 7 Ontario

Levi OBryan Male 6 Ontario

John OBryan Male 3 Ontario

Isaha OBryan Male 1 Ontario^[2]

Research Notes

Name: John Edward Ryan Or Bryan Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 25 Dec 1906 Event Place: Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada Sex: Male Age: 29 Birth Year (Estimated): 1877 Father's Name: John Charles Ryan Or Bryan Mother's Name: Ellen Marshall Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Andrews Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Age: 27 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1879 Spouse's Father's Name: Adam Andrews Spouse's Mother's Name: Rebecca Thompson

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "Canada, Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899, " John Edward Brien birth 20 Sep 1877 in Ontario, Canada, son of James Brien & Helen Marshall; citing FHL microfilm: 1845211; Record number: 23; FamilySearch Record: FM31-LPX (accessed 14 July 2022).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 1881 Census: "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXG-LKN : 2 March 2021), John OBryan in household of James OBryan, Trent Hills, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing James Obryan, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.