John Tryon (1815 - 1873)

Born Nov 1815 in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada

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Died 30 Dec 1873 at age 58 in Barrie, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

John was born in 1815. He was the son of William Tryon and Mary Brown.

He married Catherine Leeman in 1838. They had at least three children; Margaret Ann Tryon, 1839, Solomon, 1842, and George Sydney Tryon, 1846, all in Addington, Canada West.

He married Jane Myles 25 Mar 1863 in Wellington, Hillier, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada.^[1] According to the marriage record Jane was the daughter of William Myles and Margaret Lourie and was born in Ireland in 1835.

John died in 1874.

Research Notes

In the 1851 census at Camden East, Addington, Canada West, we find:

John Trion (37) born in November at Ernestown

Katherine (28) born in February at Ernestown

Margaret (13) born in June at Camden East

Solomon (10) born in December at Camden East

George (7) born in November at Camden East

In the 1861 census at at Normandy, Grey County, Canada West, we find John (46), a tavern keeper, with Catherine (43) his first wife who he married in 1838, and son Sidney (15). Living with them is daughter Margaret Babcock (22) with husband Jahia Babcock (23), married in 1858.

John was hanged at the Barrie Jail in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, on Dec 30, 1873 for the murder of Francis Fisher.^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CB-M8Z8 : 9 March 2018), Wm Tryon in entry for John Tryon and Jane Myles, 25 Mar 1863; citing Wellington, Hillier, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,030,067.
2. ↑ Barrie Jail wikipedia
3. ↑ Details of John Tryon's crime and punishment

• 1851 Census of Canada, Camden East, Lennox and Addington, Canada West

• 1861 Census of Canada, Normanby, Grey, Canada West

• https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/tryon/649/

Sources for children

• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMKC-CMB : 11 March 2018), John Tryon in entry for George Sidney Tryon and Mary Vollet, 18 Jun 1872; citing registration , Barrie, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,697.

• "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CB-HFSJ : 17 March 2018), John Tryon in entry for Schiel Bancock and Margaret Ann Tryon, 13 Jul 1858; citing Grey, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,030,056.