Mary Ellen Bryce

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-134495

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-134492
• Residence: 1868, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1877, Turnberry Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer

George married Jane Turnbull 8 Jan 1867, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Jane (daughter of Andrew Turnbull and Jane Swan) was born 1844, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jane Bryce
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-134491
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Residence: 1867, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-134493
• Residence: 1846, Borthwick, , Midlothian, Scotland

James married Hannah Davie 24 May 1839, Lasswade, , Midlothian, Scotland. Hannah was born 1816, , Scotland; died 8 Feb 1901, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Hannah Bryce
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-134494
• Residence: 1846, Borthwick, , Midlothian, Scotland

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MRS. HANNAH BRYCE was one of the old members of the church, uniting with it under the pastorate of the Rev. W. T. Murdoch in 1863. She was born in Mid-Lothian, Scotland, lived in Auchindinny and Roslin after her marriage, and attended the Glencorse parish church with her husband, who wrought in the Roslin and Stobbs powder mills. They lived also at Gorebridge, where she enjoyed the ministry of the Rev. Cathcart Leslie, of the Established Church. This church was two and a half miles away from where they lived, while the United Presbyterian Church was only half a mile away, so that to the Sunday School of this church the children went a wonderfully liberal course of action at that time! Of this Sunday School, Mr. James Donaldson was superintendent. This Mr. James Donaldson was the late Rev. James Donaldson, of Galt, the father of Mr. A. G. Don aldson, and husband of Mrs. Donaldson, who are both members of the Central Church. Mr. James Donaldson was a scholarly, able, and highly respectable minister of the United Presbyterian Church in Scotland, and of the Canada Presby terian Church in this country. He was in infirm health some years before his death. He had hosts of friends who were strongly attached to him, and loved to see his bright intelligent face, and to hear his large discourse of general affairs, and especially of scriptural truth. He was an able and eloquent expounder of the sacred Scriptures. He died on September 10th, 1900. Mrs. Bryce and her family came to Canada in 1855. On the voyage they suffered shipwreck on the Bird Rocks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and they lost everything. They were picked up and landed at Pictou, Nova Scotia, where they were kindly and hospitably entertained for seventeen days by the late Mr. George Pringle, of Queen Street, Galt, who was at that time living in Pictou. On coming into this western country they settled on the Clyde farm, where Mrs. Bryce lived out the term of her life, dying in 1901. When they settled on the farm they felt keenly the loss of the religious services to which they had been accustomed ; for this to people of her class was almost their entire world. Add to the home life, the church service, and a friendly neighbor or two, and you have their complete sphere of existence. In those early days Mr. Bryce s first team was one of oxen, and not suitable to go to church with. But Mr. Oliver Goodfellow, a neighbor, had horses and a lumber waggon in which he and his family went to church. In this Mr. Bryce s family found a placd and gladly went, too, and this gave Mrs. Bryce great joy, for her nature was deeply religious. The Bible formed about her the atmosphere she breathed. By its teaching she lived. And she was always of a sweet spirit, a bright face, a pleasant voice, sounding out the Mid-Lothian doric in an exceedingly attractive way. One felt rested in heart after being with her a little while in conversation. She had very high appreciation of the ministers under whom she sat. Among her treasures was a small pamphlet by the Rev. Wm. T. Murdoch, entitled: " The Gospel of Grace Vindicated." At church, always in her place when it was at all possible, she was an earnest and devout listener, never tiring of hearing of the Saviour s love, having a deep inward conviction of the truth as it is in Jesus. Next to her Bible, she valued good, sound religious books ; among her favor ites were: Baxter s " Saints Rest ; " Alleine s " Alarm to the Unconverted ; " Willison s "Afflict ed Man s Companion ; " Rutherford s Sermons, and Spurgeon s " Saint and his Saviour." She was a faithful, kind, devoted mother, and trained her children with Christian care. One of them, though very small at the time, remembers yet the preacher s desk, the high pulpit and the ten commandments on either side of the pulpit, and the tunes that were sung. A fragrant memory this to carry in life! An uplifting memory! Mrs. Bryce, after a brief illness, went home full of faith and of years, dying as she had lived.

Ebenezer: A History of the Centrall Presbyterian Church, Galt, Ontario, with brief sketches of some of its members who have passed on the the other side, The Rev. James A. R. Dickson Pg 308

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"In Loving Memory." Printed inside is: Died/ In Beverly, on Friday, Feb. 8th, 1901,/ at 11.10 p.m.,/ Hannah Davie,/ Relict of the late James Bryce,/ In her 85th year./ The Funeral/ Will take place from the home of her son,/ Cathcart Bryce, Clyde, on Tuesday,/ February 12th, 1901, at 2 p.m., and/ proceed to Mount View Cemetery,/ Galt./ Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation./ Clyde, Feb. 9th, 1901.

Funeral Card of Hannah Davie

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-96258
• Occupation: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

Andrew — Jane Swan. Jane (daughter of Jared Swan and Jane Grieve) was born 4 Mar 1825, , Scotland; died 16 May 1903, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jane Turnbull
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-96262
• Immigration: 1832, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1832, , Canada
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian Canada
• Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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TURNBULL - In North Dumfries on May 16th, Jane Swan relict of the late Andrew Turnbull in the 79th year of her age.

The Chronicle Telegraph, 28 May 1903, p. 8

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-161424
• Immigration: 1832, , Canada
• Occupation: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Concession 10 Lot 10, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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Death of Mr. Jared Swan - Mr. Jared Swan, long a resident of Dumfries, close to Galt, died on Sunday night last. Mr. Swan came to Dumfries in the year 1832. He was born in Roxboroughshire, Scotland, and was married before he emigrated. At the time of his death he was aged 80 years and 9 months. He was a man very much respected, and his body was followed to the grave by a very large number of friends and acquaintances. One singular coincidence in connection with this death is that while in Scotland he and the late Mr. Jas. Clarke, of Dumfries, were married and lived in the same house. They emigrated to Canada with their wives and families, and now lie in graves side by side in Galt Cemetery.

Galt Reporter - Mar 23, 1877, pg 2

Jared married Jane Grieve 10 Jan 1824, Stow, Midlothian, Scotland. Jane was born CALC 20 Jun 1793, , Selkirkshire, Scotland; died 20 May 1882, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jane Swan
• Name: Jean Greive
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-107186
• Immigration: 1832, , Canada
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian Canada

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Died, on Thursday afternoon, May 20th, 1882, at 1: 30 o'clock, Jane Grieve, relict of the late Jared Swan, aged 88 years and 11 months. The subject of this notice was a native of Selkirkshire, Scotland, and was born in the year 1793. She was united in marriage with Jared Swan in 1824. Together with her husband and two daughters she emigrated to Canada in 1832 and located on the property one mile south of Galt and known as the "Swan estate,", on which she continued to reside until the decease of her husband in 1877. The entire life of the aged couple was spent on this rustic homestead. Though quiet and uneventful their life was worthy, and into which nothing penetrated, which they could avoid, to mar its purity. In religious matters they were hearty sympathizers, and as long as they were able, attended services of the Free Church. Their life fully exemplified the true Christian ideal of standing firm and steadfast to the end. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Swan has resided with her daughters Mrs. Andrew Turnbull, of Mill creek, and Mrs. Jas. Dryden, of West Dumfries. For two or three years back that most dreaded disease, cancer, was working its slow but most certain consequences, having a seat in her left side, and which caused her great sufferings in her ripe old age. For some months back the cancer had taken its deadly hold on her system, and thence she knew no rest. Despite her agonizing suffering she held out with a fortitude surprising, until at length nature asserted itself and ended her earthly career. The funeral, which took place on Saturday forenoon last, was well attended by sorrowing relatives and acquaintances, testifying their respect for the deceased, as one of Dumfries' first pioneers. Rev. J. K. Smith officiated at the funeral. The following pall-bearers laid the remains of their lamented grandmother in the grave, viz: - Messrs. Andrew Turnbull, Jared Turnbull, Thomas Turnbull, James Dryden, J. Wrigley, and P. Maclellan. The deceased has yet a sister living in Beverly at the advanced age of ninety-two years. - Com.

Galt Reporter May 26 1882 pg 1