John Brydon

1857 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	John Brydon
  Born	1857	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	C. Presb.
  Occupation	1881	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Farm Laborer
  Residence	1881	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Presbyterian Canada
  Occupation	1887	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	farmer
  Occupation	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Teamster
  Residence	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-71108
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I71108	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	John Bryden,   b. Abt 1818, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary Oliver,   b. 1833, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	3 Nov 1848	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F38181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Brydon,   d. Bef 1871
  Mother	Mary Oliver,   b. 1833, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F241286	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Bennett,   b. 1864, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	23 Mar 1887	Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Edith Brydon,   b. 1887, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ina Brydon,   b. 1891, of, Neepawa, , Manitoba, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F15586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Bennett,   b. 1854, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Mar 1887
  Children	1. Edith Brydon,   b. 1887, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F246295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  John Brydon family Back left to right Edith Brydon, Ina Brydon Front: John Brydon his wife Mary Bennett

  
  

• Notes

  THE JOHN BRYDON FAMILY by Roy W. Stewart John Brydon was born in 1858 at Galt, Ontario. He married Mary Ellen Bennett in 1887, at Beverly, near Gault, and they had two children, Edith (born in 1887) and Ina (born in 1891). John ran a dray business there until 1893, when he and Mary decided to move out west to Manitoba, where John's sisters, Mrs. Duncan McLaren and Mrs. Jas. Dark, had already settled. His sisters lived in the Union District, east of Neepawa. John, Mary and family settled at Franklin on SW 1 /4 36-14-17. John spent the next year working for a man named Robert Scott. He then rented the farm from Mr. Scott for three more years. After this, they bought and moved to NW 1/4 5-15-14, in the Union District. Here, they broke the land and farmed for the next fifteen years. Their daughters attended Union School. John took great pride in his Clyde horses and as a result, he won several ribbons with them, at the local fairs. Their farm had a lot of river flats, which gave them many problems with frost and sow thistle. Occasionally, Park Lake Dam would break with the late spring rains and flood the river flats all the way to Arden, washing out bridges and crops. In 1910 he sold the farm to his nephew, Bob McLaren, and bought the SW 1 /4 32-14-15, west of Neepawa (known today as the Batchelor farm) from Mr. F. Halpenny. They moved here in order to be closer to town during their retiring years. Also, in 1910, their daughter Edith married Alex F. Stewart and moved to his farm north-west of town. Alex and Edith had one daughter, Gladys (Mrs. Morley Poole) of Neepawa. Ina, their other daughter, married Will J. Stewart (a brother of Alex), in 1914, and had a family of three: Dorothy (Mrs. John Nicholson) of Neepawa. Neepawa Land of Plenty pg 40

  
  

• Sources

  [S205] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1881, Div. 1 Page 41. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 13124 (1887), John Bryden-Mary Bennett. John Bryden (farmer of North Dumfries) Birth Place: North Dumfries Age: 28 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859 Father Name: John Bryden Mother Name: Mary Bryden (resident of Puslinch) Spouse Name: Mary Bennett Spouse's Age: 22 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865 Spouse Birth Place: Beverly Spouse Father Name: Jesse Bennett Spouse Mother Name: Susannah Bennett Marriage Date: 23 Mar 1887 Marriage Place: Wentworth, [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 86. [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Sec. 1 Page 44. [S12] Vit - ON, Gore - Gore District Marriage Register - Waterloo Entries, Revd Strang Presbyterian, Waterloo, Dumfries, Blenheim (pg. 117 - 119). John Bryden, married Mary Oliver, both of Dumfries. 3 Nov 1848, by licence, Witnesses: Alexr McPhail and John Oliver.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1857 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - C. Presb. - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farm Laborer - 1881 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian Canada - 1881 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1887 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 23 Mar 1887 - Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Teamster - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth