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Fourth Generation
Through Jane Melrose
by Mary Hargrave
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William Bryson (son of Jane Ross and James W. Bryson) was born October 26, 1853 in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada and died November 25, 1918 in Montreal. He is buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Ormstown, Quebec, Canada. He owned a tailoring establishment in Ormstown. He married on January 5, 1885 in Abbottsford, Quebec, Canada Augusta Gale of Chambley, Quebec, Canada. She was born on June 23, 1860. Three sons and one daughter were born to this union.
- William Robert Bryson
- Jane Olive Bryson
- James Ross Bryson
- Thomas Henry Bryson (Harry)
James Ross Bryson (son of Jane Ross and James W. Bryson) was born February 17, 1856 in Ormstown, Quebeo, Canada. and died November 29, 1918 in Chicago, Illinoia, U.S.A. He is buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Ormstown, Quebec, Canada. He was a well known portrait painter in pastel and oil. He married in Paris, France on July 19, 1912 Anabel King (daughter of Albert Rainey King and Ellen Bird) who was born April 15, 1877 in Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.A. One daughter was born to this union.
Robert Bryson (son of Jane Ross and James W. Bryson) was born April 13, 1858 in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada and died February 14,1888 in St.Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. He is buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Ormstown, Quebec, Canada. He was in the house construction business; he did not marry.
Mary Bryson (daughter of Jane Ross and James W. Bryson) was born December 21, 1860 in Ormstolm, Quebec, Canada. She assisted her brother, James Ross Bryson, in his studio in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. She now does painting at her home in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada,
Janet Bryson (daughter of Jane Ross and James W. Bryson) was born September 23, 1864 in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada. She married James W. Reid (brother of Emma Margaret Reid Ross and Mary Jane Reid Ross) who is a farmer. Three sons and one daughter were born to this union.
- James Bryson Reid
- Jean Bernice Reid
- Ross Weir Reid
- Edwin Kenneth Reid
Agnes Bryson (daughter of Jane Ross and James W. Bryson) was born November 10, 1867 in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada and died April 1, 1910. She is buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Ormstown, Quebec, Canada. She married on October 28, 1896 Merrill A. Cooper a doctor of medicine in Ormstown. He is a son of Simeon Cooper and three sons were born to this union.
- Merrill Russell Cooper
- Ralph James Cooper
- Douglas Ross Cooper