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Fifth Generation
Through Jane Melrose
by Mary Hargrave
Continued
Merrill Russell Cooper (son of Agnes Bryson and Merrill A. Cooper) was born May 14, 1899 in Howick, Quebec, Canada. He enlisted on June 16,1916 as private No. 1o78295 in the Fifth Pioneer Battalion of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He sailed for Liverpool on November 27, 1916 and was transferred to the Canadian Engineers Depot at Crawborough on February 5, 1917 and again to the Fifth Divisional Engineers at Whitley Camp in May 1917. In October 1917 he was sent to France and served with the Twelfth Field Company Canadian Engineers until May 1919. He returned to Montreal and received his discharge in June 1919. He is now employed in the Laurentide Pulp and Paper Works in GrandMere, Quebec
Ralph James Cooper (son of Agnes Bryson and Merrill A. Cooper) was born April 15, 1902 in Howick, Quebec, Canada. He is a graduate of MacDonald College and is now a teacher.
Douglas Ross Cooper (son of Agnes Bryson and Merrill A. Cooper) was born March 25, 1910 in Howick, Quebec, Canada and is now in school in Ormstown.
Florence Paxton Bryson (daughter of John Bryson and Janet Gilchrist Carmichael) was born November 28, 1902 1n Ormstown, Quebec, Canada.
Jane Hilda Bryson (daughter of John Bryson and Janet Gilchrist Carmichael) was born September 14, 1904 in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada. She is now attending the academy in Ormstown.
William Arnold Bryson (son of John Bryson and Janet Gilchrist Carmichael) was born January :2~, 1907 in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada.
John Edward Bryson (son of John Bryson and Janet Gilchrist Carmichael) was born June 8, 1909 in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada.
Janet Agnes Bryson (daughter of John Bryson and Janet Gilchrist Carmichael) was born December 28, 1910 in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada.
James Willard Bryson (son of John Bryson and Janet Gilchrist Carmichael) was born January 30, 1914 in Ormstown, Qttebec,Canada and died Augusat 22,1919. He is buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Ormstown, Quebec, Canada.
Joseph Willard Bryson (son of John Bryson and Janet Gilchrist Carmichael) was born May 5, 1921 in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada.
Jewell Ross (daughter of William Thomas Ross and Clara Perigo) was born February 27, 1888 in Earl Park, Indiana. She is a graduate of Drake University at Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A. She spent Three years with The Redpath Lecture Bureau and later organized a company which went to the Musselshell Valley in Montana, U.S.A. and there they each took up a homstead of 320 acres. She married on November 22, 1911 Charles W. Greening of Miles City, Montana. He is a state Senator of Montana and they now live in Miles City, Montana. Two daughters and one son were born to this union.
- Shirley Greening
- Charles Ross Greening
- Virginia Claire Greening