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John Bates “J.B.” Bryson

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John Bates “J.B.” Bryson

Birth
Middle Musquodoboit, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death
15 Apr 1943 (aged 77–78)
Pavilion, Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Burial
Pavilion, Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
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John Bate Bryson (aka JB as an adult and Bates as a child) was born in Middle Musquodobit, Nova Scotia where his family had farmed for several generations since the immigration of his grandparents Adam and Jane (stewart) Bryson from Ballymena, Northern Ireland in 1825. JB and three of his brothers along with his youngest sister Ida Mary and his widowed mother emigrated to British Columbia prior to the completion of the national railway. they settled in New Westminster where JB married his first wife, Mary Etta Currie and had his first child, Constance Bates (Bryson) Boyle. JB moved to the Interior of BC after his wife's tragic death at the age of 27. He worked as a blacksmith on the Cariboo Highway, showing horses for the gold trail. Then he moved to the Grange Ranch near Pavilion BC and married Minnie Carson, daughter of pioneer ranchers Robert and Eliza Jane (Magee) Carson. JB had six more children, and many grandchildren. He is buried in the Carson Bryson Family Cemetery on top of Pavilion Mountain.
John Bate Bryson (aka JB as an adult and Bates as a child) was born in Middle Musquodobit, Nova Scotia where his family had farmed for several generations since the immigration of his grandparents Adam and Jane (stewart) Bryson from Ballymena, Northern Ireland in 1825. JB and three of his brothers along with his youngest sister Ida Mary and his widowed mother emigrated to British Columbia prior to the completion of the national railway. they settled in New Westminster where JB married his first wife, Mary Etta Currie and had his first child, Constance Bates (Bryson) Boyle. JB moved to the Interior of BC after his wife's tragic death at the age of 27. He worked as a blacksmith on the Cariboo Highway, showing horses for the gold trail. Then he moved to the Grange Ranch near Pavilion BC and married Minnie Carson, daughter of pioneer ranchers Robert and Eliza Jane (Magee) Carson. JB had six more children, and many grandchildren. He is buried in the Carson Bryson Family Cemetery on top of Pavilion Mountain.

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  • Created by: Lisa Bryson Relative Grandchild
  • Added: Mar 31, 2018
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188429049/john_bates-bryson: accessed ), memorial page for John Bates “J.B.” Bryson (1865–15 Apr 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 188429049, citing Carson Bryson Family Cemetery, Pavilion, Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Lisa Bryson (contributor 47519104).