Notes A birth registration was found for Jonas Francis Berryman: Year of Registration: 1896; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Pontypridd; County: Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan; Volume: 11a; Page: 514. (Parents: James and Hannah Berryman, married 1890, Pontypool, Monmouth, Wales .)
In 1901, Jonas Berryman, 5 years of age, was shown residing at 27 Railway Parade, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales. Other family members included: Hannah Berryman, 32; Hannah Berryman, 9; James Berryman, 33, road man below ground; Lizzie Berryman, 7; and May A. Berryman, 1. (Source: 1901 Census of England and Wales; Class: RG13; Piece: 4944; Folio: 85; Page: 40.)
In 1904, James Berryman died in Pontypool, Wales, at the age of 36. (Jonas' mother, Hannah, married two more times: Henry Harrington in 1911; and Edward Whittington in 1929. Hannah Whittington died in 1929.)
In 1910, Jonas Berryman, 14, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 21 children en route to Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
In 1911, Jonas Berryman, 15, was shown as a domestic to Rev. A. H. and A. J. Robertson of Cookshire, Compton, Quebec, Canada. His date of birth is shown as June 1896 and his immigration year as 1910.
On July 11, 1923, at Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Jonas Francis Berryman, 28, tire builder, born in Wales to James Berryman and Hannah Powell; and Margaret Jane Graham, 23, born in Ontario, Canada, to Frederick Graham and Mary Bertram.