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Name :: : John MYSON (1883 - 1916)
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Date of Birth: : 3 Jun 1883
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 18 Nov 1916 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 28 Jul 1900
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Tunisian
Placement Family: : Garrioch Family

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesFrom: {website}canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?Id=51311

John Myson was born 03 Jun 1883 in Mildenhall, Suffolk, England. His parents were John and Mary (Morley) Myson who had married during the third quarter of 1880 in Mildenhall. By the 1891 England census for Mildenhall, Mary was listed as a widow, "living on relief (Guardians)". Household members were her father, a widower also living on relief, and two children, John, age 7, and sister Emily, age 5. With the family was a neice, Mary Ann Carter who was working as a domestic servant. John's mother Mary died during the second quarter of 1891 and by the 14th of Dec of the same year, John was residing in one of Dr Barnardo's residences/schools, the Cranbrook Road School in Tower Hamlets. As a member of Doctor Barnardo's party of older boys, aboard the Tunisian, John sailed for Canada on 19 Jul 1900. His destination was Russell, Manitoba where Barnardo had a training farm. For a wage, the boys were to work on the farm for a year or until a placement could be found, usually within 8 months. By the 1901 Canada census, John was working as a hired hand with the Garrioch family that had a farm in/near Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. On 17 Feb 1909, John married Bryda Morrison in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Bryda was found on an earlier List or Manifest of Aliens Applying for Admission, Port of Winnipeg for April of 1908, occupation given as nurse, living in Portage La Prairie. Her destination was given as Lafayette, Maine.) Their first child, John, was born 05 Nov 1910 in Portage La Prairie but he only lived for 7 days. He is buried in Hillside Cemtery in Portage. On the 1911 Canada census, John and Bryda were living at 522 Garland Street North in Portage la Prairie. John's occupation was given as teamster. Bryda was also found listed as a nurse in the Home for Incurables. A second child, Hugh John was born 14 Jun 1912, also in Portage. By 1915 the family was living in Medicine Hat, Alberta. At some point during 1915, a daughter Florence was born.

John Myson enlisted on 14 May 1915 in Calgary, Alberta. By the 1916 Canada census, the family had moved to Calgary and were residing at 1313 3rd Street, John's occupation given as military. With the 82nd Battalion, John sailed for England aboard the SS Empress of Britain on 20 May 1916. Once overseas, he was transferred to the 54th Battalion. Just six months later, on 18 Nov 1916 John was reported as killed in action in the attack north of Courcelette. From the War Diary of the 54th Battalion, 18 November 1916: "During the six days the Battalion was in the line the weather conditions were very trying, four days of very cold weather being followed by snow and rain. Total casualties -: 2 offc. killed 11 wounded. 42 OR killed 160 wounded 23 missing." Inscribed on the ramparts of the Vimy Memorial are the names of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers who were posted as 'missing, presumed dead' in France; John Myson's name is among them.

John Myson's name is included on the Lake of the Woods Milling Company plaque housed in the Keewatin, Ontario Legion: at some point he must have worked for the company in its branches in Portage La Prairie and/or Medicine Hat.

John's wife Bryda never remarried. She was found on a border crossing for Eastport, Idaho, United States on 10 Jun 1929 with children Hugh and Florence, home given as Calgary, destination, Vancouver. Bryda died in Olds, Alberta in 1957. According to a family tree on ancestry.ca, Hugh married Lorna Gertrude and they had one child Howard John Myson. Hugh died 04 Feb 2000, Lorna on 25 Nov 2010, both in Sundre, Alberta. Their son Howard died 24 Jul 2011 in Spruce Grove, Alberta. The only mention found for Florence was from the Calgary Herald that she was involved in a vehicular accident in 1920 at age 6. John's sister Emily married James Henry King during the third quarter of 1906 in Mildenhall, Suffolk, and the 1911 England census saw the family living at 26 St Marys Row, Thetford, Norfolk where James was working as a bargeman for a chemical manufacturer. Emily and James had one child listed on the census: John King, born in Thetford.

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3004	AARON, Alfred Robert	1899	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3003	AARON, John Richard	1895	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3007	ABBEY, Bertha	1890	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3006	ABBEY, John	1887	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3161	ABBEY, Thomas	1892	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3020	ABBOT, Alice	1877	ENG, MDX, Islington	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3047	ABBOT, William	1878	ENG,	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
3019	ABBOTT, Alfred	1869	ENG,	Aug 1887 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
23669	ABBOTT, Alice	1877	ENG,	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3022	ABBOTT, Bertie	1894	ENG, SFK, Ipswich	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos	sharonmx5 , patty_in_ms
3025	ABBOTT, David Henry	1891	ENG, ESS, Grays	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3055	ABBOTT, Douglas Groves	1910	ENG, HAM, Hartley Wintney	Apr 1924 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
3858	ABBOTT, Emily Jane	1886	ENG, YKS, Guisborough	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8354	ABBOTT, Frederick Albert Prosper	1885	ENG, LND, Homerton	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
3036	ABBOTT, George	1894	ENG, MDX, London	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3038	ABBOTT, Herman Henry	1882	ENG, MDX, Hoxton, London	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
10624	ABBOTT, John	1913	ENG,	Apr 1929 : Duchess of York	CAN	Barnardos
3045	ABBOTT, Leslie	1883	ENG,	Mar 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3060	ABBOTT, Lilian	1903	ENG,	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3026	ABBOTT, Mary	1888	ENG, ESS, Maldon	Oct 1902 : Colonian	CAN	Barnardos
3049	ABBOTT, Penelope	1901	ENG, KEN, Sidcup	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
5046	ABBS, Bertie Cecil John	1914	ENG, LND, St. Pancras	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
3061	ABDALE, John George	1873	ENG, NBL, Newcastle Upon Tyne	Mar 1891 : Norwegian	CAN	Barnardos
3063	ABEL, Albert Edward G.	1901	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3066	ABEL, Charles	1891	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3065	ABEL, Florence	1902	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3067	ABEL, Frederick	1889	ENG,	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3068	ABEL, George	1887	ENG,	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3069	ABEL, George	1897	ENG,	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3071	ABEL, John	1886	ENG,	Jun 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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