Building contractor.
Born in Scotland in 1852, he came to Emerson and worked as a builder, and also operated a brickyard. He and wife Margaret Purdie (1852-?, later married to Duncan McArthur) had two daughters: Jean Marion Bryce (1879-1937, wife of Leonard Howe Ashby) and Margaret Bryce (1881-?, wife of William Hershfield). He died at Emerson on 17 June 1884 and was buried in the Emerson Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Bryce House (99 Assiniboine Street, Emerson, Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)
MHS Resources: Manitoba Bricks and Blocks: Emerson Brick Yard
1881 Canada census, Ancestry.
Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Jean Marian Bryce, Leonard Howe Ashby], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Bryce, Genealogy.com.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Dallas Manicom for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 April 2022
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