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Tour Scotland Video Bryson Window St Mungo's Parish Church Alloa Clackmannanshire
Tour Scotland travel video of the Bryson memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit and trip to St Mungo's Parish Church in Alloa, Clackmannanshire. This window, The Tie Deum window, is dedicated to Alexander Bryson, former minister of the church.
Notable people with the Bryson surname include;
Alexander Bryson, born, 12 October 1816, died 7 December 1866, was a Scottish biologist, geologist and horologist who served as president of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts and as president of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh.
Rear Admiral Andrew Bryson, born 25 July 1822, died 7 February 1892, was an officer in the United States Navy. He fought in the American Civil War and served as commander of the South Atlantic Squadron.
George Bryson, born, December 13, 1813, died, January 13, 1900, who was a Scottish born businessman and political figure in Quebec. He was born in Paisley, by Glasgow, the son of James Bryson and Jane Cochrane, and came to Upper Canada with his parents in 1821. In 1835, he moved to the area near Fort-Coulonge in Lower Canada, where he entered the timber trade. In 1845, he married Robina Cobb. Bryson was mayor of Mansfield-et-Pontefract from 1855 to 1857 and from 1862 to 1867. He also served as justice of the peace, postmaster for Fort Coulonge and warden for Pontiac County. In 1857, he was elected to represent Pontiac in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.
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