Daniel Tryon Jr.

     Daniel Tryon Jr. was born on 29 March 1816 at Christie's Manor, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.¹ He was the son of Daniel Tryon and Mary Ann Longeway. Daniel Tryon Jr. was baptized on 8 September 1816 at Clarenceville, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.² He married Amy Almeda Wait, daughter of Briggs Wait and Mary Sheer/Shier, on 1 February 1837 at Noyan, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.³ Daniel Tryon Jr. died on 20 April 1882 at Magog, Stanstead Co, Quebec, at age 66. He was buried on 22 April 1882 at Marlington Cemetery, Stanstead, Stanstead Co, Quebec.^4,5
     He appeared on the census of 1861 at Stanstead, Stanstead Co, Quebec; Daniel Tryon, 45, Almeda, 43, Stephen, 20, Emily, 17, Sarah Jane, 15, Enoch, 13, Hiram, 9, Mary, 8. The family was Wesleyan Methodist.⁶ He appeared on the census of 1871 at Stanstead, Stanstead Co, Quebec; In 1871, Daniel and Almeda Tryon and family lived on Range 13, Lot #4 in Stanstead. They held land consisting of 100 acres and owned a house, barn, two carriages, two wagons, and a fanning mill. They also owned a horse, two milk cows, a swine, and had raised 50 bushels of potatoes, a bushel of beets, a bushel of carrots, 5 bushels of corn and 3 bushels of buckwheat. They had also produced 150 pounds of butter and had acquired a muskrat fur as well as a mink fur. By 1881, the family had removed to Magog, Stanstead County, Quebec. He appeared on the census of 1881 at Magog, Stanstead Co, Quebec; Daniel Tryon was aged 65, farmer, and Almeda was 64, both Wesleyan Methodist.⁷