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George Bryson Sr. emigrated to Canada in 1821 (from Scotland) at the age of eight. . He settled in Lanark County and later moved to Pontiac County. He married on 1845, settling into the family home at Fort Coulonge Four children survived to adulthood. In 1854 George Bryson built what today is known as the Bryson House, which today houses the Township of Mansfield Library. It is a grand set of buildings built with traditional Scottish tradesmen and designs.
The village of Bryson was named after the honorable John Bryson, MP for Pontiac. A second son, James Bryson farmed on the Coulonge River. The third son, George Bryson Jr., was M.L.C., a director of the Bank of Ottawa at the time of its acquisition by the Bank of Nova Scotia in 1919, and President of the Bank of Canada. There was also a sister, Jenny Bryson Boulter.
NB: The family was French Huguenot and at the time of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew in 1512, ancestors escaped from France to North Ireland and Scotland.
A Liberal M.L.C., George Bryson served until 1887 when he resigned in favor of his son, John Bryson, the Member of Parliament for Pontiac until his death 1896.
George Bryson Sr. founded of a large lumber business in Fort Coulonge. He used the produce of his farm along the Coulonge River to supply local lumber camps. In 1874, Bryson contributed part of the original subscription to the Capital Stock of the Bank of Ottawa and served on the board from 1873 as a provisional Director and from 1874 to 1895 as a Director.
