His father, Joseph, and his uncle Samuel Ryerse*, both American born, had served as loyalist officers in the American revolution and afterwards had fled north to New Brunswick before moving to Upper Canada in the 1790s. One was the loyalist environment in which he grew up. Two circumstances in Egerton Ryerson’s early life exercised a lasting influence on his career. 1833 Mary Armstrong at York (Toronto), Upper Canada, and they had two children d. 19 Feb. 1832) at Hamilton, Upper Canada, and they had two children m. 24 March 1803 in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Upper Canada, fifth son of Joseph Ryerson and Mehetable Stickney m. RYERSON, EGERTON (his complete given name was Adolphus Egerton but he never used the first), Methodist minister, author, editor, and educational administrator b. Source: Library and Archives Canada/MIKAN 3029964
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