Douglas Charles Bryan

1923 -

• Name	Douglas Charles Bryan
  Birth	20 Feb 1923	Misrecordia Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I12795	Whisperspast | Thomson
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	Charles Bryan,   b. 20 Nov 1890, Fern, Union of Enniscorthy, County of Wexford, Ireland d. 23 Jan 1964, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Gwenny Annette Hewitt,   b. 7 Oct 1899, Hoople, Walsh, North Dakota, USA d. 23 Jun 1999, Mennonite Extended Care Hospital, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada (Age 99 years)
  Marriage	20 Sep 1922	WInnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  Family ID	F4959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Evelyn Bussell,   b. 23 Jan 1932, St. Therese Hospital, Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada
  Marriage	9 Mar 1957	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  Children	1. James Douglas Bryan   2. David Charles Bryan   3. Patricia Gwen Bryan   4. Joyce Catherine Bryan
  Family ID	F4972	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  aka Doug. Was educated in Winnipeg at Lord Roberts Elementary School and Calvin High School through grade 11. Was in the Army Reserve during school and was mobilized in 1938. Took his grades 12 and 13 by correspondence courses. Went north with the Hudson's Bay Fur Trading Co. and with Canada Airlines at Norway House. Because he had some radio experience, he went to Northern Quebec and worked, as a civilian, at a radio station in Gava Bay. Returned to Montreal and worked, again as a civilian, on merchant ships there and in St John's and Halifax. Doug took accounting by correspondence courses and became a Certified Management Accountant. Worked for Canadian Fishing Company at its canneries along the British Columbia coast in the summers and in Vancouver in the winters. It was here where he met Lyn. Was married in Dunbar Heights United Church in Vancouver. He lived and worked in Vancouver, Abbotsford and Calgary after getting married. Worked for Westinghouse and Travellers Insurance. Retired in 1991 and lived in Abbotsford, British Columbia.