Author Archives: Sonya Schryer Norris

Simon Schryer b. 4 Sept 1781 d. 25 May 1870 Married: circa 1802 Phoebe Schryer (nèe Walker) b. 1788 d. 2 Feb 1824 My mother, Diane Fichter, Jeremy Schryer of Ontario and Mike Schryer of Nepean, Ontario have all done substantial research on Simon, Simon’s brother Abraham, and many generations of Simon’s descendants. This chapterContinueContinue reading “Simon Schryer and Phoebe Walker Family”

DRAFT Simon SCHRYER (1781-1870) Draft by Mike Schryer Send comments to:   mschryer@magma.ca After many years of digging up information on the SCHRYER family I have gathered many documents, facts and theories pertaining to Simon SCHRYER. Still, solid documentary evidence, covering the family’s first 50 years in Canada, is seriously lacking making the telling of thisContinueContinue reading “Simon Schryer Family Genealogy courtesy of Mike Schryer”

Joseph Schryer b. 30 Jan 1815 d. 10 Feb 1899 Married: 27 Nov 1835, Papineauville, Quebec, Canada Nancy Ann Schryer (nèe) Robinson b. 18 Mar 1819 d. 25 Oct 1907 In the ragged religious history of our family, Joseph was baptized in a Roman Catholic church on 30 Feb 1815 at La-Visitation-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-M­arie Roman Catholic parishContinueContinue reading “Joseph Schryer and Nancy Ann Robinson Family”

Davison Walker Schryer b. 15 Jun 1849 d. 25 Apr 1877 Married: September 1869, Papineauville, Quebec, Canada Mary Anne Schryer (nèe Corcoran) b. 23 Mar 1847 d. 15 Mar 1913 Davison is the next in our family line, son of Joseph Schryer. Davison Walker Schryer and Mary Corcoran were born and married in Papineauville, Quebec.ContinueContinue reading “Davison Walker Schryer and Mary Ann Corcoran Family”

William Arthur Schryer b. 16 May 1874 d. 28 Nov 1944 Married: 28 April 1915 Emeline Schryer (nèe Egan) b. 28 Aug 1883 d. 2 Dec 1953 William Arthur Schryer is next in the direct line of our family; he is Davison Sr.’s oldest child and the second great grandson of Nicholas Schryer and MaryContinueContinue reading “William Arthur Schryer and Emeline Egan Family”

Francis William Schryer b. 23 July 1917 d. 18 June 1961 Married 18 Jan 1941 Elaine widowed 19 Nov 1961 Elaine Shirley Jackson b. 3 May 1921 d. 4 Jan 2009   Elaine and Fran met at the home of mutual friends. The teen girls were making fudge. The young men went out for theContinueContinue reading “Francis William Schryer and Elaine Shirley Jackson Family”

b. 3 May 1921 d. 4 Jan 2009 Grandma loved her children, her grandchildren and her great grandchildren without judgment and without reservation. She loved us through dreadlocks and pink hair, through piercings and tattoos, through trips to jail and trips to psychiatrists. She loved us when she threw us out of the house. SheContinueContinue reading “Grandma Elaine Shirley (Jackson) (Schryer) Hess”