Son of George Arthur Ryerson (1851–1881) and Catherine 'Kate' Eleanor {Hamilton} Ryerson (1854–1889), of Port Dover, Norfolk County, Ontario
Born in Port Dover, Canada, Edwy Ryerson served first with the British army in the Boer War in South Africa, as well as in India. In 1911 in England he signed on with the Cunard Line as a steward, followed by joining the White Star Line in early 1912
Ed was a survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic on April 14, 1912. As Steward 2nd class, that fateful night he was assigned to what was to have been routine lifeboat duty, and being thus in charge of assisting women and children in his lifeboat, was amongst the 705 survivors picked up by rescue vessels after the great ship when down
That he was amongst the rescued, was considered to have been simply 'the luck of the draw'.
In 1919, Ed returned to Canada with his English-born wife, Florence Annie Mallison, settling in Ontario, and eventually they had a family of 6 children - 5 sons and a daughter
About 1940, after many years residence in the Hamilton area, Annie and Ed moved back to England, to Runwell in Essex. They lived just down the road from St Mary's Church, where both are now at rest.
Ed Ryerson passed on in 1949, in his home at Runwell, in his 71st year
Florence Ann Mallison Ryerson died in 1968 at the age of 87
Descendants of Ed and Annie still reside in south-western Ontario
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To commemmorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the 'unsinkable' Titanic, on April 15, 2012, Church authorities at St Mary's laid a grave-stone over Edwy Ryerson's long-unmarked burial plot in their Churchyard , and held a memorial for the over 1,500 passengers and crew who perished in the Disaster just a century ago
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Born in Port Dover, Canada, Edwy Ryerson served first with the British army in the Boer War in South Africa, as well as in India. In 1911 in England he signed on with the Cunard Line as a steward, followed by joining the White Star Line in early 1912
Ed was a survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic on April 14, 1912. As Steward 2nd class, that fateful night he was assigned to what was to have been routine lifeboat duty, and being thus in charge of assisting women and children in his lifeboat, was amongst the 705 survivors picked up by rescue vessels after the great ship when down
That he was amongst the rescued, was considered to have been simply 'the luck of the draw'.
In 1919, Ed returned to Canada with his English-born wife, Florence Annie Mallison, settling in Ontario, and eventually they had a family of 6 children - 5 sons and a daughter
About 1940, after many years residence in the Hamilton area, Annie and Ed moved back to England, to Runwell in Essex. They lived just down the road from St Mary's Church, where both are now at rest.
Ed Ryerson passed on in 1949, in his home at Runwell, in his 71st year
Florence Ann Mallison Ryerson died in 1968 at the age of 87
Descendants of Ed and Annie still reside in south-western Ontario
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To commemmorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the 'unsinkable' Titanic, on April 15, 2012, Church authorities at St Mary's laid a grave-stone over Edwy Ryerson's long-unmarked burial plot in their Churchyard , and held a memorial for the over 1,500 passengers and crew who perished in the Disaster just a century ago
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Son of George Arthur Ryerson (1851–1881) and Catherine 'Kate' Eleanor {Hamilton} Ryerson (1854–1889), of Port Dover, Norfolk County, Ontario
Born in Port Dover, Canada, Edwy Ryerson served first with the British army in the Boer War in South Africa, as well as in India. In 1911 in England he signed on with the Cunard Line as a steward, followed by joining the White Star Line in early 1912
Ed was a survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic on April 14, 1912. As Steward 2nd class, that fateful night he was assigned to what was to have been routine lifeboat duty, and being thus in charge of assisting women and children in his lifeboat, was amongst the 705 survivors picked up by rescue vessels after the great ship when down
That he was amongst the rescued, was considered to have been simply 'the luck of the draw'.
In 1919, Ed returned to Canada with his English-born wife, Florence Annie Mallison, settling in Ontario, and eventually they had a family of 6 children - 5 sons and a daughter
About 1940, after many years residence in the Hamilton area, Annie and Ed moved back to England, to Runwell in Essex. They lived just down the road from St Mary's Church, where both are now at rest.
Ed Ryerson passed on in 1949, in his home at Runwell, in his 71st year
Florence Ann Mallison Ryerson died in 1968 at the age of 87
Descendants of Ed and Annie still reside in south-western Ontario
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To commemmorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the 'unsinkable' Titanic, on April 15, 2012, Church authorities at St Mary's laid a grave-stone over Edwy Ryerson's long-unmarked burial plot in their Churchyard , and held a memorial for the over 1,500 passengers and crew who perished in the Disaster just a century ago
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Born in Port Dover, Canada, Edwy Ryerson served first with the British army in the Boer War in South Africa, as well as in India. In 1911 in England he signed on with the Cunard Line as a steward, followed by joining the White Star Line in early 1912
Ed was a survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic on April 14, 1912. As Steward 2nd class, that fateful night he was assigned to what was to have been routine lifeboat duty, and being thus in charge of assisting women and children in his lifeboat, was amongst the 705 survivors picked up by rescue vessels after the great ship when down
That he was amongst the rescued, was considered to have been simply 'the luck of the draw'.
In 1919, Ed returned to Canada with his English-born wife, Florence Annie Mallison, settling in Ontario, and eventually they had a family of 6 children - 5 sons and a daughter
About 1940, after many years residence in the Hamilton area, Annie and Ed moved back to England, to Runwell in Essex. They lived just down the road from St Mary's Church, where both are now at rest.
Ed Ryerson passed on in 1949, in his home at Runwell, in his 71st year
Florence Ann Mallison Ryerson died in 1968 at the age of 87
Descendants of Ed and Annie still reside in south-western Ontario
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To commemmorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the 'unsinkable' Titanic, on April 15, 2012, Church authorities at St Mary's laid a grave-stone over Edwy Ryerson's long-unmarked burial plot in their Churchyard , and held a memorial for the over 1,500 passengers and crew who perished in the Disaster just a century ago
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Inscription
IN THE NEIGHBOURING EARTH LIE
THE MORTAL REMAINS OF
WILLIAM EDWY RYERSON
7TH DECEMBER 1878 - 9TH DECEMBER 1949
SERVED AS 2nd CLASS STEWARD
ON SS TITANIC IN 1912
[transcribed by Trevor Baxter, F/G contributor 48403329]
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