Guy Caldwell BRYANT b13 Apr 1875, d 13 Jul 1945

[kiwicatz]

Can anyone help me with this man?

All I really know about him is that he married my relative Mary Anne McKenzie in USA 16 Oct 1902 ; his draft registration was Massachusetts but I don't have details - Mary Anne was born New Harris, Nova Scotia and I know a lot of the Novies relocated to the Massachusetts area.
Regards
Jan

[shellyesq]

He appears to be in Malden, Mass. in the 1880 & 1900 Census.  See the first 3 results here:  http://www.rootschat.com/links/0ap6/

1893 Malden, Mass. city directory
Bryant, Guy C., student, boards 15 Albion

1897 Malden, Mass. city directory
Bryant, Guy C., clerk (B.), boards 15 Albion

1900 Malden, Mass. city directory
Bryant, Guy C., rooms at 120 Salem

1906 & 1908 Malden city directories
Bryant, Guy C., clerk (86 Blackstone, B) home 81 Linwood  -- the B after Blackstone probably stands for a nearby town, but I'm not sure what

WWI Draft Registration Card 12 Sep. 1918
Guy Caldwell Bryant
31 Milford St., Boston, Mass.
Age 43, born 13 Apr. 1875
White, native born
Occupation - freight handler
Employer - B and W Elest (?) Ft. Hlg. (?), 529 Common? St., Boston
Nearest relative - wife Mary Bryant, Provincetown, Mass.
Tall, medium build, grey eyes, brown hair

[shellyesq]

I think the B means Boston, as he shows up in the 1905 Boston city directory here:  http://www.rootschat.com/links/0apf/

This might be him in the 1925 Boston directory:  http://www.rootschat.com/links/0apg/

[JustJean]

Hi Jan

I had a look at their marriage record and Guy's parents are recorded as Zenas F. Bryant and Harriet N. Bosworth on that.  His place of birth is Chelsea.  Mary's parents are Duncan McKenzie and Jessie Macdonald and her place of birth is listed as Cape Breton.  Their marriage was recorded in Malden, Massachusetts. 

A deeper look in the Massachusetts marriage records turns up what appears to be the marriage of Zenas and Harriet in 1867 Chelsea.  On that the parent names of Zenas are given as Zenas and Judith (no surnames) and the parents of Harriet are given as Henry and Lucy (no surnames).  Zenas is age 34 and Harriet is age 25 and it's first marriage for both.  Zenas  place of birth is Plympton and Harriet's is N. Chelmsford. 

Given this further data you'll find the families on the various census records just as expected.

Best wishes
Jean

[kiwicatz]

Hello Jean
Thank you for that - gives more scope now to my searching? Zenas sounds like a fairly unusual name?
regards
Jan

[Lisa in California]

In case you haven't seen this site:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
It has a Zenas Bryant, 1753-1835, buried in Plympton.

[Lisa in California]

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
There are some trees with Zenas and Judith Bryant.

[kiwicatz]

Thanks Lisa
I'll be interested to see where that leads me.
Regards
Jan