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WYMAN FAMILY TREE--  COUSINS--  
Ruth Anne Wyman's brother George W. Wyman

George Wellington Wyman  (SEE PHOTO)

George Wellington Wyman lived from 1836 to 1902 (according to typed notes of Joy Churchill). He was the son of William Wyman and Mary Larkin Wyman (Mary Larkin was the daughter of Stephen Larkin and Ruth Cook.  She was a Mayflower descendant.  Mary Larkin had a "famous" brother by the same name-- click on Stephen Larkin for more information).  

George W. Wyman was married in September 1864 to Rebecca Eldridge, the daughter of Joseph.  A book about genealogy says the marriage was Sept. 21, 1864, however, that may be a mistake, since a family Bible owned by Dr. Chester Wyman says the marriage took place Sept. 4, 1864.  

For additional information about Rebecca Eldridge, click on ELDRIDGE.

George and Rebecca had the following children:

1. Joseph N. Wyman, born May 6, 1865. Died Aug. 1883.
2. Arthur W. Wyman, born January 1, 1867. Died Dec. 19, 1867
3. Mary E. Wyman, born Aug. 31, 1868. Married to Charles Churchill. Died March 30, 1951 (according to pencil note by Dorothy Mills Wyman).
4. Ada A. Wyman, born January 16, 1870. Married to Jonathon Rodney. Ada died April 5, 1940.
5. Arthur Eugene Wyman, born Sept. 2, 1871. Married to Laura Barkaloo McCrae. They had four children, Arthur, Charles, Belle, and George. Arthur died May 25/26, 1952.
6. Sarah L. Wyman, born January 13, 1873. Died Oct. 4, 1877 of scarlet fever.
7. George Herbert Wyman. Born Oct. 13, 1874. Died July 21, 1894; drowned.
8. Robert D. Wyman. Born Aug. 13, 1876. Married someone named Sutherland.
9. Marius Coipel Wyman. Born Aug. 16, 1878. Married someone named Parker.
10. Frances I. Wyman, born Aug. 7, 1882. Married someone named Lloyt.
11. Stella M. Wyman, twin of Frances. Born Aug. 7, 1882. Married someone named McKenney.
12. Katherine D. Wyman. Born Dec. 30, 1885. Married Gilbert Churchill. According to pencil note by Dorothy Mills Wyman, her name was spelled ACatherine@ and she was born November 30, 1885, with a date of death in 1958.

George Wellington Wyman died May 16, 1902. According to typed notes by Joy Churchill, his death was caused by gangrene when he injured his side in his boat during a storm at sea. His wife Rebecca Wyman died July 23, 1921.

Arthur Eugene Wyman was born Sept. 2, 1871. He was the son of George W. Wyman and Rebecca Eldridge.

Arthur was probably a fisherman. He was married on Nov. 18, 1899 to Laura Barkerloo McCrae. Laura was born April 21, 1871, and she died Sept. 26, 1943. Their children were:

1. Arthur Fletcher Wyman, born April 5, 1902. Died Aug. 8, 1902.
2. Charles Hartley Wyman, born May 18, 1904. Married Ruth Rollins on April 21, 1927. They had four children: Arthur, Roger, Jean, and Donna.
3. Belle McCrae Wyman. Born Nov. 3, 1908.  She married Edward Bridgeo on Oct. 14, 1944. Belle and Edward had five children: Laurie (born Oct. 31, 1945); Louie Nelson (born Nov. 24, 1946. Married Debra Ann Newell, and had a child, Nicole Louise. That child was born Sept. 10, 1974, and died Dec. 22, 1974. Louie and Debra had a son Matthew who grew to adulthood); Arthur Robert (born April 9, 1948, and died Dec. 23, 1979, due to substance abuse); Garnet (born Jan. 24, 1950; married Lou Anna Comeau. Garnet and Lou Anna had two children, Stephen Edward, b. Oct. 14, 1973; and Justin Arthur, b. March 8, 1981); and Bernard Bruce (born May 4, 1951; married Jeanne Comeau on July 19, 1980. Bernard and Jeanne had a son, Daniel Allan, born Aug. 7, 1981, weighing 3 2 pounds).
4. George William Wyman, born January 1, 1910. Married Dorothy Mills on Sept. 11, 1936.

Arthur died May 25/26, 1952 of asthma. Note: handwritten notes by Chester=s mother indicate his date of death as May 25 in one place, and May 26 in another place.

George William Wyman was born Jan. 1, 1910. He was the son of Arthur E. Wyman and Laura McCrae.

George was a lobster fisherman and carpenter. He was also manager of a Kraft Foods Lmt. local plant in Yarmouth County.

On September 11, 1936, he married Dorothy Marguerite Mills. She was the daughter of Chester Lovett. Mills and Ethel (Beveridge) Mills. Dorothy was noted for her beautiful flower gardens and during her marriage she worked as a clerk at a shoe store.

Dorothy=s father, Chester L. Mills, was a member of St. Stevens Anglican Church in Chester, Nova Scotia. He was a specialist in canning, and was employed by a lobster canning factory by the Chebogue River.

George and Dorothy had two children:

1. LIVING (name withheld)

2. Chester Robert Wyman, M.D., born Aug. 13, 1943.

Dorothy M. Wyman died March 1, 1997 of breast cancer. Her husband George died four months later, on July 9, 1997, at the age of 87, due to an aortic aneurism.

Chester Robert Wyman was born Aug. 13, 1943 in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.  He currently lives in Yarmouth where he practices medicine.  His parents were George W. Wyman and Dorothy Marguerite Mills.

Chester grew up in Chebogue, Yarmouth County. He graduated in 1965 from Mt. Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, with a BSC. He graduated in 1970 as a medical doctor from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Since then he has practiced as a family doctor in Yarmouth.

Chester married and had three children, who are all still living.  Names withheld.

Chester’s hobbies include fishing, canoeing, reading, gardening (both vegetables and flowers), bird watching, dogs, and driving a four-wheeler.  He is divorced.  Chester gave permission to have his biography on this web page.

Two of the Mayflower passengers are direct ancestors of Dr. Chester Wyman.

James Wyman was born in 1831. He was the son of Asahel Wyman and Elizabeth Perry Wyman.

On December 20, 1860, he married Adelaide S. Saunders. Adelaide was born April 5, 1842, the daughter of Rufus J. and Mary Ann (Harris) Saunders.

James and Adelaide had three children. They had a daughter, Florence, whose birth date is not known. She married Captain Frank C. Corning. Frank was born March 17, 1853, and died February 7, 1922. Frank was the son of Daniel B. and Margaret (Goodwin) Corning. Frank’s mother Margaret was a widow of Theophillis Crosby 2nd, who died July 28, 1847.

Another daughter of James and Adelaide was Addie L. Wyman. Addie married John Foster, who came from Swampscott, Massachusetts. The third child was William, who died young.

According to a genealogical item in a Yarmouth newspaper, saved by Chester’s mother, James Wyman was a restauranteur. Here is an excerpt:

"James Wyman’s name was known not only throughout the United States and the Dominion of Canada, but also abroad as a restauranteur. He began at Boston with what were known as Baked Bean houses, the leading of which were soon serving everything that could be desired in the way of a full meal. His eating places provided a mecca for the congregation of Yarmouthians, many of whom were living at Boston and the immediate surrounding towns where he also maintained branch restaurants. He was one of the most successful of any one in his line of business in America, of all time."

In about 1993, Dorothy Mills Wyman asked her friend Marie Gavel to investigate the phone books of the time and learn more about the bean restaurants in the Boston area operated by James Wyman. The effort was unsuccessful. Marie wrote a note to Dot and George Wyman suggesting that the Boston Archives might have more information.

James was the first cousin of George Wellington Wyman (b. 1836), the husband of Rebecca Eldridge. James’ father, Asahel, was a brother of William Wyman (1801-1837).

James died September 20, 1898. His wife Adelaide died February 10, 1922.

Rebecca Eldridge was not an only child. She may have been born in 1842 according to typed notes by Joy Churchill. Rebecca had a sister, Mary, who married Henry Crowell. Mary and Henry had a daughter, Fannie Crowell.

Joe, Jessie, and Herbert H. are brothers of Rebecca Eldridge, according to handwritten notes by Chester’s mother.

Rebecca’s father was Capt. Joseph Eldridge. Her mother’s name was (?) Martha Eldridge.

Capt. Joseph Eldridge once brought back a black resident to Yarmouth, from the West Indies.

"The man made his home with Joseph’s brother Jessie and Martha Eldridge. Coming from a warm climate he minded the cold weather. An incident is told how he would crawl behind the stove to keep warm. He married Bertha Crosby and had 3 children Guy Earnest Virgil and Vera Mae who was very musical. Vera spent most of her life in Boston and spent vacations at home. She worked at the Mission. He died January 22, 1938."