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My interest in the Dryden family history has taken many years to develop. It has come to me through three ladies.


1: Nana Moore descibed to me by my Mum as a real "Lady". "She was kind and cared about Nanny and us". I never really knew who this person was but I heard of her many times over the years.
2: An old lady we visited each summer holiday in the nursing home. My memory of this time was of the craft room where my Mum seemed more interested in the craft than this old lady did. I never really understood who this lady was but we continued to visit he until she passed away.
3: The name Ogle Moore that has niggled away at me for years. John James Ogle Moore (my grandfather) his Mum was a Dryden. I did not know who she was.

As it turns out Nana Moore was the old lady that we visited each summer in the nursing home and she was married to an Ogle Moore. My great grandfather in fact. She was my grandfathers mother. She was Mary Dryden and she is all of the aforementioned ladies and the woman who has bought me to the Dryden family history all these years later.

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Descendent Charts

Descendent Chart for William Dryden and Susannah Wake

William Dryden
+ Susannah Wake
.................. 2 John Dryden (1782 - )
.................. + Margaret Thompson (1777 - )
........................ 3 Thomas Dryden (1816 - 1892)
........................ + Anne Margaret Latimer (1805 - 1876)
.............................. 4 William Edward Dryden (1839 - 1914)
.............................. 4 John Dryden (1843 - 1923)
.............................. + Mary McLeod (1846 - 1931)
.................................... 5 Ann Dryden (1865 - )
.................................... 5 Margaret Dryden (1866 - )
.................................... 5 Emma Dryden (1868 - )
.................................... 5 Thomas Dryden (1870 - 1929)
.................................... 5 Sarah Jane Dryden (1871 - )
.................................... + John Henry Crothers ( - 1946)
.................................... 5 Annabella Dryden (1873 - 1873)
.................................... 5 Robert Henry Dryden (1874 - )
.................................... 5 Charlotte Latimer Dryden (1876 - )
.................................... + Alfred E Wright
.................................... 5 Mary Dryden (1879 - 1972)
.................................... + James Ogle Moore (1868 - 1947)
.......................................... 6 John James Ogle Moore (1907 - 1984)
.......................................... + Irene May Flanagan (1909 - 1998)
................................................ 7 Marie Ellen Moore (1935 - )
................................................ + Colin Worthington Davis (1936 - )
...................................................... 8 Stephanie Jane Davis (1962 - )
...................................................... + Stefan Jackiewicz (1956 - )
...................................................... 8 Anthony Lance Davis (1964 - )
...................................................... + Vincenza Di Stefano
................................................ 7 John James Moore (1941 - )
................................................ + Susan Murray
...................................................... 8 Jason James Moore
...................................................... 8 Katrina Moore
.......................................... 6 Violet S Moore (1910 - )
.......................................... + Gordon C J (Don), Martin
................................................ 7 Kevin Martin
................................................ 7 Lois Martin
................................................ + Ives
................................................ 7 Geoffry Martin
.......................................... 6 Mavis G Moore (1911 - )
.......................................... + Alfred E Erdman (1907 - )
................................................ 7 Ian Erdman
................................................ 7 Edward Erdman
................................................ 7 Alan Erdman
.......................................... 6 Eva D Moore (1913 - )
.......................................... + Harold R (Roy), Halnan
................................................ 7 Carol/Kate Halnan
................................................ + Meyer
................................................ 7 Robyn Halnan
................................................ + Saunders
.......................................... 6 Blanche C Moore (1914 - 1933)
.................................... 5 Alexander Dryden (1880 - )
.................................... + Muriel Francis Maude Reynolds ( - 1919)
.......................................... 6 Muriel Elizabeth Dryden (1905 - )
.................................... 5 Unamed Male Dryden (William Edward) (1882 - )
.................................... 5 Ernest Leopold Dryden (1884 - )
.................................... 5 Susan Flora Dryden (Florence) (1886 - )
.................................... + Thomas David
.................................... 5 Elizabeth Dryden (1889 - )
.................................... + Thomas H Seynour
.............................. 4 John Dryden (1838 - 1838)
........................ 3 Edward Dryden (1808 - 1886)
........................ + Anne Robertson
.............................. 4 Edward Dryden
.............................. + Mary Ellen Peters
.................. 2 Mary Dryden
.................. 2 William Dryden
.................. + Margaret
........................ 3 James Tait Dryden
.................. 2 Thomas Dryden
.................. 2 Edward Dryden

Children of John and Mary Dryden

John Dryden (1843 - 1923)
+ Mary McLeod (1846 - 1931)
.................. 2  Ann Dryden (1865 - )
.................. 2  Margaret Dryden (1866 - )
.................. 2  Emma Dryden (1868 - )
.................. 2  Thomas Dryden (1870 - 1929)
.................. 2  Sarah Jane Dryden (1871 - )
..................  + John Henry Crothers ( - 1946)
.................. 2  Annabella Dryden (1873 - 1873)
.................. 2  Robert Henry Dryden (1874 - )
.................. 2  Charlotte Latimer Dryden (1876 - )
..................  + Alfred E Wright
.................. 2  Mary Dryden (1879 - 1972)
..................  + James Ogle Moore (1868 - 1947)
.................. 2  Alexander Dryden (1880 - )
..................  + Muriel Francis Maude Reynolds ( - 1919)
.................. 2  Unamed Male Dryden (William Edward) (1882 - )
.................. 2  Ernest Leopold Dryden (1884 - )
.................. 2  Susan Flora Dryden (Florence) (1886 - )
..................  + Thomas David
.................. 2  Elizabeth Dryden (1889 - )
..................  + Thomas H Seynour