| Birth | John Dryden was born in 1808 at Scotland. |
| Marriage | He married Margaret Shiel. |
| Death | He died on 28 September 1878 at North Dumfries Township, Waterloo Co.. |
| Burial | He was buried on 30 September 1878 at Sec. 3, Galt Cemetery, Galt, Ontario. |
| Note | Death and burial information for John Dryden is taken from Norma Huber's Volume 1 of Funeral Notice Cards of Waterloo County, 1851-1980, Waterloo Regional branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society, 2001. This tells that John died on Saturday, 28th September, 1878, in North Dumfries. The funeral was on Monday, 30th September, with burial in the Galt Cemetery (later known as Mountview Cemetery.) |