Tremaine Ann Bryan was born on 05 September 1927, the youngest child of Wilbur Aaron Bryan and Mazie Tremaine Brown Bryan.
My father-in-law was her older brother, and he speaks most affectionately about her. I don’t have any stories about her; maybe I can rectify that over the next few months.
What I do know is that she died at the young age of 10 ½ of dermatomysositis, a rare skin disease.
These three photos are all that remain aside from a few school papers. The one above showing her reading a book is my favorite. I can see the resemblance to her brothers and parents.
The name “Tremaine” originates with her ancestors in England; her grandmother, Mary Tremaine Prisk, emigrated to the U. S. as a small child around 1864. There is also a “Lady Tremaine” in the family for which we have a photo but not a clearly defined connection.
Tremaine is buried in the Old Tennent Churchyard in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
In addition to her original headstone shown here, her name is engraved on the back of her parents’ shared headstone. I was able to take this photograph when her oldest brother Wilber died in 2014 and we visited the cemetery.