Brief Life History of James
When James Dyer was born in 1853, in Union, Georgia, United States, his father, James Marion Dyer, was 30 and his mother, Eliza Louisa Ingram, was 26. He lived in Choestoe, Union, Georgia, United States in 1880. He died on 23 February 1855, in South Carolina, United States, at the age of 2, and was buried in Choestoe Cemetery, Choestoe, Union, Georgia, United States.
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- James C Dyer in household of James Dyer, "United States Census, 1880"
- J. C. Dyer, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- James C. Dyer, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a dyer of cloth, from Middle English deier, degher ‘dyer’ (Old English dēag ‘dye’; the verb is a back-formation from the agent noun). Compare Dexter . The name is typical of southern England. In the Midlands Dexter is the more common equivalent and in northern England Lister .
Irish (Sligo and Antrim): variant of Dwyer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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