Archibald Young Dyer

Brief Life History of Archibald Young

When Archibald Young Dyer was born on 19 November 1850, in Union, Georgia, United States, his father, James Marion Dyer, was 27 and his mother, Eliza Louisa Ingram, was 23. He married Hannah Jane Wimpey on 15 April 1873, in Union, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Georgia, United States in 1870 and Choestoe, Union, Georgia, United States in 1880. He died on 11 February 1881, in Blairsville, Union, Georgia, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Choestoe Cemetery, Choestoe, Union, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Archibald Young Dyer
1850–1881
Hannah Jane Wimpey
1852–1955
Marriage: 15 April 1873
Thomas Dyer
1871–1971
Frankie Dyer
1873–1973
Mary Louise “Mollie” Dyer
1875–1956

Sources (7)

  • Arch Dyer in household of James Dyer, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Archabald Y. Dyer, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • Archibald Young Dyer, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (7)

1851

Historical Boundaries: 1851: Union, Georgia, United States

1861

Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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