Harriett Emaline Dyer

July 1847–12 May 1940 (Age 92)
Union, Georgia, United States

The Life Summary of Harriett Emaline

When Harriett Emaline Dyer was born in July 1847, in Union, Georgia, United States, her father, James Marion Dyer, was 23 and her mother, Eliza Louisa Ingram, was 20. She married Ivan Carr Collins on 28 September 1867, in Union, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Georgia, United States in 1870 and Choestoe, Union, Georgia, United States for about 40 years. She died on 12 May 1940, in Union, Georgia, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Old Liberty Cemetery, Union, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ivan Carr Collins
1844–1924
Harriett Emaline Dyer
1847–1940
Marriage: 28 September 1867
James Archie Cracker Collins
1868–1958
Elizabeth Caroline Collins
1870–1909
Joseph Benjamin Collins
1875–1958
John Calloway Collins
1878–1970
Holly Etter COLLINS
1883–1925
Ida Collins
1884–1899
Tempia Louise Collins
1886–1982
Francis Alvin Collins
1889–1966
Oliver Collins
1899–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    28 September 1867Union, Georgia, United States
    • Children

    (9)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (13)

    +8 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1851
    Age 4
    Historical Boundaries: 1851: Union, Georgia, United States
    1863
    Age 16
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1872 · The First National Park
    Age 25
    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Dier
    Dayer
    Dyar
    Dexter

    Sources (14)

    • Harriet Dyer in household of James Dyer, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Emaline Collina in entry for Frank A Collina and Connie L Wood, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
    • Emaline Collins, "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1943"

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