Brief Life History of Harvey W
When Harvey W Wyer was born in 1845, in Ohio, United States, his father, Garrett Wyer, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Hull, was 37. He lived in Decatur Township, Washington, Ohio, United States in 1850. He died before 1860, in Washington, Ohio, United States.
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- Harvey W Wyer in household of Garret Wyer, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Harvey W Wyer - Government record: Census record: death: before 1860; Washington, Ohio, United States
Parents and Siblings
1806–1884 Male
1808–1883 Female
Siblings (2)
1838–1911 Male
1845–before 1860 Male
World Events (1)
1846
Age 1
Name Meaning
English: variant of Ware , from Middle English war(e), wer(e) ‘weir, fish trap’. This word developed regularly in early modern English to ware, wear(e), wer(re), weer(e), and weir(e), but it also appears as wier, wyre, and wire, presumably from a Middle English variant wire. The name may have been given to someone employed as a wereward ‘weir-keeper’. See also Weir and Wear .
English: in some cases, this is a habitational name from Wyre Forest or from Wyre Piddle, both in Worcestershire, probably named from a Celtic river name meaning ‘winding river’.
Irish (Westmeath and Offaly): from Mac an Mhaoir ‘son of the steward’; see Weir 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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