Brief Life History of John Harold
When John Harold Dyches was born on 20 January 1914, in Barnwell, South Carolina, United States, his father, John Henry Dyches, was 20 and his mother, Mary Frances "Mamie" Hartzog, was 23. He married Lucille Black on 22 August 1935, in Barnwell, South Carolina, United States. He lived in Hilda, Transvaal, South Africa in 1943 and Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina, United States in 1950. He died on 17 March 1997, in Barnwell, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina, United States.
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Sources (10)
- John H Dyches, "United States 1950 Census"
- Barnwell County, South Carolina Marriage Register, 1911-1959
- John H Dyches, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1916 · Anthony Crawford Lynched
South Carolina native, father to 13 children, and a local farmer, Anthony Crawford, is lynched on October 21, 1916, in Abbeyville, South Carolina. The lynching is followed after Crawford has an arguement with a white storekeeper.
1936
Black voting rights revoked in Cape. Black land ownership expanded, but still restricted to 13 percent of land.
Name Meaning
Altered form of English Dykes .
Possibly also an Americanized form of Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Daykhes: metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Daykhe, of uncertain origin, + Yiddish possessive -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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