Addison Simpson Dyson

Brief Life History of Addison Simpson

When Addison Simpson Dyson was born on 3 August 1890, in Haven, Reno, Kansas, United States, his father, William Cicero Dyson, was 28 and his mother, Clara Ellen Wilcox, was 17. He married Ella C Mecklenburg on 22 June 1914, in King, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Tenino, Thurston, Washington, United States in 1930 and Tenino Election Precinct 3, Thurston, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 10 November 1982, in Shelton, Mason, Washington, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Tenino, Thurston, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Addison Simpson Dyson
1890–1982
Ella C Mecklenburg
1895–1964
Marriage: 22 June 1914
Hildegard Isabe Dyson
1918–1919
Howard B Dyson
1922–1922
Stanley Eugene Dyson
1926–
Stanley Gordon Dyson
1927–1997
Mary Ann Dyson
1929–2007

Sources (20)

  • Addison S Glysor, "United States Census, 1940"
  • A. S. Dyson, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
  • Addison Dyson, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

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Name Meaning

English: metronymic meaning ‘son of Dye’, from the Middle English female personal name Dye . The name is also sometimes interchanged with Tyson .

In some cases also an Americanized form of Norwegian Disen: habitational name from a farm name found in several places in eastern Norway, a compound of Old Norse dís ‘woman, goddess’ + -en from vin ‘meadow’. Compare Deason 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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