When George Dyer was born in 1839, in Langford, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Dyer, was 39 and his mother, Mary Ann Panes, was 30. He died in May 1839, in Burrington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 0, and was buried in Burrington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
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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 .
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