When Katherine Ann Dyer was born on 31 July 1880, in Arenzville, Cass, Illinois, United States, her father, Martin Jefferson Dyer, was 25 and her mother, Nancy Ann Long, was 23. She married Henry E Dyer on 16 December 1908, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Virginia, Cass, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Monroe, Illinois, United States in 1920. She died on 19 December 1948, in Peoria, Illinois, United States, at the age of 68.
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Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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 NamesThis was the last photo taken of Henry E. Dyer and Katherine Dyer before Norma moved to Colorado. Katherine passed away 19 December 1948. Norma Marie Dyer took this photo
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