When William Syer was born on 27 December 1812, in Waldringfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Robert Syer, was 35 and his mother, Priscilla Lambert, was 33. He married Harriet Rous on 19 January 1836, in Waldringfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died in 1882, in Melton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 70.
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