Dewey Rolland Dyas

Brief Life History of Dewey Rolland

When Dewey Rolland Dyas was born on 12 June 1887, in Devils Lake, Ramsey, North Dakota, United States, his father, James Morris Dyas, was 31 and his mother, Johanne Anna Margarethe Christensen, was 22. He married Leila Blanch Manley on 15 October 1908, in Holdrege, Phelps, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Sheridan Township, Phelps, Nebraska, United States in 1930 and Siltcoos, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1950. He died on 14 December 1965, in Montclair, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Covina, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dewey Rolland Dyas
1887–1965
Leila Blanch Manley
1886–1934
Marriage: 15 October 1908
Mary Anna Dyas
1909–2000
Isabella Leonora Dyas
1911–1996

Sources (18)

  • Dewey R Dyas, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Dewey Rolland Dyas - birth: 12 June 1887; North Dakota, United States
  • Dewy R Dyas, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"

World Events (8)

1889

North Dakota is the 39th state.

1901

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Caila Simone Stapleton BIRTH 19 Oct 1901 DEATH 13 Nov 1901 (aged 25 days) BURIAL Forest Lawn Memorial Park Covina, Los Angeles County, California, USA PLOT Vale of Faith, Map 21, Lot 791, Space 4 MEMORIAL ID 134121433 · View Source

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

Name Meaning

English and Welsh: variant of Dayus, from the personal name Deiws, a pet form of Dai, Dafydd, Welsh forms of David . In English counties bordering Wales Dayus and Dyos were sometimes shortened to Day(e)s and Deyes or altered to Dayhouse and Dyhouse, through false association with the words deyhouse, dayhouse ‘dairy’ or deyehouse, dyehouse ‘dye-works’. There is no medieval evidence that this name derived from either word. Dayhouse has since become extinct.

Irish (Meath): perhaps a spelling adopted locally to Anglicize Irish Déise, see Dease , unless it is the name in 1 above.

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

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