Thomas Henry Smith Dyer

Brief Life History of Thomas Henry Smith

When Thomas Henry Smith Dyer was born on 16 February 1849, in Bowden, South Australia, Australia, his father, Richard Dyer, was 30 and his mother, Ann Smith, was 11846. He married Grace Udy on 12 August 1874, in Stirling, South Australia, Australia. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 16 August 1930, in Kensington, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 81, and was buried in Summertown Cemetery, Summertown, South Australia, Australia.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Henry Smith Dyer
1849–1930
Grace Udy
1853–1929
Marriage: 12 August 1874
Henry George Dyer
1875–1952
Elizabeth Anne Dyer
1876–1912
Grace May Dyer
1878–1951
Albert Dyer
1880–1944
Rose Dyer
1882–1883
Hartley Harold Dyer
1884–1894
Mabel Dyer
1885–1919
Wallace Stanley Dyer
1887–1966
Hartley Clement Dyer
1889–1890
Hilda Lilian Dyer
1891–1976
Clarissa Alice Dyer
1893–1967
Cyril Arthur Edgar Dyer
1895–1916
Eva Muriel Dyer
1898–1899

Sources (3)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Henry Smith Dyer - Government record: birth-name: Thomas Henry Smith Dyer
  • Thomas Henry Smith Dyer, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Henry Smith Dyer - Government record: birth: 16 February 1849; Bowden, South Australia, Australia

World Events (7)

1867

End of transportation to Western Australia.

1870

British troops withdraw from Australia.

1877

Australia and England play the first-ever cricket Test match in Melbourne.

Name Meaning

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.

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