Brief Life History of Alfred Robert
When Alfred Robert Dyer was born on 1 June 1864, in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, William Collins Dyer, was 35 and his mother, Ann Husbands, was 29. He married Harriet Walsh on 11 October 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 1 July 1947, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Alfred Robert Dyer in household of William Collins Dyer, "United States Census, 1880"
- Alfred R Dyer, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Alfred Robert Dyer, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1867 · Great Reform Act of 1867
The Great Reform Act of 1867 gave males the right to vote. This also helped to form the Welsh Liberal Party. It was the second of three reforms that would take place.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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