David Mark Dyches

Brief Life History of David Mark

When David Mark Dyches was born on 3 November 1921, in Scipio, Millard, Utah, United States, his father, Milo T Dyches, was 33 and his mother, Winnifred Emma Wasden, was 30. He married Verna Catharine Olsen on 20 March 1944, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. He immigrated to World in 1944 and lived in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1930 and Monroe Election Precinct, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 14 April 2008, in Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States.

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David Mark Dyches
1921–2008
Verna Catharine Olsen
1921–1993
Marriage: 20 March 1944

Sources (22)

  • David Mark Dyches in household of Milo Thomas Dyches, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • David M. Dychas, "Utah Marriages, 1887-1935"
  • David Mark Dyches, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

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World Events (8)

1922 · Timpanogos Cave National Monument

Timpanogos Cave National Monument is a United States National Monument protecting the Timpanogos Cave Historic District and a cave system on Mount Timpanogos. There are three caves in the cave system, one of which is specifically called Timpanogos Cave but the caves are only viewable on guided tours when the monument is open.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1944 · The G.I Bill

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

Name Meaning

Altered form of English Dykes .

Possibly also an Americanized form of Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Daykhes: metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Daykhe, of uncertain origin, + Yiddish possessive -s.

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

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