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DYER Genealogy

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Created 11-Aug-2001

Updated 09-Sep-2003

Generation 1

WILLIAM EDWIN DYER was born Abt. 1800, and died Abt. 1880.  He married MARY TRETHAWAY Abt. 1827.  (Source: John W. Dyer, "Dyer & Kinfolk," 2/1/1975, Page 1.)

Children of WILLIAM DYER and MARY TRETHAWAY are:
  1. DANIEL D. DYER, b. Abt. 1828 (Source: John W. Dyer, "Dyer & Kinfolk," 2/1/1975, Page 1.); d. 1900.
  2. THOMAS DYER, b. Abt. 1831; d. December 13, 1917.
  3. JOHN DYER, b. October 10, 1835, Ottery St. Mary, Devon Co, England; d. 1886.
  4. NICHOLAS DYER, b. October 10, 1835.
  5. JAMES DYER
  6. PHOEBE DYER
  7. NATHANIEL DYER
  8. WILLIAM DYER.
  9. ELIZABETH DYER

Source: John W. Dyer, "Dyer & Kinfolk," 2/1/1975, Page 1.


Generation 2 - THOMAS DYER

THOMAS DYER (WILLIAM EDWIN) was born Abt. 1831 and died December 13, 1917.  Burial at Oshawa Union Cemetery, Ontario, CAN.  He married ELEANORE G. SANDERS September 25, 1858.  She was born 1837, and died January 07, 1923. Burial at Oshawa Union Cemetery, Ontario, CAN

Children of THOMAS DYER and ELEANORE SANDERS are:

  1. WILLIAM EDWIN DYER, b. July 08, 1859; d. July 11, 1922
  2. JOHN DYER, b. November 10, 1860.    
  3. WESLEY FLETCHER DYER, b. September 11, 1862.    
  4. MARGARET ELLEN DYER, b. August 19, 1864.    
  5. JABEZ DANIEL DYER, b. August 17, 1866.    
  6. THOMAS NATHANIEL DYER, b. May 25, 1869.    
  7. THOMAS NATHANIEL DYER, b. February 28, 1872.    
  8. MARY ELEANOR DYER, b. April 02, 1873.    
  9. NETTIE DYER, b. June 15, 1875.    
  10. ALBERT FRANCIS DYER, b. March 12, 1878.

Source: John W. Dyer, "Dyer & Kinfolk," 2/1/1975

Generation 2 - JOHN DYER

JOHN DYER (WILLIAM EDWIN) was born October 10, 1835 in Ottery St. Mary, Devon Co, England and died 1886 Burial: Byron, MI. 
He married RHODA DAVIS September 13, 1864 in Ottery, St. Mary, Devon, England.  She was born June 28, 1844, and died August 08, 1905. Burial: Byron, MI.  Byron, MI is about 25 miles west of Fenton, MI.

Children of JOHN DYER and RHODA DAVIS are:    
  1. MARY DYER, b. December 10, 1865 - No further information.    
  2. WILLIAM DAVIS DYER, b. December 26, 1867 - No further information.    
  3. ELIZABETH DYER, b. January 02, 1870 - No further information.    
  4. EDITH DYER, b. January 28, 1872 - No further information.    
  5. CLIFTON GLEN DYER, b. September 03, 1885 - No further information.

Source: John W. Dyer, "Dyer & Kinfolk," 2/1/1975

Generation 3 - WILLIAM EDWIN DYER

WILLIAM EDWIN DYER (THOMAS, WILLIAM EDWIN) was born July 08, 1859, and died July 11, 1922.  Burial: July 15, 1922, Oshawa Union Cemetery, Ontario, Canada He married CARRIE BELLE AYERS.  She was born 1861, and died May 10, 1943. Burial: May 15, 1943, Oshawa Union Cemetery, Ontario, Canada

Children of WILLIAM DYER and CARRIE AYERS are:    
  1. LOLA DYER - No further information.
  2. WALTER DYER - No further information.    
  3. RITA DYER, b. August 02, 1891 - No further information.    
  4. DR. CYRIL DYER, b. February 01, 1898, Point Edward, Ontario d. December 23, 1959, Detroit, MI; m. (1) GLADYS SUE BOBO; m. (2) CATHERINE MCKEAN; b. July 20, 1904; d. December 26, 1990.  More About DR. CYRIL DYER (DDS): Burial: December 24, 1959, Royal Oak, MI  Medical Information: Amputation of leg - happened in war (W.W.I I believe)  
  5. EDWARD RUSSELL DYER, b. August 21, 1902, Montreal, Quebec, CAN; d. June 19, 1981, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Burial: June 30, 1981, White Chapel Cemetery, Bloomfield Hills, MI;  m. MARIAN HALL HENDERSON, November 07, 1933, Angola, IN; b. April 19, 1907, Plymouth, Michigan; d. December 14, 1971, New Orleans, LA / Foley, Baldwin Co., AL (Source: "Foley AL News," Program to honor the late Mrs. Dyer.). 
Children of  Russ and Marian:
  1. SUSAN HALL DYER - b June 19, 1939 - Living

Source: John W. Dyer, "Dyer & Kinfolk," 2/1/1975

Generation 4 - EDWARD RUSSELL DYER


EDWARD RUSSELL DYER, (Known to most "Russ") born August 12, 1902 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. By some unknown route and reason route he (along with his family) moved to Detroit, Michigan.  Later, he attended Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan (NKA XX) where he graduated as a Pharmacist.  Russ died June 19, 1981 after a three year illness with alzetihmers and is buried in White Chapel Cemetery near Detroit, MI in a family plot of sorts - Sister Dorothy and her husband Bruce Yates,  Marian and Russ in one area and brother Ernest (Ernie), his wife Mildred Wickham and son John E in another area nearby.

Russ married Marian Hall Henderson November 07, 1933 in Angola, Indiana. They had one child, Susan Hall Dyer. Sue was born June 19, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan.  Picture of her birth announcement. Photo of Announcement.  


Picture of "The Girls" - Photo

 

Russ was the confident salesman with a great humor and integrity.

 

Later, had a job in New York as a VP of Sales and Marketing for XXX. He and his family lived in Scarsdale. Sue attended xxx Elementary School.

 

In about 1947 or 48 he moved from New York to Ann Arbor, Michigan and bought a house on Packard Rd.

He was the owner of "Russ Ryed Drug Co".  The name was formed from the reverse spelling of Dyer because he did not believe that people would buy vitamins from a Dyer – sort of a play on words. 


Russ very creative and invented a lot of new chemicals.  He had bath oil before Avon or anyone else in the market place.  He called his product XXX and packaged it in an hourglass shaped bottle which was sold through independent drug stores.  He also formulated BARZ, a revolutionary deodorant with no odor.  Problem was that hospitals would not a deodorant with no smell since they were used to having a “Lysol or Pinesol odor” so everyone would know things were clean.  Later he took on a line of vitamins.  These were formulated to his specifications by a big company

 

In about 1953 or so he relocated in Ann Arbor to a house on Stadium Blvd.

 

Later, Russ ran a chain of three large drug stores in Ann Arbor called Fletcher Mack while he continued to do the Russ Ryed chemical and Vitamin company part time.  The biggest was at the intersection of East University and the “diagonal” on the U of M campus.  The store got a lot of student traffic and he did a great job in building the store from near bankruptcy to a known name.  The building space was later sold the Follets Book store for their expansion.  He also ran the FM store at the intersection of Packard and University across the street from the Blue Front and Moe’s Sport Shop.  Both were landmarks in Ann Arbor in the mid fifties.

 

Marian had decorated the house on Packard and also the one on Stadium Blvd with antique bottles from a Pharmacy. They were used for decorations as well as candy jars, etc.

 

There was a 17 pound cat named "misty" and a black cocker spaniel named "rip?".

 

After the move from NY, Sue attended University High School.  Sue was a member of the first graduating class from AA High School. A $7 million school that was listed in some book as one to the top 10 in the US. The school board and chamber of commerce had a field day with that.

In 1959 or 1960 Russ took a job in Foley, Alabama with the "Foley Drug Co." who made an old line of patent medicines. The deal did not work out too well for Russ who then became the COO of a new nursing home in Foley. This was also a new concept and so it was another new frontier for Russ. He and Marian had a nice older home in Foley.  It was on XX street with a big lot with nice and lots of tall pine trees. They were living there when Marian died in 1971. Foley is known for its access to the white sand beaches of nearby Gulf Shores and the “shrimp fleet” that operated from nearby docks and canneries - much like the scenes from the Forest Gump move.

Marian’s write-up is on the Henderson sheet - Marian Hall Henderson


Photo of Sue, Marian, Dorothy and Hannah May HALL - View Photo

Information


Susan Hall Dyer - Living - Married to James Pryce. Sue and Jim had three children:


  1. Susan Jennifer PRYCE - Living
  2. Tracy Elizabeth PRYCE - Living
  3. Anne Ashley PRYCE - Living


Members of this family are still living and thus we will not display their family details here.