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Bella Dyer

Female 1878 -


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  • Name Bella Dyer  [1, 2
    Born 21 May 1878  Walton Township, Eaton, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • birthdate is from 1901 census; birthplace is from second marriage record (as Walton, but Walton is a township and not a town)
    Gender Female 
    Arrival 1881  Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    per 1901 census 
    Residence 1891  Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    James and Mary Ellen (Trumble) Dyer Family - 1891 Canada Census - Sarnia Township
    James and Mary Ellen (Trumble) Dyer Family - 1891 Canada Census - Sarnia Township
    This is the way the original records would have looked. However, they were microfilmed out of order in the 1940's or 1950's. The Dyer family is at the bottom of the first page and the top of the second. So this is a composite of parts of two images: (Image 1) www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/001081-119.02-e.php?person_id_nbr=1880301&page_sequence_nbr=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=b017icpvb6hh4gvja2ben636q1 ===== (Image 2) www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/001081-119.02-e.php?person_id_nbr=1880233&page_sequence_nbr=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=b017icpvb6hh4gvja2ben636q1
    Residence 1901  Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Bella - Female, Black, Married - born 21 May 1878 in USA - age 22 - arrived in Canada 1881 - Alien - can read and write 
    Person ID I254  Lucy's Tree
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2020 

    Father James Augustus Dyer,   b. 25 Feb 1852, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1922, Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Ellen Trumble Trumbull,   b. 24 Mar 1856, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1932, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Abt 1877 
    • first child born 1878 (if Bella was James' dau) - probably in Michigan where Bella was born
    Family ID F78  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William Johnson,   b. 18 Jun 1868, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 24 Nov 1921  (Age < 53 years) 
    Married Abt 1898 
    • first known child born abt 1899
    Children 
     1. Mary Ellen Johnson,   b. 7 Apr 1899, Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2020 
    Family ID F31  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Nicholas Philip Wray,   b. 16 Aug 1871, Puce, Essex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 24 Nov 1921  Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • he 49, widower - she 42, widow
    Philip Wray-Bella (Dyer) Johnson - Marriage - 24 Nov 1921
    Philip Wray-Bella (Dyer) Johnson - Marriage - 24 Nov 1921
    he 49; a cook; widower; Methodist; residing Detroit; born Puce, Ontariol father John L Wray born Pennsylvania; mother Jane Howard - she 42; widow; Methodist; residing Sarnia; born Walton, Michigan (lived in Sarnia since 4 years of age); father James Dyer born Toronto; mother Mary Trumble - witnesses: Charles H. Ball of Windsor, Mary Sims of Windsor
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2020 
    Family ID F32  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 May 1878 - Walton Township, Eaton, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1891 - Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Nov 1921 - Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Mary Ellen Johnson - Birth - 7 Apr 1899
    Mary Ellen Johnson - Birth - 7 Apr 1899
    mother gave her own mother's maiden surname
    Philip Wray-Bella (Dyer) Johnson - Marriage - 24 Nov 1921
    Philip Wray-Bella (Dyer) Johnson - Marriage - 24 Nov 1921
    he 49; a cook; widower; Methodist; residing Detroit; born Puce, Ontariol father John L Wray born Pennsylvania; mother Jane Howard - she 42; widow; Methodist; residing Sarnia; born Walton, Michigan (lived in Sarnia since 4 years of age); father James Dyer born Toronto; mother Mary Trumble - witnesses: Charles H. Ball of Windsor, Mary Sims of Windsor
    James and Mary Ellen (Trumble) Dyer Family - 1891 Canada Census - Sarnia Township
    James and Mary Ellen (Trumble) Dyer Family - 1891 Canada Census - Sarnia Township
    This is the way the original records would have looked. However, they were microfilmed out of order in the 1940's or 1950's. The Dyer family is at the bottom of the first page and the top of the second. So this is a composite of parts of two images: (Image 1) www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/001081-119.02-e.php?person_id_nbr=1880301&page_sequence_nbr=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=b017icpvb6hh4gvja2ben636q1 ===== (Image 2) www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/001081-119.02-e.php?person_id_nbr=1880233&page_sequence_nbr=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=b017icpvb6hh4gvja2ben636q1

    Histories
    Lucy Dyer's Ancestors
    Lucy Dyer's Ancestors

  • Sources 
    1. [S51] 1891 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. .Original data - Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1891. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2009. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-18;).
      Birth date: abt 1879
      Birth place: United States
      Residence date: 1891
      Residence place: Lambton West, Ontario, Canada
      1891 Census of Canada
      1891 Census of Canada


    2. [S9] 1901 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. .Original data - Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2004. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-19;).
      Birth date: 1878
      Birth place: United States
      Residence date: 1901
      Residence place: Chatham (City/Cité), Kent, Ontario, Canada
      1901 Census of Canada
      1901 Census of Canada


    3. [S3] Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928. MS932, Reels 1-833, 850-880. Archives of Ontario, Toronto.Ontario, Canada. Marriage License Books, 1907-1910. M;).
      Birth date: abt 1872
      Birth place: Pine Ontario
      Marriage date: 24 Nov 1921
      Marriage place: Essex, Ontario, Canada
      Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928
      Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928