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Elizabeth (Eliza) Strathearn Dyer 1851 – 1940 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1851

Birth Location: Harthill, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 12 JUN 1940

Death Location: Port Molyneux, Otago, New Zealand

Father: John Dyer

Mother: Margaret Auld

Spouse(s): George Cunningham

Children(s): Jessie Cunningham

The story of Elizabeth (Eliza) Strathearn Dyer began in 1851 in Harthill, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Elizabeth (Eliza) Strathearn Dyer married George Cunningham, and had children including Jessie (Janet) Miller Cunningham. Elizabeth (Eliza) Strathearn Dyer passed away in 1940 in Port Molyneux, Otago, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • The story of Elizabeth (Eliza) Strathearn Dyer began in 1851 in Harthill, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • Elizabeth (Eliza) Strathearn Dyer married George Cunningham, and had children including Jessie (Janet) Miller Cunningham.
  • Elizabeth (Eliza) Strathearn Dyer passed away in 1940 in Port Molyneux, Otago, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Dyer
1825 – 1896
Birth Location: Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Margaret Auld
1829 – 1908
Birth Location: Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland
MA

Spouses(s)

George Cunningham
1838 – 1913
Birth Location: West Calder, MidLothian, Scotland
GC

Children(s)

Jessie Cunningham
1877 – 1930
Birth Location: Port Molyneux, Otago, New Zealand
JC

Elizabeth Dyer's Ancestors

Self
Elizabeth Dyer
1851 – 1940
Birth Place: Harthill, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
John Dyer
1825 – 1896
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaret Auld
1829 – 1908
Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland
Grandparents
William Dyer
1802 – 1881
Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Janet (Millar or) Miller
1803 – 1851
Gilhead, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Ebenezer Auld
1802 – 1867
Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland
Elizabeth Strathearn
1806 – 1890
Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Matthew Dyer
1779 – 1872
Helen Thomson
1778 – 1846
William Millar
1777 – 1851
Margaret Rodger
1781 – 1870
Andrew Auld
1750 – 1843
Margaret Shaw
1760 – 1840
John Strathearn
1774 – 1856
Margaret Russell
1780 – 1845
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth Dyer's Descendants

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Elizabeth ((Eliza) Strathearn) Dyer (1851 – 12 JUN 1940) m. George Cunningham (23 Jul 1838 – 05 Mar 1913)
  1. 1. Jessie ((Janet) Miller) Cunningham (5 Mar 1877 – 9 Dec 1930) m. James (Edward) Dew (12 Jul 1880 – 17 Jan 1965)
    1. 1. James (Trevor) DEW (9 Jul 1913 – 04 Nov 1980) m. Myrtle (May) Morris (1 Dec 1918 – 4 Nov 1989)
      1. 1. Patricia (Janet) Dew (08 Feb 1940 – ) m. Norman (Harold) Wootton (04 Jul 1941 – 10 Nov 2013)
        1. 1. Michelle (May) Wootton (30 Aug 1965 – ) m. Leigh (Brandon) Carson m. Unknown
        2. 2. Grant (Norman) Wootton (21 Aug 1968 – ) m. Tamara
        3. 3. Paul Wootton (17 Apr 1970 – ) m. Anna (Bridgit) Griffith
      2. 2. Marilyn (Vera) Dew (1947 – 3 January 1959)
    2. 2. Raymond (Horace) Dew (19 MAR 1916 – 13 DEC 1983)

Elizabeth Dyer's Timeline

2 Records

1851
1851
Birth of Elizabeth (Eliza) Strathearn Dyer in Harthill, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Harthill, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1940
12 JUN 1940
Age 89
Death of Elizabeth (Eliza) Strathearn Dyer in Port Molyneux, Otago, New Zealand
Port Molyneux, Otago, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Harthill, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 JUN 1940
    Event Place: Port Molyneux, Otago, New Zealand
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