Barton Nathaniel William DYER

Notes:

According to Find A Grave:

Son of Wilson William and Rebecca (Morgan) Dyer.

Family records have him being born Dec. 24, 1852.

On Dec. 24, 1877 he was united in marriage with Sara Jane Koehn or Cain. To this union 11 known children were born with only 6 living to adulthood.

It is unknown if Sara married again, or where she is buried. She passed in Gosper County, Nebraska on April 21, 1927. 

In the 1885 Nebraska census, he and his family lived in Stewart in York County.

Barton married Sarah Jane CAIN on 24 Dec 1877. Sarah was born on 6 Feb 1858 in Illinois; died on 21 Apr 1927 in Gosper County, Nebraska; was buried in Blue Ridge Cemetery, Gresham, Polk County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 census, he is William L Dyer, a farmer in the Lincoln precinct of Gosper County, Nebraska.

In the 1930 census, he is William L Dyer, age 50, a farmer in the Elwood precinct of Gosper County, Nebraska.

Birth:
Several family trees on Ancestry.com have his birth date as December 22, 1879. The December, 1880, date comes from the 1900 census.

Family/Spouse: Samantha HARLING. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, as Myrtle Dyer, she was living with her siblings and widowed mother in Seward County, Nebraska. In that census, she is shown as age 14, born in November of 1885. However, several family trees in Ancestry.com claim she was born Bertha Myrtle Dyer on 10 November 1886. Those trees have her father as Barton Nathaniel Dyer and her mother as Sarah Jane Cain or Koehn. All of the trees have Bertha Myrtle dying 16 Feb 1915, no location given. One of the trees shows her marriage to a Duffy, from which she had two children, a boy and a girl.

In the 1906 city directory for Lincoln, Nebraska, she was a domestic working at the residence at 142 N 11th. She roomed at 1124 L. She was not in the 1905 Lincoln directory.

In the 1910 census, she is probably the 22 year-old Myrtle Duffy, shown as single, living in a boarding house in Lincoln, Nebraska. She is shown as born in Illinois to parents born in Illinois. Her occupation is waitress at a restaurant.

She is not listed in the 1911 Lincoln directory.

Bertha married Henry Edward (Harry) DUFFY, Sr on 15 Dec 1905 in Lancaster County, Nebraska. Henry (son of James DUFFY and Rachel A IVERS) was born on 3 Jun 1886 in Lenora, Kansas; died on 3 Mar 1956 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 6 Mar 1956 in Bloomington Cemetery, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1909 city directory for Lincoln, Nebraska, she lives with her mother at 1502 N 27th and is a “mangle girl.”

In the 1910 city directory for Lincoln, Nebraska, she lives with her mother at 2009 R. She is an operator.

Notes:

In the 1920 census, she was Mamie M Duffy, age 12, living with her maternal grandmother Sarah in the Harrison Pct of Gosper County, Nebraska.

From the Lincoln, Nebraska, city directories:

1925 Mamie Duffy, clk, Evans Ldry Co, boards at 1721 P

1928 Mamie Duffy, clk, Evans Lndry Co, resides at 2137 U

1932 Mamie M Duffy, bkpr, Globe Lndry Co, resides 1833 L

1933 Mamie Duffy, bkpr, Globe Lndry Co, resides 1858 J

1934 Mamie M Duffy, bkpr, Globe Lndry, resides 1704 Pepper Av

1935 Mamie M Duffy, slsmn, Globe Lndry, resides 1704 Pepper

1936 Mamie M Duffy, bkpr, Globe Lndry Co, resides 1901 Q

1937 Mamie M Duffy, bkpr, Globe Lndry, resides 1632 O

1938 Mamie M Duffy, bkpr, Globe Lndry Co, resides 1632 O, apt 4

1939 Mamie M Duffy, bkpr, Globe Lndry Co, resides 1035 B

1940 Mamie Quinton, wife of Carroll D, bkpr, Globe Laundry Co, resides 1035 B.

From the October 29, 1939, edition of the Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln: “Announcement is now made of the marriage Jan. 1, 1939, of Miss Mamie Duffy to Carroll D. Quinton, son of Mrs. Mary Quinton, formerly of Lincoln. The ceremony took place at the First Presbyterian church at Atlanta, Is. Rev. Archard P. Chambers officiated and Miss Helen Darling and Kenneth L. Butler attended the couple. Mr. and Mrs. Quinton will reside at 1035 B. Mr. Quinton has attended the University of Nebraska.”

She arrived at the port of Seattle on 5 Jul 1955 aboard the U.S.S. General William Mitchell T-AP 114, having sailed from Naha, Okinawa, on 23 Jun. Her destination was Hq 5th Army, Chicago, Illinois. She was 44 years old and had been born in Lincoln, Nebraska. She had 13 trunks, 6 bags and 14 others.

Died:
last residence Lemont, Du Page County

Mamie married Carroll Delos QUINTON, Jr in 1939 in Nebraska. Carroll (son of Carroll D QUINTON and Marie (Mary) KARVANEK) was born on 14 Feb 1916 in Nebraska; died on 7 Feb 2002 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]