Introduction

A letter I received from Sapin in 1998 from soemone who turned out to be my second cousin, Kim coleman-cooper, the grand-daughter of my Grandmother's sister, Alice DYER is the event which prompted me to start researching my Family History. From this passion has grown this obsession with the origins of my family.

 

Other names closely associated with the DYER Branch of my Family Tree include:

BRETTELL; BUNCE; COLEMAN-COOPER; DOOR(E); & HAWES

Photo of Kim Coleman-Cooper, who started me on this quest and her son Matthew!

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I have been able to trace the DYER line back just so far - Oral Family History told that my grandmother, Alice's, father was a 'Big' 'Orangeman' from Northern Ireland and that Alice was a 'True Cockney'. I have actually discovered that 'Jack' John Sidney DYER was the 'Cockney' as he was actually born in Bromley in London. Alice's birth certificate has not been found, in spite of hours of searching on my part and that of my Research partner in London, Peter Norman of Four Corners Search. However, Peter found her christening, along with that of her sister, Susan, at St Thomas' Kensal Town.

Descendants of John DYER (NO FRAMES)
Ancestors of Alice DYER (NO FRAMES)

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Wedding certificate of Alice DYER's parents - John DYER & Eliza HAWES

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CENSUS Entries

Alice DYER was born 5th May 1890 and her first appearence in a census is that of 1891:

At 220 Handover Ter
(Became Kensal road?)
John Dyer Head M age 23 General Labourer born Kensington
*Eliza Dyer Wife F age 22 born Chelsea
Susan Dyer Dau F age 2 born Chelsea
Alice Dyer Dau F age 8 mths born Chelsea
(*Eliza Dyer nee NAWES)

Alice's mother was Eliza Hawes. In 1881 Eliza appears with her family:

At 100 West Row Chelsea
George Hawes Head age 35 Wheelwright
Elizabeth Hawes Wife age 36
Eliza Hawes dau age 13 born Chelsea
Sarah Hawes dau age 7 born Chelsea
Luisa Hawes dau age 2 born Chelsea
Harry Hawes son age 4 mths born Chelsea

Eliza's Grandparents and family appear in the 1881 census as:

At Regent St Kensington
George Hawes Head age 62 Foreman born Uxbridge (father of George, above)
Rebecca Hawes Wife age 54 born Ruislip
William Hawes son age 32 Bricklayer born Paddington
Henry Hawes son age 27 Stoker Gas born Paddington
Charles Hawes son age 21 Labourer Gas born Paddington
Emily Hawes dau age 13 born Chelsea
Annie Hawes G'dau age 10 born Chelsea

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