AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
NameThomas DYER 
Birth Datebef 4 Aug 1800
Birth PlaceLong Load, Somerset, England
MemoLocation and date from Sydney arrival on the ship Emigrant.
Chr Date4 Aug 18009446 Age: <1
Chr PlaceLong Load, Somerset, England
MemoParents William & Joan Dyer.
Death PlaceHexham, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationFarmer ( < 1841), Farm Labourer (1849)
FatherWilliam DYER
MotherJoan PERREN
Spouses
Birth Datebef Jan 1800
Birth PlaceWitcombe, Somerset, England
MemoLocation looks like Whilkom on migration record but most likely Witcombe which is close Long Load and Martock. Birth , if Baptism is correct, is some seven years earlier than shown on migration record.
Chr Date3 Jan 18009449 Age: <1
Chr PlaceMartock, Somerset, England
MemoParents were James and Hannah Hill if this is the right baptism. Certainly the location fits well. Grace and sister Sarah and brother Robert were all baptised on this day. Sarah was 5 1/2 and Robert 2 3/4. Their parents were James & Hannah.
Death Date6 Sep 18539450 Age: 53
Death PlaceMaitland, New South Wales, Australia
MemoLocation from burial.
Burial Dateaft 6 Sep 18539451
Burial PlaceMaitland, New South Wales, Australia
MemoAt the Campbells Hill Cemetery
Alias/AKAMary (son Walter’s death)
FatherJames HILL
MotherHannah
Marr PlaceMartock, Somerset, England
Marr MemoThomas Dyer & Grace Hill both of Martock Parish were married in this church by Bannes in the presence of William Perren, Robert Hill, James Barber & Theo Yard.
Reside Date7 Jun 18419454
Reside PlaceLong Load, Somerset, England
MemoLiving in the Martock Parish were Thomas Dyer, 40 Farmer, his wife Grace, 40 and their children Emma, 13, Joan, 10, William, 9, Ella,7, Sarah, 5, Jane,3 & Betsey, 1.
Immi Date8 Jun 18499455
Immi PlaceSydney, New South Wales, Australia
MemoArrival on the “Emigrant” as assisted immigrants from Somerset were Thomas Dyer, 44 Farm Labourer of Long Load, his wife Grace, 42 of Witcombe and their family all bon Long Load Emma P, 21 dairymaid, Joan, 17 Dairymaid, William, 16 Farm Labourer, Ella, 14 Nurse maid, Sarah, 12, Jane, 10, Betsey, 8 and Walter Thomas, 6.
ChildrenEmma Perren (<1828-1902)
Mary Ann (<1830-1904)
Joan (<1831-1872)
William (<1834-1892)
Ella (<1836-1901)
Sarah (<1834-1919)
Jane (<1839-1914)
Betsey (1840-1910)
Walter Thomas (1842-1911)