Rectory Lane Cemetery, Berkhamsted

Elizabeth Dyer

1870 –20/04/1951

Daughter of Henry and Hannah Dyer, dressmaker and tea agent who ended her days in an asylum

Relatives

Henry Dyer — father

Hannah Dyer — mother

• Jackie Jones

ELIZABETH DYER; 1870 -1951

Elizabeth was the only child born to Henry Dyer and his second wife Hannah. She was born in Berkhamsted in 1870. Elizabeth never married and in the 1891 and 1901 census returns she is to be found living with her parents in Highfield road and her occupation is noted as “dressmaker.” In 1911 census, after the death of both her parents, she is described as a tea agent and was living as a boarder with the Broom family in High St Berkhamsted.

She died in 1951and is buried in Rectory Lane, Berkhamsted with her parents. St Peter’s burial records reveal that she was buried on 24^th April 1951. Her address given as Montagu Road, but she died at Three Counties hospital in Stotfold. The Three Counties Hospital was a hospital for people with mental illness serving the counties of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Huntingdonshire.

Hannah Dyer

1832 –01/01/1906

Second wife of Henry Dyer, shoemaker

Relatives

Henry Dyer — husband

Elizabeth Dyer — daughter

• Jackie Jones

Hannah Dyer; 1832 -1906

Hannah was the second wife of Henry Dyer. Henry was a shoemaker, originally from Northamptonshire, His first wife, Charlotte was from Berkhamsted and Henry and Charlotte lived in the town. Charlotte died in 1864 and in 1870 the widower Henry married Hannah Sams. Hannah was then 38 years old.

Hannah and Henry had one child, a daughter, Elizabeth who was born in 1872.

Henry dies in in 1904 and was buried in Rectory Lane Cemetery. Hannah died two years later in 1906 and on her death was buried with her husband Henry.

Henry Dyer

1824 –06/05/1904

Shoemaker, originally from Northamptonshire.

Relatives

Hannah Dyer — wife

Elizabeth Dyer — daughter

• Jackie Jones

Henry Dyer; 1824 -1904

Henry Dyer was born in Davenport Northamptonshire March 1824 to Michael and Ann Dyer. He had a brother Michael. Both were shoe and boot makers. Northamptonshire was the home of shoemaking. He lived in Stratford on Avon in 1841 as did his brother Michael. He remained a self employed shoe maker until he retired.

Henry married his first wife, Charlotte Foster who came from Berkhamsted in 1848. They didn’t have any children and Charlotte died in Berkhamsted in 1864.

Henry then married Hannah Sams, also from Berkhamsted in 1870. She was quite a lot younger than his first wife and they had one child Elizabeth born 1872.

Henry died in 1904.