Birth: 16 April 1877 Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, Surrey, UK
Father: Joseph Dye 1845-1879
Mother: Caroline Murray [Scrivener] c1861-1919
Christening: 30 November 1888 St Mary the Virgin, Chesthunt, Hertfordshire, UK
Marriage: Believed not married
Death: July-September 1957 Ware, Hertfordshire, UK
None known
Birth of William Alfred Dye in FreeBMD in July-September 1877 in Edmonton (3A 269).
I cannot locate any information regarding his mother except her first name from the christening entry. His father died 24 March 1879 and was buried on 28 March 1879 in Hertfordshire.
In the 1881 census as William Dye aged 4, born in Clapham, Surrey (sic - on the orginal), and living with his grandparents (William and Eliza), uncle (Alfred) and aunt (Eliza) in Flamstead End, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. His brother was living with his widowed aunt (Mary Saich) and cousin (William Saich) in Church Lane, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
His grandfather died on 11 June 1883.
Two entries in FreeReg for the birth of William Dye on 16 April 1877 and his baptism on 30 November 1888 at St Mary the Virgin, Cheshunt, Herfordshire, parents Joseph, deceased, and Caroline Dye of Church Lane in one and Flamsted end in the other. His brother was baptised on the same day in the previous entry.
His grandmother died on 3 March 1891.
In the 1891 census as William Dye aged 14, born in Clapham, Surrey, a gardener, and living with his widowed aunt (Mary Saich), uncle Alfred), and brother (Joseph) at Kilsmoor, Church Lane, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
In the 1901 census as William Dye aged 24, born in Clapham, Surrey, single, a labourer in powder mills, and living with his widowed aunt (Mary Saich), uncle (Alfred), and brother (Joseph) at Hathat? Farm, Church Lane, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
His aunt died in 1904.
I cannot locate him in either the 1911 or 1921 censuses.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as William Dye born 16 April 1877 changed to 16.5.77, single, a nursery worker (food) and living with Harry Coney (born 3 December 1904 and nursery worker (food pr), Florence Coney (born 10 March 1906) and Derek H Coney (born 10 May 1934) at 23 Cromwell Road, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
Death of William A Dye in FreeBMD in July-September 1957 aged 80 in Ware (4B 202).
Entry in Ancestry Family Trees for William Dye.
William Alfred Dye was the cousin of Edith Mary Andrews, wife of George Andrew Henry Barton, second cousin once removed of Dennis Alfred Barton, my brother-in-law.
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