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John DYKE¹

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Born Apr 1805.¹  Married Mary HEDDITCHE who was born 07 Apr 1809.¹ Died 04 Aug 1870^{7, 8} and buried in the Strongsville Cemetary.^{7, 8} In the 1870 United States Census Mary is living alone in Strongsville, Ohio with several of her children.⁶ Mary died 05 Aug 1874^{7, 8} and is buried in the Strongsville Cemetery at the same marker as her husband.^{7, 8}  Nothing else known by this historian.

Children with Mary Hedditche:

Ann H Dyke, female born 11 May 1833. Died 05 August 1874.^{1, 5, 9}

John Dyke, male born 20 Dec 1834.¹  This historian believes that this individual³ immigrated to Ohio after arriving in New York⁵ and married Mary Adams 10 Jun 1858 in Saint Johns Episcopal Church, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.²  This would explain why there is an Adams genealogy written into the Dyke Family Bible.¹  They were the parents of Lottie Dyke, who had no surviving offspring.^{3, 9}

Henry Dyke, male born 12 Jul 1836, with issue.^{1, 4, 5}

George Dyke, male born 20 Jul 1838.^{1, 5}  Lives in Strongsville, Ohio in 1870.⁶  Died 13 January 1903.⁹

Albert Dyke, male born 12 Sep 1840.¹  Lives in Strongsville, Ohio in 1870.⁶  Married Mary Jane Harding on 12 April 1971.⁹  Died 18 August 1878.⁹  Descendents to be added.⁹

Walter Dyke, male born 21 Oct 1842.^{1, 4}  Married Amelia Ann Wellington and they had four children:  William J (b. 1874), Sidney (b. 1885), Alfred (b. 1877) and Katherine (b. 1879).^{4, 9}  Additional children and descendents to be added.⁹

Mary E Dyke, female born 10 Apr 1845.  Descendents to be added.⁹

Kate Augusta² Dyke, female born 07 Mar 1850 in Donhead-St Mary, Wiltshire, England².  Lives in Strongsville, Ohio in 1870 with her mother and brothers.⁶  Descendents to be added.⁹

Edwin Dyke, male born 25 Sep 1847.¹  Lives in Strongsville, Ohio in 1870.⁶  Died 08 January 1910 as a bachelor with no issue.⁹

Gilbert Dyke, male born 20 Aug 1853.^{1, 4}  Lives in Strongsville, Ohio in 1870.⁶  In 1880, lives with his brother Walter in East Cleaveland, Ohio.⁴  Married Sarah Sanbrook 17 Oct 1881 in Cuyahoga, Ohio.^{2, 4, 9}  No known descendants.⁹

John, Henry, George and Ann landed in New York aboard the Ship Rhine on 21 Dec 1855.⁵ 

*Third great-grandfather of the Cactus.

Please contact me if you have further information about the members of this family.

1. Dyke Family Bible and associated notes.

2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R).

3. Nicks Line by Nick Melhinch.  He gives the birth year of John Dyke as 1835, but the same date.

4.  United States Census, 1880.  Walter Dyke (a miller) live with his family and his brother Gilbert in East Cleveland, Ohio.

5. Ship Rhine, Port of New York manifest, 21 Dec 1855. image, Microsoft Word transcription

6. United States Census, 1870.

7.  http://mattsonworks.net/index.html?row1col2=Strongsville_old_sect.html

8.  19 August 2005 visit to the Strongsville Cemetery by the Cactus.

9.  History of the Dyke Family, originally prepared by Clara B. Dyke and maintained by her until 1980, when Arthur Dyke continued.  Collection of W&D Dyke.

This page last updated 20MAY2006.

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