The Return of "A Rite of Return" - Part 6 herewith !

The internet is a marvelous thing, and thus a few months ago, more than two years after I started this series of pieces about an 1870 expense book kept by a young man in NYC unknown to me, but later identified as Henry Knight Dyer, I was contacted by a gentleman from the midwest with what I hesitate to say is "priceless" information. In fact it was filled with Price, my generous informant being married into the Price family, that of Henry Dyer's mother Emma Price, and perhaps also his wife, Caroline Price Dyer. I had long ago lost the trail of the Price family, and have not published on this matter in 32 months to the day.

Herewith are photos of Henry Knight Dyer's mother and father (Samuel Owen Dyer), both mistakenly captioned "Byer." My correspondent's connection with the Price family makes the provenance of these photos indisputable.



Emma's christening record is as follows, taken from

England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 Source Citation: Place: St. Saviors, Southwark, Gravel Lane, Surrey, Eng; Collection: Dr. William's Library; Nonconformist Registers; Date Range: 1820 - 1820; Film Number: 816019. Source Information: Ancestry.com. England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008. Original data: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Used by permission.

Description: This database contains information extracted from birth and christening records from various counties in England and Wales. The records date from 1530 to 1906. The records included in this database do not represent all localities in England and Wales and for any given area, coverage (both records within a year and total year range) may not be complete. Some parishes and counties are more complete than others.

Name: Emma Price Gender: Female Birth Date: 14 Sep 1820 Christening Place: St. Saviors, Southwark, Gravel Lane, Surrey, England

Father's Name: James Price Mother's Name: Elizabeth Maternal Grandfather's Name: William Hunt. Maternal Grandmother's Name: Elizabeth

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Samuel Dyer's obituary was published in the New York Times on April 3, 1894; Henry Knight Dyer was at the peak of his career when his father passed away, still residing at the 76 Quincy Street address in Bedford Stuyvesant near the younger Dyer's palatial residence on Lefferts Place.