Sadie Jane Dyer (1899-1973)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Reverend John Herbert Merry Sr. Earl John Merry+ John Herbert Merry Jr.+ Ina Florence Merry+ Mildred Anna Merry+ Elwood Leslie Merry Sr.+ Ervin Edgar Merry+ Ruth Hazel Merry+ Shirlene Carol Merry Sadie Jane Dyer 1 2 Born: 30 Apr 1899, Thorndike, ME 1 Marriage (1): Reverend John Herbert Merry Sr. on 26 Oct 1917 in Belfast, ME 1 Died: 16 Nov 1973, Belfast, ME at age 74 Buried: Thorndike Center Cemetery, Thorndike, ME    FamilySearch ID: LBZV-SXG. Find a Grave ID: 38576859.   Events • Census, 15 Jun 1900, Thorndike, ME. 3 • Census, 21 Apr 1910, Thorndike, ME. 4 • Census, 14 Apr 1920, Thorndike, ME. 5 • Census, 7 Apr 1930, Rockport, ME. 6 • Census, 10 Apr 1940, Northport, ME. • Census, 29 Apr 1950, Belfast, ME. 7 • Obituary: Bangor Daily News, 17 Nov 1973, Bangor, ME. BELFAST -- Sadie J. Merry, 74, died Friday, Nov. 16, at a Belfast nursing home following a long illness. She was born at Knox April 30, 1899, the daughter of Edgar and Anna (Dolloff) Dyer. She was a member of the Searsport Full Gospel Church. She had resided at the Bradbury Nursing Home at Belfast for several years. Survivors include four sons, Earl J. Merry of Searsport, John H. of Swanville, and Elwood L. and Ervin E., both of Belfast; four daughters, Mrs. Alex (Marie) Opdaho[sic] of Monroe, Mrs. Irving (Ina) Moulton of Knox, Mrs. Lloyd (Mildred) Sylvester of Searsport, and Mrs. Herman (Ruth) Robbins of Belfast; three half-brothers, Harry, Robert and Lewis Dyer, all of Belfast; 30 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Searsport Full Gospel Church Sunday, Nov. 18, at 2 p.m., the Rev. Robert Brown of that church officiating. Friends may call at the Coombs Funeral Home, Belfast, Saturday afternoon and evening. Burial will be in the family lot at the East Thorndike Cemetery. Sadie married Reverend John Herbert Merry Sr., son of Herbert Leslie Merry and Selena Irene Raven, on 26 Oct 1917 in Belfast, ME.1 The marriage ended in divorce about 1966. (Reverend John Herbert Merry Sr. was born on 8 Mar 1895 in Woodland, ME,8 9 died on 23 Jul 1993 in Bangor, ME 10 and was buried in Thorndike Center Cemetery, Thorndike, ME.)

1 Maine Maine State Archives John H. Merry-Sadie J. Dyer; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Nov 2011).

2 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Sadie Jane Dyer; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 15 Mar 2013).

3 1900 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Thorndike, enumeration district (ED) 0177, sheet 4A, p. 7, dwelling 70, family 73, Edward Dyer; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 Nov 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll T623.

4 1910 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Thorndike, enumeration district (ED) 0254, sheet 2, p. 2B, dwelling 47, family 53, Edgar W. Dyer; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll T624_546.

5 1920 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Thorndike, enumeration district (ED) 134, sheet 4, p. 4B, dwelling 92, family 92, John H. Merry; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Nov 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_649.

6 1930 U.S. census, Knox, Maine, population schedule, Rockport, enumeration district (ED) 0018, sheet 3B, p. 6, dwelling 86, family 94, John H. Merry; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 13 Nov 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll T626.

7 1950 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, Belfast, enumeration district (ED) 14-8, sheet 36, p. 37, household 339, John H. Merry; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 5 Jan 2023); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T628, roll 986.

8 1900 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Woodland, enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 18, p. 18A, dwelling 336, family 354, Herbert Merry; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 12 Oct 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll T623_589.

9 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, John Herbert Merry; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 27 Nov 2011).

10 State of Maine Department of Human Services, "Maine Death Index, 1960-1997," database, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 26 Apr 2012), entry for John Herbert Merry Sr 1993 death.