Pearl (Watts) Dyar (1898 - 1988)

Born 10 Sep 1898 in Saratoga, Winona, Minnesota, United States

Wife of John Gerrish Dyar — married 1941 in Saratoga, Winona, Minnesota, United States

Died 6 Jun 1988 at age 89 in St. Charles, Winona, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Pearl Watts was born at Saratoga, Minnesota, in September of 1898, a daughter of John Lundy Watts -- born in Ireland -- and Isabel/Isabella Mary (Gardner) Watts, born in New York. Pearl married, as his second wife, John Gerrish Dyar, at Saratoga, in 1941. She died at St. Charles, Minnesota, in June of 1988.

Sources

• Birth: "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDQK-RBY : 10 February 2018), Pearl Watts, 10 Sep 1898; citing Town of Saratoga, Winona, Minn., reference ; FHL microfilm 1,377,831.

• Birth, parentage, marriage, death, and burial: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 November 2019), memorial page for Pearl Watts Dyer (10 Sep 1898–6 Jun 1988), Find A Grave Memorial no. 65081777, citing Saratoga Cemetery, Saint Charles, Winona County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by Jeanette Gardner (contributor 46838570); https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65081777/pearl-dyer

• Marriage to John Gerrish Dyar (with image of original record; note that in the index, "Cox" is mistranscribed as "Leop"): "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M5-FZJW : 28 August 2019), John G Dyar and Julia E Leop, 24 Nov 1897, Winona, Minnesota, United States; citing p. 378, local historical societies and universities, Minnesota; FHL microfilm 1,377,822. Alternate record: "Minnesota Marriages, 1849-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDXW-82T : 10 February 2018), John G. Dyar and Julia E. Cox, 24 Nov 1897; citing Saratoga, Winona, Minnesota, reference vN, p378, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,377,822.