Joseph Webber DYER For sources please contact coddgenealogy at gmail d0t com
Joseph Webber DYER
(1814-1883)

 

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Catherine Fullerton SLATTER

Joseph Webber DYER 3640,4726,4728

  • Born: 8 Feb 1814, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA 4728
  • Marriage: Catherine Fullerton SLATTER on 15 May 1837 in Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA 4728
  • Died: 19 Nov 1883, Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA at age 69 4728

  General Notes:

"History Of Cape Elizabeth, Maine" by William B. Jordan, Jr., 1965
During the summer of 1850, another important shipyard was established on the southern shore of Fore River near Ferry Village and slightly west of the Turner and Cahoots yard.
Early in July, Joseph W. Dyer began the dismantling of his old yard at the foot of Mount fort Street in Portland. The filling in of the old waterfront and railway construction, plus the easy availability of shorefront at Ferry Village prompted the change. By September, Dyer had transferred most of his equipment and property to the Cape. The "Eastern Argus" noted on the 20th that he had recently laid the keel of a vessel of approximately 1000 tons. This was destined to be the ship "Corinthian" that Dyer would launch in August 1851.
This new Dyer yard was in reality the continuation of a family trade that had now entered its third generation. As mentioned earlier, Ezekiel Dyer, a native of Cape Elizabeth who moved to Portland in 1815, had constructed the "Dart" and other vessels early in the nineteenth century close by Ferry Village. His son, Lemuel, born in Cape Elizabeth in 1786, established with his father's aid a shipyard at what was then known as Clay Cove. Also in conjunction with his father, he built a marine railway slightly to the west of the cove, which became Ezekiel's responsibility. Between 1808 and 1824,Lemuel had six sons all of whom subsequently became involved in shipbuilding. Early in the forties, his third son, Joseph W., who had been born in 1814, established a shipyard at the foot of Mount fort Street not far from his father's home on the northeast corner of what is now Fore and India Streets. After the death of Lemuel in 1847 from the blow of an Axe while cutting ship timber in Hiram, his grandfather Ezekiel having died in 1839, Joseph continued in business alone. He was undoubtedly assisted by other members of the Dyer family for in this period there were twenty men of that name resident in Portland in the immediate vicinity of his yard who were listed in the directories as ship carpenters. In addition, the family also included six boatbuilders, plus a shipwright, a shipjoiner, and a naval architect. With such talent at his disposal, Joseph W. Dyer certainly had no difficulty in obtaining skilled practitioners in the art of shipbuilding. Although he transferred his yard to Ferry Village, Joseph continued to reside in Portland.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as a shipbuilder in Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA. 3640,4728

• He appeared on the census on 24 Jul 1870 in Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA. 4726 Realty 20,000; personalty 15,000.


Joseph married Catherine Fullerton SLATTER on 15 May 1837 in Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA.4728 (Catherine Fullerton SLATTER was born on 20 Jan 1817 in Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA 4726,4728.)




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