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I posted previously with a profile for Lewis Dyer. One of the things that I didn't have at the time was confirmed birth information for Lewis Dyer.

I had reported a birth date for him of 30 January 1838 in Devonshire, England, based on a number of different sources, but could not find a birth or baptism record for him. I did find a birth record for a Lewis Dyer from 1845, but the parents are named Richard and Mary Dyer, not Joseph and Jane as given in his marriage record [D04846].

So, I decided to broaden my search and look for a wider year of birth range. I came across a Lewis Dyer in the 1841 census in Devonshire. The given year of birth is 1831, which is much older than the previously thought date of birth of 1838, but the parents are named Joseph and Jane [Source Needed].

I then had a look for baptism records in 1831 and managed to find it:

So that seems to have resolved the issue. Although looking at Lewis' given birth dates from a number of sources, his year of birth seems to be all over the map:

Doc Number	Doc Desc	Year of Doc	Age Given	Date of birth
D07666	Baptism Record	1831	0 years	1831
D07667	1841 Census of England	1841	10 years	1831
D07673	1851 Census of England	1851	20 years	1831
D07671	1861 Census of England	1861	28 years	1833
D07672	1871 Census of England	1871	36 years	1835
D04846	Marriage Record	1875	38 years	1837
D04847	1881 Census of Canada	1881	43 years	1838
D05263	1891 Census of Canada	1891	48 Years	1843
D04848	1901 Census of Canada	1901	63 Years	30 Jan 1838
D04855	Death Record	1906	66 Years	1840
D04854	Gravestone	1906	66 Years	1840

Since I’ve found a baptism record confirming a baptism year of 1831 and the earlier census records show a date of 1831, I’m going to conclude that the most likely year of birth for Lewis Dyer is 1831. And given that the only birthdate listed is 30 January, I’m going to conclude a birth date of 30 January 1831.

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Sources:
[D04846] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Marriages, Reel 18: 339, 6765, Dyer-Williams; digital images, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Marriages,".

[D04847] 1881 census of Canada, Ontario, district 133, sub-district J, Uxbridge, p. 46, dwelling 218, family 229; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.ca.

[D04848] 1901 census of Canada, Ontario, district 120, sub-district C-8, Lindsay, p. 8, family 82; RG 31; digital images.

[D04854] St James Cemetery (Toronto, York, Ontario), C Ravine.

[D04855] Ontario Archives of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Deaths, MS940, Reel 5: 1269; digital image, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada Deaths," Ancestry.ca.

[D05263] 1891 census of Canada, Ontario, district 102, Uxbridge, p. 30, family 152; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.ca, Ancestry.

[D07663] 1841 census of England, Silverton, Tiverton and Dulverton District, Devonshire, England, folio 13, page 20; digital images; citing PRO HO 107/226/15.

[D07671] 1861 census of England, Exeter, St. Stephen's, Devonshire, England, folio 9, page 11; digital images; citing PRO RG 9/1398.

[D07672] 1871 census of England, St John Paddington, Kensington, London, England, folio 63, page 7; digital images, Ancestry.ca, Ancestra.ca; citing PRO RG 10/27.

[D07673] 1851 census of England, Torquay, Newton Abbott Registration District, Devonshire, England, folio 215, page 26; digital images; citing PRO HO 107/1872.