Searching for info on Robert Dike (Dyke ?) b. 1818 England,(in Dorset?) m. Elizabeth Rees b. 1824, Wales. Robert was a Boot-shoemaker. Robert and brothers Issac Dike b.1811 England m. Elizabeth ? b. 1810 England - no children. James Dike b. 1820 England m. Ann ? b. 1817,had three children -Edwin Dike b. 1838 England, Emma Dike b. 1848 and Eliza Dike b. 1849. Immigrated to America in 1848. Issac and James Dike were grocers. Settled in Chicago, Illinois.
Robert and Elizabeth settled in Dixon, Illinois. Had three children; Henry Butler Dike b. 1847 Wales, Elizabeth Jane Dike b. 1849 Illinois, and Issac Dike b. 1851. Elizabeth Rees Dike died in 1854. In 1856 Robert married Ann English b. England.
Robert Dike died when a bridge collapsed, while people were watching a baptism on May 3, 1873. Both are buried in Dixon, Ill. If any of these names tie into your family, please contact me.
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