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William Havelock was born in Prince Edward Island in June 1861, the son of Henry Scott Dyment and Matilda S. Hardy; the transcribed entry in PEI Baptismal Index says 1860, but since he was not baptized until 1864, it is possible a mistake was made. It makes more sense that he was born after his parents' marriage.

In 1881, William may have been living with his Hardy relatives in Lot 3. William moved to the United States in 1884, and in 1891 he married another Islander, Ellen Ellis Ramsay (1867-1939), daughter of Robert and Sarah (Ellis) Ramsay, in Massachusetts. Their marriage was announced in the Cambridge Tribune, Volume XIV, Number 11, 23 May 1891, of William H. Dymont to Ella F. Ramsay, both of Cambridge.

In the 1900 US census, the couple and their two children were living in Waltham City, Middlesex, Massachusetts. William was a carpenter and worked on the railroad. The family was living in Sacremento, California by 1901, and by 1910, with sons Frank and Melbourne, as well as Ellen's niece Sarah Ramsay. William was a foreman in a railroad shop.

In 1914 when his mother died in Washington State, the family delayed the funeral to give him time to travel from California.

William died in Yuma, Arizona in 1919, at the age of 58. Three children were listed in his obituary, Frank, Melborne and Sadie. Sadie was likely Sarah Ramsay, Ellen Ramsay Dyment's niece.

Ellen left Arizona around 1920. In 1920, son Frank was married and living in Sacremento. In 1930, Ellen was living with Frank and his family in Sacramento. Ellen died in California in 1939.

 

Name: William Dimond
Age: 21y; Calculated Birth Year: 1860; Birthplace: Prince Edward Island
Religion: Presb.
Head of Household: George Hardie (George Hardy?)
Census Place: Lot 3, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Library and Archives Canada Film Number: C-13162
Household Gender Age
George Hardie M 49y
Mary Jane Hardie F 40y
Alacia Hardie F 15y
Elizabeth Ann Hardie F 13y
Solomon Hardie M 11y
Charles Allen Hardie M 10y
Catherine Hardie F 8y
John McLoud Hardie M 6y
Henry Oliver Hardie M 4y
Washington Hardie M 10m
William Dimond M 21y
Source Citation: "Canada Census, 1881," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVNQ-BH6 : accessed 22 May 2012), William Dimond in household of George Hardie, Lot 3, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

In Yuma, Ariz., November 8, 1919, William H. Dymond, beloved husband of Helen E. Dymond. father of Frank, Melbourne and Sadie Dymond, brother or Henry D. Dymond, Mrs. Anna Marshall of Tacoma. George W. Dymond of Seattle, Mrs. A. A Southerland of Nova Scotia and Mrs. G. P. Burke of Yuma, Ariz.; a native of Canada, aged 67 years 4 months and 1G days. Friends are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral today (Wednesday) at 2:30 p. m., from the home of Harry A. Nauman & Son, 1811 G street Interment East Lawn cemetery. Sacramento Union, Number 12, 12 November 1919, California digital Newspaper Collection

In Yuma, Arlz., November 8, 1919, William H. Dymond, beloved husband of Helen E. Dymond, father of Frank, Melbourne and Sadie Dymond, brother of Henry D. Dymond, Mrs. H. V. Brambent. Mrs. Anna Marshall of Tacoma, George W. Dymond, Mrs. A. A. Southerland of Seattle, and Mrs. G. P. Burke of Yuma, Ariz., a native of Canada, aged 57 years, 4 months and 16 days.

Died in Arizona— W. A. Dymond, a resident of Sacramento for sixteen years, an employe of the Southern Pacific, died in Arizona last week from a stroke of paralysis. He has been employed in Yuma, Ariz, by the railroad company for the past three years.