When Arthur N. Boyd was born on 2 January 1856, in Ohio, United States, his father, John David Boyd, was 34 and his mother, Susannah Hiks, was 33. He married Mary Elizabeth Anderson on 9 September 1878, in Highland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Whiteoak Township, Highland, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Goebel Township, Oregon, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 30 March 1943, in Tate Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States, at the age of 87.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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Scottish: habitational name from the island of Bute in the Firth of Clyde, from Bòid (genitive case of Bòd, the Gaelic name of the island of Bute) or Bòideach, denoting a person from Bute. Alternatively, the name may denote descendants of a Gilla filius Boed, who appears in reference to Glasgow Cathedral in the early 12th century, perhaps from the Gaelic personal name Boite, of uncertain origin.
Scottish and Irish: from the Gaelic epithet buidhe ‘yellow(-haired)’. Compare Bowie .
Manx: from Mac Gille Buidhe ‘son of the yellow-haired lad’ (compare 2 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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