William Boaz

Brief Life History of William

When William Boaz was born on 28 January 1827, in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Boaz, was 31 and his mother, Catherine Truscott, was 36. He married Eliza Thompson on 17 January 1847, in Poplar, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 11 daughters. He lived in Poplar, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and London, England in 1881. He died on 21 July 1895, in Stepney, Tower Hamlets, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

William Boaz
1827–1895
Eliza Thompson
1827–1884
Marriage: 17 January 1847
Euphemia Eliza Boaz
1847–1942
Catherine Emily Boaz
1848–1876
William Benjamin Boaz
1848–1920
Mary Ann Boaz
1851–
Edith Boaz
1853–
Frances Alice Boaz
1857–1942
Eliza Boaz
1857–
Henry Ernest Boaz
1858–1928
Emily Boaz
1858–
William Boaz
1859–
Lavinia Florence Boaz
1859–1862
John Walter Boaz
1860–1925
Edward Boaz
1860–
Louise Jane Boaz
1861–
Edward Boaz
1862–
Louisa Boaz
1863–
Thomas Truscott Boaz
1864–1908
Ruth Boaz
1866–1878
Edmund Alfred Boaz
1869–1909

Sources (13)

  • William Boaz in household of Phoebe Thompson, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • William Boaz, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • William Boaz, "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010"

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Name Meaning

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Boas 1.

English: variant of Boyce . See also Boas 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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