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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Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Boas 1.
English: variant of Boyce . See also Boas 2.
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