Brief Life History of Jane P
When Jane P Boyd was born in 1761, in Warrington Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, George Boyd, was 39 and her mother, Catherine Hamiton Boyd, was 44. She married George Stickel on 11 July 1829, in Washington Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 5 October 1838, in Washington Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Dexter Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Jane Stickel, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
- Jane Boyd in entry for Elizabeth Laird, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Jane P Boyd Stickle, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Name Meaning
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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