When Emily Clarissa Boyd Balch was born on 31 May 1818, in Alabama, United States, her father, Theron Eusebius Balch, was 30 and her mother, Alpha Boyd, was 23. She married Nathaniel Henderson Dryden on 10 September 1840, in Coles, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Precinct 5, Pawnee, Nebraska, United States in 1880 and Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States in 1885. She died on 26 September 1901, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Kearney Cemetery, Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States.
Do you know Emily Clarissa Boyd? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
+3 More Children
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Alabama became the twenty-second state admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English (Somerset and Wiltshire): nickname from an unrecorded Middle English balche or belche, presumably from Old English bælce ‘belch, belching; stomach; pride, arrogance’, probably applied in the sense ‘swelling pride, arrogance’, but in some cases it may have been acquired by a man given to belching.
English (Somerset and Wiltshire): possibly a nickname from Middle English balche, a noun or adjective derived from Old English bælcan ‘to shout’, for a man who habitually shouted.
Americanized form of German Bolch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesAs a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.