Mary Jane Boyce

Brief Life History of Mary Jane

When Mary Jane Boyce was born on 7 April 1871, in Evercreech, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, Edward Boyce, was 27 and her mother, Mary Ann Hill, was 27. She married Charles Garland on 21 November 1895, in Wells, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Sutton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and Carshalton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1921. She died in 1946, in Surrey, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

Charles Garland
1871–1931
Mary Jane Boyce
1871–1946
Marriage: 21 November 1895
Wilfred Valentine Garland
1896–1929
Gertrude Ethelind Garland
1898–1989
Olive Nora Garland
1906–1995
Enid Muriel Garland
1908–1998

Sources (12)

  • Mary Jane Boyce in household of Edwd Boyce, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • Mary Jane Boyce, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Mary J Garland, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"

World Events (8)

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

Name Meaning

English and Irish (mainly Donegal): of Norman origin, a habitational name from from one or more places in Normandy named with Old French bois ‘wood, grove’, especially Bois-Arnault and Bus-Saint-Rémy (Eure), and Bosc-le-Hard (Seine-Maritime), each of which is known to have given its name to an aristocratic Norman family in England. The name was taken by the Normans from England to Ireland, where it was also adopted to Anglicize Irish Ó Buadhaigh (see Bogue ).

English: variant of Bush , influenced by Old French bois in 1 above, or else a translation of this term.

Americanized form of French Bois .

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

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