Brief Life History of Tressie Lee
When Tressie Lee Boyd was born on 17 April 1906, in Corn Hill, Williamson, Texas, United States, her father, Green Ervin Boyd, was 37 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Boothe, was 37. She lived in Justice Precinct 2, Bell, Texas, United States in 1930 and Austin, Travis, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 24 June 1993, in Bell, Texas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Nolanville, Bell, Texas, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Tressie L Boyd, "United States Census, 1940"
- Tressie Lee Boyd, "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
- Tressie Boyd, "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000"
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World Events (8)
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
1914 · Steamboat Service Established with New York
Satilla was the first Deepwater Steamship to arrive at the port of Houston. This accomplishment successfully established a steamboat service between Houston and New York City.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
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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