Brief Life History of Jordan Isaac
When Jordan Isaac Boyce was born on 24 December 1853, in Chowan, North Carolina, United States, his father, Baker F Boyce, was 32 and his mother, Harriet Jordan, was 30. He married Sarah Elizabeth Hudson on 9 November 1873, in Chowan, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Township 2 Middle, Chowan, North Carolina, United States for about 40 years. He died on 7 January 1934, in Edenton, Chowan, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Chowan, North Carolina, United States.
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- Jordan Boyce, "United States Census, 1900"
- J T Boyce, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Jordan I. Boyce, "North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994"
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1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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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