Brief Life History of Henry Victor
When Henry Victor Boyer was born on 24 August 1890, in Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Frederic C Boyer, was 32 and his mother, Marie Lord, was 32.
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- Hector Boya, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Henry Victor Twin Boyer, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Victor Boya, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
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World Events (3)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
French: regional variant of Bouvier ‘herdsman’. This surname is also found in Haiti. Compare Bouyea and Boyea .
Altered form of German Bayer or Beyer .
German: habitational name for someone from Boye (near Celle-Hanover).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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