Brief Life History of Perley E
When Perley E Boyd was born on 25 August 1899, in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Walter S Boyd, was 31 and his mother, Flora Belle French, was 26. He died on 24 September 1899, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 0.
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- Perley E Boyd, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Perley E. Boyd, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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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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