When Sara Jane Boyd was born on 28 September 1851, in Hanover Township, Jefferson, Indiana, United States, her father, Wilson Boyd, was 46 and her mother, Isabella Martin, was 37. She married Elijah Francis Smith on 6 November 1868, in Hanover, Hanover Township, Jefferson, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Finney, Kansas, United States for about 20 years and Seattle, King, Washington, United States in 1930. She died on 25 November 1930, in Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1871: Crawford, Kansas, United States
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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