When John Otto Boyer was born on 12 May 1858, in Vernon, Van Buren, Iowa, United States, his father, Isaac Boyer, was 29 and his mother, Sidney Margaret Ann Harryman, was 21. He married Ruth Ann Huston on 16 September 1880, in Keosauqua, Van Buren, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Village Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1885 and Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1895. He died on 19 November 1927, in Leando, Van Buren, Iowa, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Douds, Van Buren, Iowa, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1866: Van Buren, Iowa, United States
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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.
Possible Related NamesPossible origins of the Boyer family name have been compiled and referenced from Footnotes; Boii of the Boiohæmum (Gauls) [1] Feature In general terms, the Romans coined the name 'Gaul' to describe …
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