When John Francis Boardway Sr was born in 1867, in Oswego, Oswego, New York, United States, his father, Peter Beaudoin Boardway, was 31 and his mother, Susan Peacock, was 22. He had at least 4 sons and 3 daughters with Rose Peashey. He lived in Scriba, Oswego, New York, United States for about 35 years. He died on 16 May 1951, in New Haven, Oswego, New York, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Oswego, Oswego, New York, United States.