Brief Life History of James Boyd
When James Boyd Travis was born on 29 June 1868, in Moweaqua Township, Shelby, Illinois, United States, his father, Samuel Gardner Travis, was 36 and his mother, Anna Belle Travis, was 27. He died on 6 July 1868, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Prairie Home Cemetery, Moweaqua, Shelby, Illinois, United States.
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Name Meaning
English (mainly Lancashire and Yorkshire): from Old French and Middle English travers, also Middle English travas, travis, a word with several meanings. It may denote a toll paid for the right to cross a boundary or bridge, the surname perhaps being for someone who paid or collected such tolls. Alternatively, it may mean ‘crosswise, sideways’ or ‘dispute, disagreement’. The Old French word also had the sense ‘crossing, passage’, and it is more than likely that the surname is Norman in origin, for someone who lived at a crossing place or at a place so named (compare French Travers 3). The presence of the preposition ‘de’ (and perhaps also ‘le’) in early forms of the surname appears to indicate a topographic or habitational explanation, but the French preposition and definite article were sometimes added gratuitously to Norman surnames as a sign of their high social status. See also Travers 1.
Americanized form of German Drewes .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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