Brief Life History of George Washington
George Washington Boyd Sr. was born on 30 October 1825, in East Bradford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. He married Julia Ann Murdock Baldwin on 2 January 1851, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1848 and lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Tooele, Utah, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1850. He died on 21 March 1903, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- George Boyd, "United States Census, 1860"
- 1912 Death source for Ellen D Hall, "Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1840-2004"
- 1892 Marriage source John H. Glenn and Libbie Boyd, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
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1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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The Pony Express - An Illustrated History
The author of this book, C.W. Guthrie with photographs by Bart Smith, outline the trail of the Pony Express. Page 108 outlines the involvement of George Washington Boyd and is quoted here. "About te …
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