Guy Boothby Colby

Brief Life History of Guy Boothby

When Guy Boothby Colby was born on 3 September 1876, in York, Maine, United States, his father, George Garrett Colby Sr, was 36 and his mother, Lillie K Boothby, was 21. He married Edith Marie Foster in 1906, in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Limerick, York, Maine, United States in 1910 and East Limington, Limington, York, Maine, United States in 1940. He died on 1 September 1962, in Limington, York, Maine, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Limerick, York, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

Guy Boothby Colby
1876–1962
Edith Marie Foster
1884–
Marriage: 1906
Stephen Hall Colby
1907–1980
Randall Foster Colby
1909–1950

Sources (21)

  • Guy B Colby, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Guy B. Colby, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
  • Guy Boothby Colby, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

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.

1887 · Monotype Type-Casting Machine

June 7, 1887, Tolbert Lanston patented his Monotype machine. It typed individual characters instead of lines like the Linotype machine.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

English (eastern): habitational name from Colby in Norfolk and Westmorland, Coleby in Lincolnshire, or Coulby Newham in the North Yorkshire. The Colby placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Koli (a byname for a swarthy person, from kol ‘(char)coal’) + Old Norse býr ‘settlement’.

Americanized form of Norwegian Kolby .

Americanized form of German Kolbe . Compare Kolby .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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