Thomas Boyes

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Boyes was born on 31 March 1827, in Redford, Wayne, Michigan, United States, his father, George Boyes, was 32 and his mother, Ann Geldard, was 28. He died after 1870.

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Family Time Line

George Boyes
1794–1874
Ann Geldard
1798–1847
Mary Ann Boyes
1819–1903
Albert Boyes
1844–1852
Jane Boyes
1845–1852
William Boyce
1824–1887
Thomas Boyes
1827–after 1870
Elizabeth Ann Boyes
1831–1919
Henry Boyce
1837–1871
Margaret Ann Boyes
1840–1901
John Boyes
1841–

Sources (5)

  • 1840 U.S. Census, population schedule: Thomas Boyce
  • Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Boyes - Published information: death:
  • Thomas Boys, "Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900"

World Events (7)

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.

1837

Michigan is the 26th state.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English (mainly Yorkshire) and Irish: variant of Boy , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

English and Scottish: variant of Boyce .

In some cases possibly also an Americanized form of French Bois .

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

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