Brief Life History of Thomas Jefferson Davis
When Thomas Jefferson Davis Boyle was born on 10 May 1873, in Canyonville, Douglas, Oregon, United States, his father, Isaac Lee Boyle, was 55 and his mother, Phoebe Thrush, was 28. He married Temperance Lulu Chaney on 27 October 1895, in Douglas, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pocohontas, Baker, Oregon, United States in 1900. He died on 28 June 1961, in Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States.
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- Jeff T Boyle, "United States Census, 1930"
- Thomas Jefferson Boyle, "Oregon, Center for Health Statistics, Birth Records, 1903-1918"
- Jeff Boyle, "Oregon Marriages, 1853-1935"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1880 · The Great Gale of 1880
The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Liam, Declan, Fergus, John Patrick, Padraic, Seamus, Aileen, Brigid, Cathal, Colm, Conn.
Irish (Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Baoighill ‘descendant of Baoigheall’, a personal name of uncertain meaning, perhaps from baoth ‘rash’ + geall ‘pledge’.
Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Biéville, near Caen, Normandy, formerly Boiavilla. The Boyle earls of Glasgow, lords of Kelburne (Ayrshire) are descended from Adam son of Gilbert son of Richer de Boiville. In 12th-century England, men named de Boiville held land in Millom and Saint Bees, Cumberland, and were associated with grants of land in Gloucestershire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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