John Rudolph Boshard

Brief Life History of John Rudolph

John Rudolph Boshard was born on 1 February 1856, in Wildberg, Zürich, Switzerland. He married Elizabeth Jane Stubbs on 4 August 1875, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to World in 1885 and lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1910. In 1914, at the age of 58, his occupation is listed as professor of music- in charge of music in the public schools in provo in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. He died on 6 June 1928, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Rudolph Boshard
1856–1928
Elizabeth Jane Stubbs
1858–1932
Marriage: 4 August 1875
Maud Marie Boshard
1876–1967
Ida Elizabeth Boshard
1879–1946
Reed Rudolph Boshard Sr
1881–1960
John William Boshard Sr.
1883–1936
Kathryn Boshard
1886–1935
Karl Godfrey Boshard
1889–1931
Madeline Boshard
1891–1968
Harold Richard Boshard
1894–1960
Jean Lucille Boshard
1895–1958
Mozart Leopold Boshard
1899–1965

Sources (90)

  • Rudolph Boshard, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: John Rudolph Boshard - Church record: birth-name: Johann Rudolf Bosshard
  • Baden and Hesse Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1502-1985

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863

Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.

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.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of French Bouchard .

Possibly, in some cases, also an Americanized form of German Buschard (see Bushart 2).

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

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Story Highlight

Swiss German Missionary Conference 1884 by Paul-Anthon Nielson

This portrait was taken in the photograph studio of Moritz Emil Vollenweider (d. 1899) and his son, Emil Vollenweider (1849-1921), at Postgasse 68 in the city of Bern on 24 December 1884. A conference …

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