When Leander Myron Merrick Boyce was born on 11 September 1882, in Oxford, Oneida, Idaho, United States, his father, Joseph Young Boyce, was 25 and his mother, Eunice Sophia Merrick, was 25. He married Maude Davis on 13 December 1905, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Oxford, Bannock, Idaho, United States for about 40 years and Oxford, Franklin, Idaho, United States in 1950. He died on 22 June 1971, in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Oxford Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1893: Bannock, Idaho, United States
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English and Irish (mainly Donegal): of Norman origin, a habitational name from from one or more places in Normandy named with Old French bois ‘wood, grove’, especially Bois-Arnault and Bus-Saint-Rémy (Eure), and Bosc-le-Hard (Seine-Maritime), each of which is known to have given its name to an aristocratic Norman family in England. The name was taken by the Normans from England to Ireland, where it was also adopted to Anglicize Irish Ó Buadhaigh (see Bogue ).
English: variant of Bush , influenced by Old French bois in 1 above, or else a translation of this term.
Americanized form of French Bois .
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Possible Related NamesSon of Joseph Young and Eunice Sophia Boyce, Leander was born 11 September 1882 at Oxford Idaho. He grew up on the 36½ acre farm his father had south of the Oxford townsite. He helped with the orchar …
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