Rulon Claude Boyce

12 March 1902–12 February 1974 (Age 71)
Salt Lake, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of Rulon Claude

When Rulon Claude Boyce was born on 12 March 1902, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, George Alma Boyce, was 40 and his mother, Nancy Maud Pugh, was 27. He married Marba Done on 18 December 1929. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 5 years and Election Precinct 1, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 12 February 1974, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rulon Claude Boyce
1902–1974
Marba Done
1906–1984
Marriage: 18 December 1929
Rulon George Boyce
1930–2016
Boyce
1938–1938

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 December 1929
    • Children

    (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
    Age 1
    A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
    1908 · Utah's First National Monument
    Age 6
    Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.
    1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World
    Age 19
    Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.

    Name Meaning

    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 .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Boice
    Boise
    Boys
    Boyse
    Bogue
    Buss
    Buist

    Sources (29)

    • Rulon Claud Boyce in household of Geo A Boyce, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • Rulon Claude Boyce, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
    • Rulon Claude Boyce, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

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