When Mary Emeline Kenner was born on 19 August 1851, in Saint Francisville, Clark, Missouri, United States, her father, Foster Ray Kenner, was 27 and her mother, Sarah Catherine Kirkwood, was 27. She married Henry Boyce on 15 March 1869, in Saint Francisville, Clark, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Election Precinct 11, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 2 August 1931, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.