Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Boyce was born on 27 October 1887, in Lewisville, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, his father, Thomas Henry Boyce, was 28 and his mother, Clarissa Eliza Selck, was 19. He married Jessie Isabelle Hoggan on 9 January 1912, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Mission Township, Lake, Montana, United States in 1940 and World for about 5 years. He died on 24 December 1962, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Lewisville, Jefferson, Idaho, United States.
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- Wm Boyce in household of Henry Boyce, "United States Census, 1910"
- Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1914, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1964
- William C. Boyce, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1894 · The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed.
The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed. - A precursor society to FamilySearch, the GSU was organized on November 13,1894, in the Church Historian's Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
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.
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Margaret Boyce Taylor Rydalch
Margaret Boyce Taylor Rydalch, 93, passed away Oct. 6, 2009, at her home in Idaho Falls. Margaret was born to William and Jessie Hoggan Boyce on June 30, 1916, in Lewisville, Idaho. She was the secon …
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