Brief Life History of George Tilton
When George Tilton Boyd was born on 26 April 1909, in Saint David, Cochise, Arizona, United States, his father, George William Boyd, was 24 and his mother, Edna Belle Tilton, was 21. He married Maurine Eyring on 10 June 1938. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Benson, Cochise, Arizona, United States in 1920. He died on 19 June 2004, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- George T Boyd, "United States 1950 Census"
- George Tilton Boyd, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
- George T Boyd, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"
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World Events (8)
1910
Mexico's 100 years of independence celebrated. Seventh reelection of Díaz. Madero's Plan of San Luis Potosí. Rebellion breaks out in north and in Puebla.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
1934
Lázaro Cárdenas presidency. Forced exile of Calles (1936). Cárdenas begins socialist policies. Agrarian reform establishes ejidos (see Glossary) and collectivization. Official party renamed Party of the Mexican Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Mexicana--PRM). includes representatives from all sectors of society. Nationalization of oil industry in 1938.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the island of Bute in the Firth of Clyde, from Bòid (genitive case of Bòd, the Gaelic name of the island of Bute) or Bòideach, denoting a person from Bute. Alternatively, the name may denote descendants of a Gilla filius Boed, who appears in reference to Glasgow Cathedral in the early 12th century, perhaps from the Gaelic personal name Boite, of uncertain origin.
Scottish and Irish: from the Gaelic epithet buidhe ‘yellow(-haired)’. Compare Bowie .
Manx: from Mac Gille Buidhe ‘son of the yellow-haired lad’ (compare 2 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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