Timothy Terrell Boyd

Brief Life History of Timothy Terrell

When Timothy Terrell Boyd was born on 4 July 1908, in Tennessee, United States, his father, John Wesley Boyd, was 44 and his mother, Francis Henrietta Dodson, was 42. He had at least 3 sons with Cathleen Boyd. He lived in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States in 1935 and Civil District 4, Davidson, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 23 May 1958, in Lufkin, Angelina, Texas, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Lufkin, Angelina, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Timothy Terrell Boyd
1908–1958
Cathleen Boyd
1914–
Thomas W Boyd
1934–
Timothy T Boyd
1936–
James D Boyd
1945–

Sources (7)

  • Timothy T Boyd, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Ferrell Boyd, "Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912"
  • Timothy Terrell Boyd, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

1914 · Steamboat Service Established with New York

Satilla was the first Deepwater Steamship to arrive at the port of Houston. This accomplishment successfully established a steamboat service between Houston and New York City.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

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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