Brief Life History of Benjamin Boyce
When Benjamin Boyce Andrus was born on 15 September 1877, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, his father, Samuel Brown, was 49 and his mother, Margaret Ann Boyes, was 37. He married Lydia Rosetta French on 22 September 1905, in Spring Coulee, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 8 daughters. He immigrated to Canada in 1903 and lived in Alberta, Canada in 1916 and Fort Macleod, MD of Willow Creek No. 26, Alberta, Canada in 1926. He died on 10 September 1954, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 76, and was buried in Hillspring Cemetery, Hill Spring, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
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- Benjaman Andrus, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Marriage Certificate for Benjamin Andrus and Lydia Rosetta French
- Benjamin Boyce Andrus, "BillionGraves Index"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1890
Historical Boundaries 1890: Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bingham, Idaho, United States 1893: Fremont, Idaho, United States
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Andrews .
History: William Andrus came to Boston in 1635 and moved to New Haven in 1639, where he died in 1676.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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