Brief Life History of Bernice Elizabeth
When Bernice Elizabeth Boyd was born on 16 January 1926, in Chocowinity, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States, her father, James Henry Boyd Jr, was 21 and her mother, Mamie Joyner, was 22. She lived in Township 1, Craven, North Carolina, United States in 1940. She died on 12 March 2005, in Sumter, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 79.
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Sources (8)
- Bernice Boyd in household of James Boyd, "United States Census, 1930"
- Bernice E Boyd, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
- Bernice E Boyd Craven, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.
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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