Brief Life History of Laura Jowett
When Laura Jowett Boyes was born on 8 April 1898, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, Walter Jowett Boyes, was 30 and her mother, Emma Marie Quada, was 28. She married Herbert Alfred Lehrman on 28 November 1925, in Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Westchester Township, Porter, Indiana, United States in 1940. She died on 1 June 1963, at the age of 65.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Laura J Boies in household of Walter J Boies, "United States Census, 1900"
- Boies, "Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915"
- Laura Jowett Boyer, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968"
Spouse and Children
1890–1955 Male
1898–1963 Female
Children (1)
1926–1991 Female
Parents and Siblings
1867–1932 Male
1870–1947 Female
Siblings (4)
1896–1976 Female
1898–1963 Female
1900–1985 Female
1913–1969 Female
World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 2
1900 · The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
Age 2
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 18
Name Meaning
English (mainly Yorkshire) and Irish: variant of Boy , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English and Scottish: variant of Boyce .
In some cases possibly also an Americanized form of French Bois .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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