William M Boyce

Male1895–1960

Brief Life History of William M

William M Boyce was born in 1895, in Delaware, United States. He lived in Representative District 5, Sussex, Delaware, United States in 1940. He died in 1960, at the age of 65.

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William M Boyce
1895–1960
Martha V Lowe
1896–1973

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  • William M Boyce, "United States Census, 1940"

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 1

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1910 · Battleship USS Delaware Commissioned

Age 15

"The USS Delaware was commissioned on November 10, 1910. This was ship number six that had been named after the """"first state."""" It was top of the line but during WWI never saw battle."

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

Age 18

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

Name Meaning

English and Irish (mainly Donegal): of Norman origin, a habitational name from from one or more places in Normandy named with Old French bois ‘wood, grove’, especially Bois-Arnault and Bus-Saint-Rémy (Eure), and Bosc-le-Hard (Seine-Maritime), each of which is known to have given its name to an aristocratic Norman family in England. The name was taken by the Normans from England to Ireland, where it was also adopted to Anglicize Irish Ó Buadhaigh (see Bogue ).

English: variant of Bush , influenced by Old French bois in 1 above, or else a translation of this term.

Americanized form of French Bois .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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