Brief Life History of Lillian Mae
When Lillian Mae Boyd was born on 11 December 1916, in Bedford, Shawswick Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States, her father, William Oral Boyd, was 18 and her mother, Osa L O'Neal, was 17. She married Lawrence Edward Benham on 5 February 1938, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Marshall Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States in 1930 and Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States in 1950. She died on 16 April 2003, in Bedford, Shawswick Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Hilltop Cemetery, Avoca, Marshall Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
- Lillian Boyd, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Lillian Mae Boyd Benham, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1917 · Joining the First World War
Starting with the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, which killed 128 American citizens, and many other conflicts with trade from Germany. Congress held a special meeting that resulted in The United States declaring war on Germany. Formally entering the First World War.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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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