Brief Life History of Anne Jones
When Anne Jones Boyd was born on 23 December 1883, in Warrenton, Warren, North Carolina, United States, her father, Henry Armistead Boyd, was 28 and her mother, Bettie Massenburg Norwood, was 20. She married William A Graham on 27 June 1906, in Warren, North Carolina, United States. She lived in Kinston Township, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Warrenton Township, Warren, North Carolina, United States for about 1 years. She died on 14 June 1978, in Durham, Durham, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Warrenton, Warren, North Carolina, United States.
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- Annie B Graham, "United States 1950 Census"
- Anne Jones Boyd, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
- Annie Jones Boyd, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
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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