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Superintendent Registrar's District: Cookstown, Registrar's District: Pomeroy, County Tyrone
Births
in Edendoit
May 12, 1904
Florence Sarah Letitia, daughter of William Boyd, a farmer of Edendoit, and Sarah Boyd, formerly Carrick. informant: William -his mark- Boyd of Edendoit, father

[note: William signed his own name to all the other birth records, his marriage records, and both censuses. I don't know why it says "his mark" on this record.]

1911 Census of Ireland
house 22 in Edendoit (The Rock, Tyrone)

Boyd, William, 62, Male, Head of Family, Farmer, Married
Boyd, Sarah, 50, Female, Wife, Married 27 years, 8 children, 8 alive
Boyd, Robert, 14, Male, Son, Scholar, Single
Boyd, George, 11, Male, Son, Scholar, Single
Boyd, Florence, 7, Female, Daughter, Scholar, Single

All were members of the Church of Ireland, all were born in County Tyrone. All could read and write. None could read or write Irish.

from form B1, the House and Building Return.
This was a private dwelling, with 6 out offices and farm steadings. The walls were brick, stone, or concrete. The roof was either slate, iron, or tile. It had 3 rooms, with 3 windows on the front of the house. All this rated it as a second class house. There was one distinct family living in it. There were 5 people in the family. The head of the house and the landholder on whose land it was situated was William Boyd.

The Enumerator's Abstract summarized that there were 3 males and 2 females in the one family in this house, and all were members of the Church of Ireland.

The Out-Offices and Farm-Steadings Return form says that the buildings on the farm beside the house were: 1 stable, 1 cow house, 1 piggery, 1 fowl house, 1 barn, and 1 turf house.

William signed the return.

 

 

 

 

June 6, 1908, Mount Airy Station, Philadelphia
to:
Miss Florence S. L. Boyd
Edendoit, Pomeroy
Co Tyrone
Ireland
from: sister Lizzie

Dear Florence,
I will expect a postal soon from you and I hope you are well, give my love to all the dear ones at home and keep some for yourself. Your loving sister Lizzie.

Arrival September 22, 1920, SS Carmania, from Liverpool September 11, 1920

George Boyd, 20, a sailor, 5'9", fresh complexion, brown hair, color of eyes not listed, had not been in US before
Eleanor Boyd, 25, a domestic, note: sister to George, had been in US before, from 1910 to 1919 in Philadelphia, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes
Florence Boyd, 18, a domestic, note: sister to George, had not been in US before, pale? complexion, dark hair, gray eyes

All: citizens of Ireland, Irish nationality, last permanent residence: Pomeroy, Ireland, nearest relative in Ireland: father Mr Wm. Boyd, Edendoit, Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, paid for own trip and have a ticket to their destination. destination: Sister Mae Crosier, 3318 Sydenham Street, Philadelphia, expect to be in US permanently. born in Edendoit, Pomeroy, Ireland

https://libertyellisfoundation.org/show-manifest-big-image/czoxNzoidDcxNS0yODQwMDg3MS5qcGciOw==/1
and
https://libertyellisfoundation.org/show-manifest-big-image/czoxNzoidDcxNS0yODQwMDg3MC5qcGciOw==/1

U.S. Social Security Death Index (SSDI)

Florence Boyd
Birth: May 12 1904
Death: Jan 1987
Last residence: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
SSN issuing state: New Jersey