William Boyd

Birth Name William Boyd
Gender male
Age at Death between 65 years, 8 months, 9 days and 73 years, 8 months, 8 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth between 1849 and 1856 County Tyrone, Ireland   1a
Event Note

William's 1911 census said he was born in 1849.
William's 1901 census said he was born in 1856.

 

Residence April 27, 1883 Creeve Townland, Pomeroy Civil Parish, Clonavaddy Registrar’s District, County Tyrone, Ireland   2a
Event Note

William Boyd was a farmer in Creeve Townland when he married Sarah Carrick.

Residence from 1891 to 1922 Edendoit Townland, Desertcreat Civil Parish, Pomeroy Registrar’s District, County Tyrone, Ireland   3a
Event Note

Valuation Revision Books 1882 to 1899
Edendoit
Parcel 20
starting in 1891: William Boyd from Jas Crothers

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Valuation Revision Books 1899 to 1913
Edendoit
Parcel 20
whole book: William Boyd from Jas Crothers

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Valuation Revision Books 1914 to 1923
Edendoit
Parcel 20
beginning of book: William Boyd from Reps of Jas Crothers
1924: Reps of William Boyd

Census (Head) March 31, 1901 Edendoit Townland, Desertcreat Civil Parish, Pomeroy Registrar’s District, County Tyrone, Ireland   1a
Event Note

1901 Census of Ireland
house 10 in Edendoit (The Rock, Tyrone)

Boyd, William, 45, Male, Head of Family, Farmer, Married
Boyd, Sarah, 38, Female, Wife, Married
Boyd, Thomas, 17, Male, Son, Farmer, Not Married
Boyd, Joseph, 15, Male, Son, Farmer, Not Married
Boyd, Mary J, 12, Female, Daughter, Scholar, Not Married
Boyd, Lizabeth, 10, Female, Daughter, Scholar, Not Married
Boyd, Elenanor, 7, Female, Daughter, Scholar, Not Married
Boyd, Robert, 4, Male, Son, Not Married
Boyd, George, 1, Male, Son, Not Married

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

The Enumerator's Abstract summarized that there were 5 males and 4 females in the one family in this house, and all were members of the Church of Ireland.

This was an inhabited private dwelling, with 3 out offices or farm steadings. The walls were brick, stone, or concrete. The roof was either thatch, wood, or other perishable material. It had 3 rooms, with 4 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 9 people in the family. The head of the house and the landholder on whose land it was situated was William Boyd.

There was no Out-Offices and Farm-Steadings Return.

William signed the return.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/The_Rock/Edendoit/1731575/

Correspondence (Father) July 21, 1908     4
Event Note

July 21, 1908, Mount Airy Station, Philadelphia
to:
Mr Wm Boyd
Edendoit, Pomeroy
Co Tyrone
Ireland
from: daughter Elizabeth

Dear Father,
I hope this will find you all well at home as we are all here. We were all in Joe's on last Sunday and had a very nice day and thought of you all. Love to all. From your loving daughter, Elizabeth

Census (Head) April 2, 1911 Edendoit Townland, Desertcreat Civil Parish, Pomeroy Registrar’s District, County Tyrone, Ireland   5a
Event Note

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.

 

 

 

 

Residence September 11, 1920 Edendoit Townland, Desertcreat Civil Parish, Pomeroy Registrar’s District, County Tyrone, Ireland   6a
Event Note

William was living in Edendoit when his children George, Eleanor, and Florence left for the US.

Death September 9, 1922     7a
Event Note

Will Calendars at Proni
Date of Death: 9 September 1922
Surname: Boyd
Forename: William
Date of Grant: 9 January 1923
Registry: Londonderry
Effects: Effects £62 0s 0d

Full Abstract : Boyd William of Edendoit county Tyrone farmer died 9 September 1922 Probate Londonderry 9 January to Robert Boyd farmer. Effects £62.

https://apps.proni.gov.uk/WillsCalendar_IE/willsSearchResultsDetails.aspx
no record found for William through 1922.

Probate (Grantor) January 9, 1923 Londonderry, County Londonderry/Derry, Ireland   8a

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Thomas Boyd1876
Mother
         William Boyd between 1849 and 1856 September 9, 1922

Families

Family of William Boyd and Sarah Carrick

Married Wife Sarah Carrick ( b. about 1861 d. December 17, 1917 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage April 27, 1883 Church of Ireland, Pomeroy Parish, County Tyrone, Ireland   2a
Event Note

Registrar's District of Dungannon
Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Pomeroy in the County of Tyrone

April 27, 1883
William Boyd, a bachelor farmer of full age, of Crive [Creeve], parish of Pomeroy. father: Thomas Boyd, a farmer
Sarah Carrick, a spinster of full age, of Drumannor[?], parish of Pomeroy. father: Charles Carrick, a farmer

Married according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of Ireland by license, by James Hamilton
witnesses: Samuel Montgomery and Samuel Donnelly

 

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Thomas BoydMarch 1, 1884November 22, 1967
Joseph BoydMay 12, 1886September 2, 1952
Mary Jane BoydFebruary 7, 1889January 21, 1990
Elizabeth BoydSeptember 14, 1891March 1984
Eleanor BoydApril 15, 1894June 1987
Robert William BoydJuly 8, 1897May 8, 1985
George BoydMarch 25, 1900after 1942
Florence Sarah Letitia BoydMay 12, 1904January 1987

Source References

  1. 1901 Census of Ireland
      • Page: house 10 in Edendoit (The Rock, Tyrone)
  2. Irish Civil Registration Records, Marriages
      • Page: Boyd-Carrick, April 27, 1883, RD: Dungannon
  3. Valuation Revision Books
      • Page: parcel 20, Edentoit Townland
  4. Elizabeth Boyd: postcard home, July 21, 1908, Mt Airy Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  5. 1911 Census of Ireland
      • Page: house 22 in Edendoit (The Rock, Tyrone)
  6. New York, Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924
      • Page: George, Eleanor, Florence Boyd, SS Carmenia, Sep 22, 1920
  7. General Record Office of Northern Ireland: Will Calendars, General Record Office of Northern Ireland
      • Page: William Boyd, of Edendoit, d 9 Sep 1922
  8. Proni Will Calendars
      • Page: William Boyd, d 9 Sep 1922, grant 9 Jan 1923